By Hunter Brooks
UCA Sportswriting
The St. Joseph Lady Bulldogs swept the Conway Christian Lady Eagles 3-0 Tuesday at the St. Joseph Family Activity Center.
St. Joseph coach Luke Davis was happy with the serving but still feels the team can improve.
“We didn’t miss too many hits tonight,” Davis said. “But we have got to have more hitting opportunities. Our great serving limited that for the most part, but when we had chances, we had some free balls and tips that I would like to see get cleaned up.”
The Lady Bulldogs (4-1, 3-1 in the 3A-Central) were led by junior middle hitter Madeline Moix in the 25-13, 25-10, 25-8 win.
St. Joseph scored 26 points on Moix's serve including 14 in the first game. Moix also contributed seven kills and 10 digs.
"Madeline’s a girl that has a lot of potential,” Davis said. “She started the season struggling a bit, but she’s one of my go-to girls that I know is going to work things out and she did tonight. I was hoping she would have a big night tonight and she did. She can be just as strong on the net. She didn’t show much of that tonight but I’ll take anything I can get from her. She served the ball very well tonight.”
After starting Game 1 down 0-2, Moix served for five straight points. The Lady Eagles closed the gap to 13-10 before Moix served the Lady Bulldogs to a 9-0 run that included three aces.
Moix served St. Joseph to a 5-0 lead in the second game and closed with another 5-0 run.
Davis said the team has struggled with leads in the past and wanted to make sure the team stayed focused for the third game.
“I told them that we are going out here for this third game and act like it’s the game to go to the state tournament,” Davis said. “We have to win it so we have to stay focused. That’s been a problem in the past where we have won the first two games and we lose a little focus and make mental mistakes, but they did a great job with it tonight.”
With the third game tied 2-2, senior libero Sydney Spradlin served a 13-0 run to put the game out of reach.
Spradlin had 12 digs during the match, including five in the second game. Senior setter Rachel Briggler led the Lady Bulldogs with 10 assists while senior outside hitter Meagan Briggler had seven kills and four digs and senior Madison Seiter contributed with five kills and five digs.
St. Joseph will next play in a tournament hosted by Vilonia High School on Saturday, Sept. 14.
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