Both Troy Christian and Bethel’s volleyball teams needed the win on Saturday to help them gain some momentum headed into the last couple weeks of the regular season. The Bees have struggled to only two wins this season, while the Eagles wanted that extra push to get above .500 when the post-season arrives.

The Eagles used two solid opening games to set the tone, and survived a scare from the Bees in the third set, en route to a 25-13, 25-15, 25-23 sweep on Saturday morning, to earn the tough county victory.

“The team came out strong and prepared to play today, and dominated the aspect of the game in the first two sets,” said Troy Christian coach Karen Forrer. “We were playing aggressively and putting the ball away, and in the third set, I mixed things up and we let up a little bit. It affected the chemistry a little bit, but we were able to pull together and finish strong.”

Troy Christian came out on fire, scoring the first six points of the game behind the serving of Brittany Swartz and a big block from Jenna Grady to give the Eagles a 7-0 lead. A kill from Emily Berkshire broke the string to get the Bees on the board, but Troy Christian went back to work. Four points from Emily Sloan pushed their lead out to 13-4, and later a kill by Kathryn Lee and three points from Jalyn Forrer gave the Eagles a 17-8 lead as they rolled to the opening game win.

Game two again saw Troy Christian set the tone early, leading 8-4 before the Bees began to fight back. Alaina Hawthorn had a big kill which closed the Bethel gap to 13-8, but Troy Christian pulled away. They took a 22-13 lead late in the game behind the serving of Lee, and went on to the win.

Game three saw the Eagles come out again strong leading 3-0 behind three points from Swartz before Bethel came back and tied the game at five. Once tied again at ten, the Bees then started to take control of the game, with two big kills from Klaudia Lowery to take a 12-10 lead. The Bees maintained the lead until the Eagles fought back to tie the game at 20. Three more ties took place until the Eagles scored the final two points of the game to earn the win for the Eagles.

“This has been the theme all season, we struggle with us making the errors,” Bethel coach Lauren Seibenaller said. “Troy Christian played well, but we weren’t allowing them to do anything against us because we were making all of the errors.”

“In the third set we turned it on a little bit, but consistency has been our struggles all season.”

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