Lady Warriors get road win over defending 2A champion Walnut

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Pontotoc went looking for a challenge ahead of the final stretch of regular season games.

They found it on the road at Walnut.

The Lady Warriors fell behind 1-0 to the Lady Wildcats and were trailing in the 2nd set, but used a second set rally to tie the match up and eventually claim the road victory 3-1.

Mollie Rackley with the ace winner and Pontotoc evens it up with a 28-26 2nd set win pic.twitter.com/hIJdh06pV9

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The hotly contested match was decided 26-28, 28-26, 25-23, 25-15.

The Lady Warriors totalled 29 kills in the match to control the net, led by Samya Brooks who turned in 8. Brooks added a team high 5 blocks and was named the player of the game.

Your favorite Lady Warriors came home with a win after a close game with the Walnut Wildcats!

Your MVP for the night is Samya “BOOM” Brooks! Samya played a huge contribution to the team’s energy tonight! She had an ace, 8 kills, and 5 blocks! #committed #together #beawarrior pic.twitter.com/CtlgMxZtCu

— Pontotoc Volleyball (@LadyWarriorVB) September 21, 2021

Ava Robbins led with 4 aces with Caroline Howard adding a trio while commanding the defense from her Libero position.

Alayna Ball and Mollie Rackley each had 5 kills. Audrey Hamill added 4 while Sadie Stegall had 3.

Pontotoc moved to 10-5 on the year and next take on Shannon in region action.

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