VB: Lady Riders show improvement in '11
the outstretched arm of a Kirbyville defender during Tuesday night's
2011 season finale against the Ladycats. Kirbyville won the match, 3-0.
(Photo by Ray Jackson)
It wasn't the season that the Center Lady Rider volleyball team had hoped for, but there were bright spots as the team concluded the 2011 campaign Tuesday night.
Under first-year head coach Christie Benton, the Lady Riders captured their first district win since the 2009 campaign when they captured a 3-2 win over Jasper recently. Center had several other league matches that could have been wins if a ball had fallen inside the lines here and there.
CHS lost its season finale to Kirbyville, 14-25, 17-25, 11-25.
After posting a 5-17 regular season and an 0-8 campaign a year ago with a 6-26-1 mark this season and a 1-7 District 18-3A record.
Center did have a two-match winning streak earlier in the year and went 3-1-2 over a six-match stretch in nondistrict play. At one point in the season the Lady Riders' record was 5-14-1.
Benton said she hopes that the foundation laid this year will be a sign of good things to come in the future for the program as the players continue to improve as individuals and as a team.
The Center junior varsity posted a 5-3 mark in District 18-3A action, while the freshmen posted a 4-4 mark, giving the coach hope for improved squads in the near future with stronger subvarsity play. The Lady Rider JV topped Kirbyville, 25-9, 25-20, on Tuesday, while the freshmen lost, 15-25, 25-23, 13-25.