Games 2 and 3 of the Douglas Tournament for the Alliance volleyball team were against Wright and Douglas. AHS got their first win for the season, downing Wright in two sets. Later in the day, the Dogs fell in two to the Bearcats from Douglas. Scores in the victory over the Panthers were 25 22 and 25 19. In the Douglas contest, the Lady Bulldogs drop the affair 25 15 25 19. Alliance’s record after Friday stood at 1 and 3.
First set action against Wright had Alliance leading throughout. Ace serves by Brooke Bailey and Ryli Poss gave Alliance the lead at 10 to 6. Alliance would lead 17 to 15 before a Panther rally gave Wright a lead at 22 to 20. Another ace by Bailey began a comeback for AHS. The set closed with kills by Olivia Krejci and Kaitlyn Shannon as the Dogs won the set 25 to 23.
In set #2, play remain tied. An ace serve by Krejic put the Dogs up 7 to 6. With the game tied at 8, a kill by Ahrianna Galvan made it 9 to 8 in favor of AHS. Big plays by Krejci midway thru the set lifted Alliance to nice margin at 21 to 14. The game came to an end with a kill by Shannon and Alliance winning the set 25 to 19.
ALL 25 25
WRI 23 19
Alliance ran into a tough opponent in Douglas in their last contest of the day. The Bearcats used a 12 to 2 run in the first to gain control. Alliance got early kills by Poss and Maslin Breen to tie the set at 4 but it was all Douglas after that. Kills later in the action by Bailey and Krejci kept the Dogs in the match. Doulgas withstood the rally and posted the first set win 25 to 15. Alliance battled hard in the second but fell 25 to 19.
ALL 15 19
DOU 25 25
Alliance will take on Moorcroft and Glenrock on Saturday.