UCA Sportswriting
The St. Joseph Lady Bulldogs recorded another sweep Wednesday, this time over the Harding Academy Lady Wildcats in Searcy.
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 10-2 overall, 7-1 in the 3A-Central race, with the 25-7, 25-7, 25-17 victory. Harding Academy is a recent Class 3A state champion.
St. Joseph coach Luke Davis said the victory would give his team confidence heading forward.
“It was good win for us,” Davis said. “It’s been two years since we’ve beat them. They’ve had some good teams over the years. They were state champs two years ago and went to the semifinals last year, so it’s a big confidence boost. We took care of business all around.”
The Lady Bulldogs are in the middle of a three-matches-in-three-days stretch. Davis said the team was focusing on one game at a time.
“It’s a mindset,” he said. “We talked about it Monday. We have to treat it like it’s a tournament. I told them every game gets harder, but it’s all mental. It’s just like the state tourney. The next one doesn’t matter if you don’t win the one in front of you.”
St. Joseph looks to avenge its only conference loss of the year when the Lady Bulldogs play host to Atkins on Thursday, Sept. 26.
"Atkins is a good team,” Davis said. “They have a lot of girls back, which is similar to us. Last time, they found our holes and kept us off balance, so I hope we can improve on those things when we face them."
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