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  • Blythewood VB defeats SV

    BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood volleyball took their first region win of the season with a 3-0 final over Spring Valley on Tuesday. The Bengals outmatched the Vikings with 25-14, 25-14 and 25-8 finals. 

    Last Thursday, Blythewood dropped a 3-2 conference match to Rock Hill. The Bearcats squeezed past the Bengals in the first set with a 27-25 win. Blythewood took the second 25-20 and the third 25-18. Rock Hill rallied to win 25-23 in the fourth set to send the match to a fifth set where they took another two-point win, 15-13, to clench the game.

    Clover defeated Blythewood last Tuesday with a 3-0 final. They won the first set 25-20, the second 25-19 and the third 27-25.

    Blythewood will travel to Fort Mill tonight for a region game and will hit the road again next Tuesday to face Nation Ford. They’ll play their third road game in a week’s time on Oct. 6 at Clover.

  • Lady Bengals Sweep Through Round One

    Tuesday night, the Lady Bengals volleyball team began their playoff run with a sweep (25-14, 25-13 and 25-14) of Fort Mill in the first round. Blythewood never trailed in the first two sets and fed off the home court advantage. Senior hitter Abreia Epps led the attack with a game high 16 kills.

    “We came out fighting,” Epps said. “Our home crowd was there to support us and that gave us a lot of energy.”

    Fort Mill came alive in the third set leading Blythewood by as many as five points at 10-5 and 13-8. However, the Lady Bengals were finally able to break the Fort Mill run when Blythewood senior setter Gabriela Martinez came up to serve. With Martinez serving seven straight points, the Lady Bengals took the lead and would never look back. In that stretch she served three aces and after the game head coach Mary Hall commended Martinez for her effort.

    “She (Martinez) had them confused,” Hall said. “Those aces down the line were a huge momentum changer.”

    Martinez finished the night with 30 assist and eight aces (both game highs).

    Blythewood improved their record to 36-5 and will host Riverside on Thursday night. Time of first serve had not been set at press time.

    Hall believes the quick turn around is an advantage for her team.

    “This schedule keeps us in sync,” Hall said. “The ladies are ready to play and we’re excited.”

  • Lady Bengals Wrap Up Region Title

    The Blythewood volleyball team wrapped up region play Tuesday night with a 3-0 (28-26, 25-9 and 25-9) win over Ridge View to become champions in region IV-4A. The Lady Bengals finish the year 35-5 overall and 10-0 in region play. After the game head coach Mary Hall could not have been more satisfied.

    “This season has been amazing,” Hall said. “It’s been everything I wanted it to be.”

    In the regular season finale, Blythewood was led in attacking by Abreia Epps with 11 kills. Meredith Jones and Dominique Williams added seven kills apiece. Gabby Martinez had a game-high 32 assists. Defensively, Epps had a team-high nine digs with BiJonae Jones chipping in seven.

    The Lady Bengals will now look forward to the state playoffs, which start Tuesday. Blythewood is ranked #2 in the state and should host a home game in the first round. Hall believes her team is ready for the playoff atmosphere.

    “This is a strong team,” she said. “The bonds are strong and hopefully we can continue to push through to the state championship.”

    It is anticipated that Fort Mill is the team on the horizon for the Lady Bengals. Starting tomorrow you can check scprepcountry.com or maxpreps.com for a copy of the playoff bracket.