Lady Bears dump Lady Dogs

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Lady Bears dump Lady Dogs

By Cody Pastorella

The Port Arthur News

NEDERLAND — Thirteen was the lucky number for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears in Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over the Nederland Lady Dogs in a District 22-4A matchup.

In games three and four, with the match tied at 1-1, the Lady Bears trailed by as much as six points.

In Game 3, LC-M was down 9-3 and in Game 4, LC-M trailed 6-0 before the Lady Bears snapped too. In those final two games, the Lady Bears caught the Lady Dogs at 13-13 and went on to win 25-20 and 25-22 respectively.

Once the Lady Bears caught Nederland in Game 3, they never looked back. In Game 4, however, the lead changed hands four times once the game was tied at 13-13. Each team led twice, but LC-M scored seven of the final nine points to claim the victory.

“We were sharp in game one, almost flawless,†LC-M coach Vicki Castino said whose team won 25-14. “Nederland stepped up in those last games and we stopped playing as hard. We stopped moving. We stopped playing defense. But in both of those games we finally got in going and fought off Nederland for some tough wins. They are a very tough team.â€

LC-M’s most productive player was sophomore Christine Sticktich who led the Lady Bears with 10 kills, 12 digs, one block and one ace, but Castino said senior Olivia Hinds was the difference in the win.

“In those games where we had to come from behind, Olivia came in and really got us going.â€

Hinds served her way to eight points in the final two games.

Nederland won Game 2, 25-22 and received great play from Kaitlyne Sneed who led the Lady Dogs with nine kills, 10 digs and four blocks on the night. Elizabeth Havard and Holly Pryor also played well for the Dogs. Havard finished the night with seven kills and nine digs, while Pryor had 29 assists, seven points and three digs.

“We’ve had plenty of opportunities this season but we beat ourselves,†Nederland coach Toni Leach said whose club fell to 13-11 overall and 1-4 in District 22-4A. “We had opportunities tonight but we gave away too many points that cost us the match. In those last two games, we kept making errors when we had big leads. We let them back in the game. As much as we struggled though, we never quit tonight and I am proud of my girls for that.â€

With the win, the Lady Bears improve to 13-12 overall and 3-2 in district play. Along with Sticktich, Morgan Blohm recorded 10 kills, five blocks and two aces for the night. Other standouts include Jordan Davis who had nine kills, Kristi Trahan who had five kills and one block and Shayla Sheppard led the Lady Bears with 23 digs.

In other volleyball action, Port Neches-Groves defeated Vidor 3-1 in Vidor with scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-9 and 25-13. With the win, the Lady Indians move to 5-0 in District 22-4A. PN-G’s leading server, Sami Jo Williams had 22 points in the match. Other standouts were Chelsea Horn with nine kills and Kayla Prasnicki with nine digs. Courtney Benoit and Paige Miller added three blocks each, and Brandi Guidry finished the night with 12 assists.

PN-G is in action again on Friday when the Lady Indians play host to the Central Jaguars. Nederland will also be in action Friday when they square off with the Lady Broncos of Dayton in the Dog Dome.