MHHS Volleyball drops two SIC matches

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped two conference matches last week, losing to Skyview at home, and Middleton at Middleton.

Skyview 3

Mtn. Home 0

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped an SIC 4A conference volleyball match to Skyview in three games last Tuesday night at the Junior High Gym in Mountain Home.

Skyview jumped out to a 10-1 lead in the first game, before the Lady Tigers battled back to within three, 13-16, but a 9-2 run by the Lady Hawks turned into a 25-15 Skyview win.

The second game was back and forth early, and had nine ties, the last one at 13-13, during an 8-0 run by Skyview that saw them battled back from a 11-13 deficit to take the lead, 19-13.

Mountain Home got within three again, at 16-19, but ended up losing the game, 17-25.

Skyview jumped out to an early 7-1 lead in the third game, and led all the way, the closest Mountain Home got was within five, at 6-11, as the Lady Hawks took advantage of Mountain Home miscues to win the game, 25-13, and the match, 3-0.

Mountain Home Lady Tiger volleyball coach Rachele Asbury thought her Lady Tigers showed glimpses of their potential, especially in the second game.

"The second game we came out strong, but just didn't give it our all through the whole game, and they're a team that we can definitely play with, if we're playing up to our potential.

"We ran in different rotations tonight, trying to work some different things out, but we didn't play up to our abilities."

Blas Lord was 11/12 in serves, with six service points, two aces and two kills.

Samantha Laughlin was 9/10 serving, with three service points, four kills and a block.

Sarah Cantrell was 3/3 serving with six kills and a block. Charde Huntington was 5/8 serving, with three service points, an ace and three kills. Arlene Futch was 4/6 in serves, with three service points and an ace. Nickayla Skinner was 4/7 serving, with two service points, an ace, a kill, a block and 15 assists, and Jasmyn Jewett was 2/2 serving, with one service point and one kill.

Mountain Home made good on just 38 of 48 serves (79 percent), while Skyview hit on 68 of 73 serves (93 percent).

"We can't serve like that and expect to win against a team like Skyview," said Coach Asbury. "It's frustrating when we work on serves in practice the night before."

Middleton 3

Mtn. Home 0

The Lady Tigers came up on the short Thursday night at Middleton as the Lady Vikings beat them in three straight games, 25-17, 25-13, 25-16.

Nickayla Skinner led Mountain Home with six assists, and had one kill. Samantha Laughlin had five kills and a block. Arlene Futch was 10/13 serving with an ace and a kill.

Jennie Jewell was 7/8 serving withn two aces. Blas Lord was 3/4 serving, had three kills, two assists and a block. Jasmyn Jewett was 4/4 serving, with two aces and two blocks, Kelsie Hopkins was 4/4 serving and had two aces, Sarah Cantrell had two kills, and Katrina Hodgerson had one assist..

The Lady Tigers traveled to the Wood River Invitational Volleyball Tournament last Friday and Saturday. In Friday's pool play, they lost to Boise, Wood River and Kimberly. Saturday morning they competed pool play against Borah, winning one game.

They opened the single elimination tournament Saturday against Burley and lost in two close games, 23-25 and 17-25.

All things considered, Coach Asbury thought they learned a lot at the Wood River tourney.

"We tried some people in some different locations just trying to figure out the best mix of six girls out there on the court at any given time, and the tournament was definitely a learning experience, not just for volleyball, but all around."

Samantha Laughlin was 25/27 on serves during the tournament, with three aces and nine kills. Nickayla Skinner was 32/38 in serves, had two aces, 12 assists, two kills and a block.

Jennie Jewell was 18/22 serving, with two aces and a kill. Charde Huntington was 13/17 in serves, with two aces, five kills and nine blocks. Katrina Hodgerson was 12/13 serving, with two aces and seven assists. Blas Lord was 12/18 serving, with an ace, an assist, 8 kills and two blocks. Tanya McKenzie was 10/16 serving, with eight kills and three blocks. Arlene Futch was 5/6 serving, and Brittany Ryan was 3/5 serving with 11 digs.

The Lady Tigers finished the first time around in conference with a 2-5 record.

They are home for three matches this week.

They hosted Emmett last (Tuesday) night, and host a tri-match with Kuna and Nampa starting at 4:30 on Thursday. The matches are scheduled to be back in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium, as the construction on the roof is scheduled to be complete.