Lady Bulldogs sweep Wiggins Lady Tigers

The intensity level was at a 10 in Haxtun's gymnasium last Tuesday as the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs cruised to a three-set victory over the Wiggins Lady Tigers.

A victory over the defending 2A State Champions upped the Lady Bulldog's RPI, giving them a top five standing in 1A rankings with the Colorado High School Activities Association. Others who sit in the top five include Merino, Fleming, Briggsdale and Wiley, three of which Haxtun has left on the regular season schedule.

The Lady Bulldogs found themselves down in set one with the Lady Tigers but dug deep for some grit to battle back for a first set win, 26-24. The second two sets started off much the same, but Haxtun gave themselves a fighting chance to take the final two, and that they did, 25-23 and 25-21, respectively.

As a team, Haxtun put down 33 kills against the Lady Tigers. Senior Allie Thompson tallied 11 kills, the team high, followed by senior Taylor Schram with 10. Senior Ella Coffin added six kills and Cassidy Goddard registered five.

The four also accounted for all eight of the team's solo blocks. Schram denied three Wiggins kill attempts followed by Thompson and Goddard, each with two, and Coffin with one solo block. As a team, the Lady Bulldogs registered 20 blocks at the net, Schram and Thompson leading the pack.

Haxtun served 97.5 percent as a team against Wiggins. Two Lady Bulldogs served 100 percent on the night including K'lyn Bornhoft and Thompson. Schram led the team in aces, with three, followed by Thompson and Goddard, each with two.

On defense, the team racked up 59 digs in the back row led by libero Bornhoft with 17. Thompson registered 13 digs followed by Schram with 10. On serve receive, Bornhoft led again with 21 passes. Coffin tallied 19 passes and Megan Walker added 13.

Setters Schram and Thompson combined for 23 of the teams 32 sets against Wiggins.

On Friday, Haxtun hosted the Caliche Lady Buffaloes in the annual homecoming match up. The Lady Bulldogs took that win in a sweep, 25-8, 25-18 and 25-18.

Schram nailed 10 kills for the night, the team's high, followed by Thompson with seven, Coffin with four and Bobbi Starkebaum with three. The Lady Bulldogs tallied 11 total blocks, led at the net by Goddard with two solo and one assisted. Thompson netted one solo block and three assisted.

Bornhoft, Goddard and Schram combined for 13 of the team's 17 serving aces in the contest. The Lady Bulldogs served 89.7 percent in the three-set victory.

On serve receive, libero Bornhoft tallied 16 passes in the back row. She accounted for nearly half of the team's 39 passes in the back row. Defensively, Bornhoft also led in digs with nine followed by Coffin with seven.

Schram registered 12 successful sets and Thompson added eight against the Lady Buffs.

The Lady Bulldogs have to just one game on the scheduled this week as the team was set to face off with the Lady Eagles in Wray on Tuesday evening. Haxtun returns to the court on Tuesday, Sept. 28 in an away contest with the Yuma Lady Indians.