Hometown Girls Volleyball Recap – Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers – 10/01/2015

By: HSSN Staff
Thursday, October 1, 2015 | 11:14 PM

After beating Fort Cherry earlier in the week 3-2 in a battle for first place in Section 6-A, the Buccaneers held off a spirited challenge at home against 3rd place Beth-Center, defeating the Bulldogs 3-2 in a match in which 4 of the 5 games went to extra points. Chartiers-Houston won the match by games scores of (28-26, 27-29, 25-21, 26-24, 16-14) overcoming some sloppy play and unforced errors to remain perfect in section play at (7-0).

With all five games back-and-forth affairs, it’s no surprise that the night featured 40 tie scores between these two squads. Game 4, with the Buccaneers winning by four points, featured just 2 ties with Chartiers-Houston breaking a 2-2 deadlock with a 4-point run that led to a win in which they never trailed after the early tie.

Game one featured 2 Chartiers-Houston runs of six and seven points, but the Bulldogs showed no quit, battling back to a game-point lead of 24-22. But the Bucs evened that game at 24-all, before winning by 2 extra-points.

Much more of the same in the second game, with Chartiers-Houston building a 20-16 lead, before Beth-Center rallied to tie and eventually grab their own two-point win.

The fourth game held to form as well. With the Buccaneers battling back from a 20-14 deficit to tie the game at 24-24, before the Bulldogs scored the last 2 points to even the match at 2 games apiece.

The final game saw Beth-Center take a 6-3 lead, before Chartiers-Houston came back and the se-saw affair was on. The Bulldogs led 13-12, before the game was tied at 14-all, and the Buccaneers scored the game’s final two points to take the match 3 games to 2.

Despite their uneven play, several Bucs stood out at time during the evening. Pitt bound senior Kylee Levers showed strong play at the net both offensively and defensively and displayed a deadly left-handed serve at time during the match, Sophomore Maddie Simpson and senior hitters Allie Lukan and Harli Kincaid were also strong at the net at points during the match for Chartiers-Houston, Kincaid also had a strong showing from the service line, especially in the first game.

Sophomore Kennedy Kuhns served and played a strong match for Beth-Center as did sophomore Kinlee Whited and senior Hannah Lipniskis in the frontline for the Bulldogs, who fell to (4-3) in the section with the loss.

Chartiers-Houston, who won both section matches against Beth-Center on the season, hits the road for their next contest, travelling to Burgettstown next Tuesday evening to face the Blue Devils.

Tags: Beth-Center, Chartiers-Houston