Panthers Fall to Leslie in Five Set Thriller
The Stockbridge volleyball team traveled to Leslie this week to take on the rival Blackhawks and dropped a five set thriller 20-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-27, 9-15.
After the Blackhawks took the opening set the Panthers bounced back to take the next two for a 2-1 lead.
Leslie came out strong in the fourth set and led 24-21, but after a side-out Taylor Lockhart served three straight points to give the Panthers a 25-24 lead and a match-point. The Panthers hit a shot that landed just out of bounds to give Leslie a point to tie things up at 25 and Blackhawks would score two straight to close out the set and send the match to a deciding fifth game.
Leslie carried the momentum into the fifth set and scored the first four points before the Panthers rallied. Stockbridge scored five straight points to take a 5-4 lead, but Leslie turned things around with six straight points to take an 11-5 lead and would close out the match.
Maggie Jones had a big night with a team high 16 points, 14 rebounds, and eight kills.
Lockhart finished with 10 points and five kills, while Gracee Robidou picked up 16 digs. Maddie Dalton dished out 19 assists and Megan Mackinder added five kills.
The Panthers dropped a three-set match to Napoleon Thursday night 21-25, 13-25, 11-25.
Alaina Kellenberger had nine points and four kills, while Dalton had 11 assists and four points. Jones added nine digs and four kills, Mackinder seven kills, and Robidou 14 digs.
The Panthers went 1-2 at their own Stockbridge Invitational Saturday, Setpember 25.
The beat Ovid-Elsie 23-25, 25-22, 27-25, but fell to Dansville 9-25, 6-25, 20-25,; and Alma 23-25,21-25.
Lockhart had a big day with 23 digs and 14 points.
Dalton collected 27 assists and 12 points, Jones 31 digs and eight kills, and Kellnberger 12 kills.
The Panthers play in the Hanover-Horton tournament Saturday and return home to take on Maple Valley Tuesday at 6:30.
