Third place was on the line in District 26-5A Tuesday night when the Champion volleyball team hosted Kerrville Tivy at Charger Gym.
Champion battled and left it all on the court but came up short to the Lady Antlers in five sets and will be the fourth seed heading into next week’s playoffs.
Tivy won the match, 25-23, 25-15, 22-25, 10-25, 15-13. The Lady Chargers end the regular season at 30-11 overall and 8-6 in district and face Leander- Rouse in the first round Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Dripping Springs, 6 p.m.
Champion, down two quality players due to injury, dropped the first two sets on Tuesday, but won the next two to tie it up and force a fifth set.
Game 5 was an all-out knockdown, drag-out fight as the Hill Country rivals went at it. The last set was tied eight times before it was decided.
Champion was up 10-8 and 11-9 to match its biggest leads of the set, but the Lady Antlers tied it both times. After Tivy pulled ahead 13-12, Chargers coach Jessica Tully-Mitchell called a timeout and Champion knotted it up at 13-13 out of the break but that was the last tie before Tivy scored the final two points to claim the win.
In Tuesday’s match, Kelsey Rogers finished with 13 kills and 4 blocks, Izzy Maszak had 15 assists and 8 digs, Sadie Hoyt added 11 digs and 6 kills, Emmy Koke finished with 7 kills and 3 blocks, Gabriela Rossello tallied 20 digs, Erin Fallon recorded 17 digs and 11 assists, Skye Conroe had 5 kills, Cameryn Seaux added 8 digs.
Champion plays Leander-Rouse in the first round Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Dripping Springs, 6 p.m.
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