BEARVILLE — Pierce County’s 10th-ranked Lady Bears volleyball team captured the Region 3-AAA volleyball tournament title here Saturday with victories over Tattnall County and Islands.
The Lady Bears (28-10) knocked off the fifth-seed Lady Warriors sweeping the best-of-five semifinal pairing 25-9, 25-10, 25-10.
PCHS followed with a 25-23, 25-17, 25-20 victory over the No.2-seed Lady Sharks in the championship match.
“All season we have been able to play all 15 players a good amount,” said head coach Robbie Spires. “We were able to do that versus Tattnall also. Islands jumped on us early in the first set, but we were able to regroup and fight back. That continued the rest of the match.”
Pierce County awaits the release of the brackets today (Wednesday, October 14) by the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) to see who its first round opponent will be. The state tournament’s best-of-five begins Saturday, October 17.
Lady Bears...25-25-25 Tattnall Co. ....9-10-10 PCHS overcame an early 4-1 deficit in the first set scoring 24 of the final 29 points setting the tone for the rest of the match.
Aly Yeomans earned high praise from Spires for her performance sparking the victory. Yeomans had a team-high tying seven kills and five aces for the match.
Mollie Carter tied Yeomans for the team-lead in kills with seven. Azalea Mobley was third with six kills. Isabella Marx and Nylah Jackson finished with five apiece.
Daisy Thigpen recorded a team-high 18 assists to lead the trio of setters.
Lady Bears...25-25-25 Islands .........23-17-20
The Lady Bears’ first-set rally broke Islands in setting the stage for a threeset victory.
The offense and solid defensive performances by Gracie Brewer (eight digs) and Heidi Hodges secured the second set win.
Frustrated entering the third set, the Lady Sharks’ tips and off-speed shots were met by fierce PCHS attacks for kills.
Caroline Davis (teamhigh 15 assists) and Ansley Hutcheson (14 assists) combined for 29 assists.
Carter recorded a teamhigh 10 kills and two blocks. Marx and Mobley had nine kills each. Yeomans was credited with seven kills.
Marx led the defensive effort with a team-high 13 digs.
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