DRAFFENVILLE – The 4th District race for the number one seed is coming down to Marshall County and Christian Fellowship and the Lady Eagles took the upper-hand in that race with their win over the Lady Marshals Tuesday at CFS. Marshall County won the first meeting between the two inter-county rivals 3-2 and CFS took Tuesday’s match 3-1.
CFS took the lead early in game one in a full, rousing gymnasium, holding it by one to three points until the Lady Marshals tied the game 22-22 then took the lead for the first time in the game 23-22 behind serves from Ragan Harris. Tied again at 24-24, the Lady Marshals scored the last two points to win 26-24.
The Lady Eagles again took a quick lead in game two, going up 5-0 before the Lady Marshals got on the board with a net serve by CFS. The Lady Marshals pulled to within two points at 9-7 then fell behind again 12-7.
Unable to get back on track, Marshall County earned just three more points in the game, falling 25-10 with the final point coming on a CFS kill by 8th grader Abigail Cima.
Great play at the net by Cima and CFS hitters Emily Nelson and Sarah Muller carried the Lady Eagles momentum through game three, giving CFS an 11-1 lead before a kill by Harris ended the Lady Marshals scoring drought. Game three ended the same way as game two with a 25-10 CFS win to take the lead in the match two games to one.
Not letting up, CFS came out firing again in the fourth game, going up 4-0 behind serves from Rebekah Muller. Long volley’s highlighted this game with CFS stretching their lead to 8-2 before the Lady Marshals climbed back in to pull to within one at 9-8 on serves from Hannah Langhi and a point at the net by Alexis Hines.
The Lady Marshals kept it close in the fourth game, but CFS continued to maintain a slight lead, starting to pull away at 21-17 and going on to take the fourth game 25-17 and the match 3-1.
Marshall County takes on 1st Region leader McCracken County in Paducah Thursday and CFS will host Murray in another 4th District game on Thursday.
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