Miners win at North Central

Aggressive serving by Linton-Stockton kept host North Central on their heels as the visiting Lady Miners defeated the LadyBirds 25-14, 21-25, 25-19, 25-21 in a Tri-River Conference volleyball match at Farmersburg Tuesday night.

The Lady Miners (9-7, 3-0 in the TRC) finished with 11 aces.

"I challenged the girls to be more aggressive with their serving," said Lady Miner coach Jill Fougerousse. "And although we had several aces, that was not really the story.

"Our aggressive serving caused North Central's passing to be off. They were not as effective and that proved to be the big difference tonight."

Savannah Mason was 21 of 23 serving with five aces. She also had a team-best 16 digs.

Sam Butt, who re-injured her ankle and her status is unknown, was 17 of 19 serving with one ace, eight kills and 12 digs.

Bradlea Beard dished out 30 assists to go with one kill, one block, six digs and three aces on 15 of 17 serving.

Hali Murray was 15-for-15 serving. She finished with one ace, seven kills and two digs.

Jannae Jackson missed once in seven attempts on serve. She had one ace, three kills and one dig. Courtney Barnes was perfect on serve -- 9-for-9 -- and contributed a team-best 16 kills, six digs and a trio of blocks.

Sydney Lehman had four kills and one dig and Kelsey Andis was credited with six digs.

Kayla Cox was 3 of 3 serving with two blocks and Ashley Cooper was 1-for-1 on serve and added one assist. Jordan Padgett also played while Darien Huffman was sick and did not play.

"This was a total team effort," said Fougerousse. "Everybody contributed."

The Lady Miners are playing a varsity-only schedule for the immediate future. They will host North Knox at 6 p.m. Tuesday.