The Wortham Lady Bulldogs finished the season in the third round of the playoffs with a straight set loss to the Bremond Lady Tigers on Tuesday night at Buffalo High School.
Wortham finishes the season at 33-12 and had won 63 consecutive sets before losing the first set on Tuesday.
Bremond began quickly building a 4-1 lead and Lady Bulldog server Skylar Phillips served her team to within one with some great net play by Jessica Black and Rylee Goolsby. Lyndsie McBride had a couple of kills to regain a bit of a lead and she served a couple of aces to build the lead to 21-9. Goolsby served and Samantha Wright took care of net kills but the Lady Bulldogs could not get any closer and fell in the opening set 25-14.
The second began as a copy of the first with a slight Lady Tiger lead and then Bremond opened it some with a 12-7 lead. Goolsby heated up with a kill and short tap over the net and then a rocket to the back corner to force a Bremond timeout. Goolsby a couple of kills and a block with Phillips in serve to take a 20-18 lead. McBride took over from there and led her team into the lead and a set two victory 25-22.
The Lady Bulldogs continued to pressure the Bremond front line and the game was close in the beginning with Wright and Goolsby providing the senior leadership in the net. Wright had a kill to tie the game at 13-13 and then McBride built a lead to 18-14. Wright served an ace and Phillips had a kill to get within 18-17, and finally McBride took over and led the Tigers to the win.
(Photos by Jennifer Lansford)
