Alliance hit the road for Rapid City on Thursday for 3 volleyball games with RC Christian. AHS fell in all three matches. The Comets won the reserve affair 25 11 25 10. In the JV ball game, the Lady Bulldogs were defeated 25 13 25 19. The winning ways then continued for the hosts in the varsity battle. Rapid was the victor by scores of 25 15
25 22 and 25 14. Ryli Poss led the Bulldogs with 9 kills.
A late surge by the Comets keyed a set #1 win in the varsity match up. The set was tied at 9 before 7 consecutive Comet points
made it 16 to 9. Early kills and tallies by Alliance’s Poss, Brinlee Lanik, Kaitlyn Shannon, Maslin Breen, and Jaydn Aguallo kept AHS in the battle. Later in the action, three straight points by Breen got the Dogs within 3. Two more Poss kills ensued but it was the hosts pulling away late and taking the set 25 15.
AHS again had their chances in set 2. Ace spikes by Poss and Breen knotted the set at 8. A kill by Dog Olivia Krejci and a tally by Aguallo later in the action sliced the Alliance deficit to 2. Alliance would take the lead later after 4 straight points by Krejci. Points by Breen and Lanik followed but a big spurt by Rapid closed out the set. Final of set #2 Comets 25. Bulldogs 22
Ten scores in a row by the hosts carried Christian in the third. A pair of points by Poss and a kill tied the game at 6 before the big run by the Comets. Reese Armstrong’s kill stop the spree but the Dogs were still down by 9. In the late stages, AHS received tallies by Lanik and Kaelyn Mazanec and kills by Brooke Bailey, Armstrong, and Krejci but it wasn’t enough. Alliance fell in the third 25 14
All. 15. 22 14
RC. 25. 25. 25
Stats. Poss. 3 points. 9 kills
Lanik 3 points. Breen 4 points 3 kills. Bailey. 1 kill. Aguallo 4 points
Krejci 4 points. 6 kills.
Alliance travels to Cozad on Saturday.