VB: Carlisle makes quick work of THS
keep a ball in play in John Herbert Eakin Gymnasium Tuesday
afternoon. The Lady Bears struggled with Carlisle, dropping a match,
3-0. (Photo by John Krueger)
TIMPSON, Tx -- The Timpson Lady Bears have struggled this season. When they have lost matches many times it has been because they struggled making the routine plays and committing unforced errors. Carlisle came into John Herbert Eakin Gymnasium Tuesday night and didn't beat themselves and dropped Timpson, 25-10, 25-9, 25-13.
The loss was the Lady Bears' fifth straight and sixth in their last seven matches. They dropped to 9-24 on the season, 2-8 in District 20-1A action with two matches remaining.
Timpson will travel to Karnack Friday (4:30 p.m.) and then host Beckville on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. for Senior Night to end the year.
The Lady Bears struggled to get their rhythm against Carlisle and the Lady Indians took advantage of it by running off a string of points on several occasions, which allowed CHS to seize command of each set.
In the opening set it was Carlisle that took command early, opening up a 10-3 lead and then scoring 15 of the first 18 points of the set for a commanding 15-3 advantage.
Timpson did manage an excellent dig by Madison Pierce, a well placed ball by Tammi Harris and an ace by Haleigh Solice as it appeared as if there might be life in the Timpson attack. A 4-0 run cut the Carlisle lead to 19-9, but three aces in the final five points allowed CHS to claim a 25-10 victory in Set 1.
Like they did in the first match, the Lady Bears dug a hole in the second match as the Lady Indians scored eight of the first nine points. The teams then traded points, but a pair of service errors gave Timpson opportunities to get back into the set.
But once again a late flurry by Carlisle enabled the Lady Indians to pull away as one CHS player posted seven straight aces, enabling the Lady Indians to push ahead to a 23-6 lead en route to a 25-9 final.
The third set was the most even of the three. Timpson kept grabbing the lead and challenging the Carlisle. The Lady Bears cut down on their service errors and did a better job of returning serves and led 6-5 at one point.
But Carlisle began to slowly pull out to a lead, taking a 14-8 lead on a pair of aces.
Timpson cut the lead to 15-13 when Harley Martin posted a pair of aces from the line and Harris cashed in on a kill. But after the Lady Bears had trimmed the lead to two, Carlisle scored the final 10 points of the set to close out the match.