Lady ‘Cats among 16 left in 2A volleyball

The Woodland Lady Bobcats are one of 16 teams left in class 2A volleyball.

Woodland advanced to regional play on Saturday as the Area 8 champion. There they defeated Winterboro 25-23, 25-13, 25-22 in the first match, which guaranteed they would advance to the sub-state round.

After dropping three straight games to third-ranked Holy Spirit, the Lady Bobcats’ final match was against American Christian. After four games the best-of-five match was tied, but Woodland pulled through in the deciding game by a 15-13 score.

Coach Karen Beverly said, “The girls played very well, and we are looking forward to playing Leroy Thursday at 2 p.m. at Leroy.”

In the Saturday tournament, Courtney Strain had 57 kills, 20 digs, 6 aces and 4 blocks. Morgan Edwards had 20 kills, 23 digs, 11 aces and 2 blocks. Samantha Hargett had 24 digs and 5 blocks; Liz Cosper had 17 digs and 4 blocks; Lauren Gibbs had 12 digs, Ariel Baldwin had 13 digs and 7 aces; Kaci Noles had 81 assists, 9 digs and 3 aces; Katlin Edmondson had 5 digs; and Haley Rollins had 4 digs.

If Woodland wins Thursday, the Lady Cats will be one of eight teams left and will advance to the state tournament.