After falling last week to King William, the Mathews High School volleyball teams bounced back this week with victories over Essex and Northampton, including a five-set thriller on Monday night that saw the varsity Devils come back from a two-set deficit to upend the visiting Trojans.
King William
Last Thursday, the MHS teams traveled to King William to face the Cavaliers. In the varsity matchup, the Cavaliers won, 3-0, but Mathews put up a hard fight.
The first set ended, 25-21. Mathews struggled to keep up after in the second set and the score was 25-13. The Lady Blue Devils tried coming back for a win to try to reverse sweep, but the last set ended, 25-20, King William.
Emily Ward was a sparkplug for the Lady Blue Devils and served a total of six straight serves. Carter Hayes and Emily Coons had a total of two aces as well. Nora Suthard led the team with eight kills, followed by Hannah Davis, with four. Suthard also had two solo blocks. Davis and Addy Lowe each had a block assist.
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