The Shadow
It was a rough start for the Bath County Chargers varsity volleyball team.
The team dropped its first three games.
More importantly, they were shutout all three of those games, 3-0 and were left without winning a set in those games.
The losses came at home against Buffalo Gap, and on the road against Alleghany, and Riverheads.
On Tuesday night, the Chargers avenged their loss to the Alleghany Mountaineers last week with a thrilling victory in five sets.
The two teams went back and forth in the sets with the Mountaineers winning the first and third set while the Chargers won the second and fourth sets.
The Chargers won back to back sets to win the game in the fifth match 16-14.
Senior Cami Keyser led the way for the Chargers with 34 receptions and 25 digs.
Chargers Freshman Laken Tingler led all players with 18 kills having played in all five sets. TIngler also added 23 digs in the Chargers first win of the season.
Sophomore Hannah Armstrong added 23 of her own digs for the Chargers.
In the loss for the Mountaineers, senior Payton Reynolds had a team high 20 digs to go along with three kills.
Junior Alyssa Taylor had one of the better overall performances between the two teams as she put together quite the book of stats for the Mountaineers with seven kills, two aces, 10 assists, and 15 digs.
Senior Erin Harden led the team with nine kills while sophomore BreAnna Phillips chipped in with 10 digs.
Tuesday’s Game Sets
Bath County 25 22 25 18 14
Alleghany 20 25 23 25 16
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In the Chargers loss on Monday to the Riverheads Gladiators, the closest set the team was in was the first one in which they lost by eight points.
Tingler led the team with eight kills while Keyser had 10 digs for the Chargers.
Meanwhile, the Mountaineers fell on Monday as well, as they were shutout by Wilson Memorial is three sets.
Monday’s Game Sets
Bath County 17 15 11
Riverheads 25 25 25
Alleghany 15 10 10
Wilson Memorial 25 25 25
