Bartlesville tops volleyball Lady Cats

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Bartlesville tops volleyball Lady Cats

Sat, 09/18/2021 - 15:55
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The Ponca City Lady Cats battled long and hard in Thursday’s third set with Bartlesville, but when it was over Bartlesville had won to claim a 3-0 victory in a varsity match at Robson Field House.

Bartlesville easily won the first two sets, 25-9 and 25-11, but in the third set the two teams battled on even terms for much of the time. Bartlesville took the lead at 12-11 and never trailed after that. Ponca City continued to battle on relatively even terms and was within a point at 17-16 before Bartlesville finished with an 8-0 run to win the match. There were nine instances in the set where the score was tied and Ponca City had an advantage on 12 occasions.

Bartlesville took control of the first set early and led 5-1 before Ponca City started climbing back. The Lady Cats cut the lead to 8-5 at one point but the visitors then went on a 17-3 binge to finish off the set.

Bartlesville led 10-1 in the early going of the second set. The Bartlesville margin was 20-8 at a later point before the lead got to its largest point at 24-10.

The varsity Lady Cats will participate in a tournament at Owasso Friday and Saturday and then travel to Piedmont for a match on Tuesday. The next home match will be Thursday against Putnam City Original.