Marengo Academy volleyball defeats Meadowview

Published 3:48 pm Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Marengo Academy Longhorns volleyball team fell behind early to Meadowview Christian, but rallied after the first set to win three in a row and take the match 3-1 (25-21, 15-25, 15-25, 12-25) on Monday.

The Lady Trojans took control early in the first set, jumping out to a 7-3 lead.

Meadowview Christian’s Lyndsey Patton (15) blocks Marengo Academy’s Reesa Holifield at the net. Meadowview fell to Marengo during the home game on Monday.

The Longhorns fought back to tie the set at 11-11, but Meadowview took back the lead to eventually go ahead 24-20.

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A spike by the Longhorns made the game closer at 24-21, but Meadowview’s Hope Redd blocked the ball at the net to close out the set with a win for Meadowview.

Meadowview could not carry the momentum over to the next few sets, though, and Marengo Academy came away with the victory in four sets.