Rock-A-Noos stops Central, 3-2

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Rock-A-Noos stops Central, 3-2

By Cody Pastorella

The Port Arthur News

PORT NECHES — Trailing 2-1, the Lady Indians rallied in games four and five to beat the Central Lady Jaguars 3-2 in District 22-4A volleyball action Friday night at the Reservation.

The win kept the Lady Indians perfect in district with a 6-0 record. The Lady Indians are 15-8 overall. With the loss, the Lady Jaguars fell to 15-6 overall and 3-3 in district.

Game 4, which was the make or break game for Rock-A-Noos, went back and forth most of the way. The lead changed hands six times before PN-G took a 9-8 lead. The Lady Indians never lost the lead from that point on but Central kept it close until PN-G scored nine of the final 14 points to finish with a 25-19 win.

Game 5 started just as Game 4 did but once the Lady Indians claimed a 4-3 lead, they never looked back, knocking out the Jags 15-8 for the game and the match.

“That was our toughest match so far,†Indians coach Barbara Comeaux said. “We’ve been down before and we have been in matches that have gone five games, but that was our toughest match. Central is a very tough opponent. They are so good offensively and they never quit. Even after we ran away with the first game, they came right back.â€

PN-G took Game 1 25-19, scoring 12 of the final 15 points.

Like Comeaux said, the Lady Jags did not roll over.

Central took games three and four with scores of 25-21 and 25-22. The Jags were down 20-18 when they put together six straight points, seven out of eight, to bury the Indians in Game 2. Game 3 was much of the same for Central. The Jags trailed 20-19, 21-20, 22-21 but scored the game’s final four points for the win and a 2-1 series lead.

“I’m so proud of how our girl’s played tonight,†Comeaux said. “We never gave up. We mixed up our attacks, kept fighting on defense and we beat a very good team. My girls were resilient.â€

For the Indians, Comeaux said Kayla Prasnicki, Sami Jo Williams and setters Paige Miller Brandi Guidry had big nights.

“There were so many points in the game win somebody different stepped up for us,†she said. “It was a great team effort tonight.â€

Williams led the Indians with 15 kills. Guidry had five digs, Stephanie Bowman had four blocks and Miller led the way with 29 assists on the night.

Rock-A-Noos will be in action again Tuesday night when they travel to Dayton.

In other volleyball action, the Lady Bulldogs of Nederland held off the Lady Broncos of Dayton for a 4-1 win on Friday night. The Dogs fell 32-30 in Game 1 but came back in the final three games 25-18, 25-19, 25-22 for the victory. The Lady Dogs improved to 14-11 overall and 2-4 in district play.

Nederland was led by Kaitlyn Sneed who had 13 kills. Tayler Trojcak had 10 kills. Elizabeth Havard finished with eight kills and six points. Savanah Desmarais had nine kills, nine blocks and eight points. Kristi Brentlinger added six points and Holly Pryor led the Dogs with 20 assists.