The McDonald County High School volleyball team closed out its 2017 regular season last week with losses to East Newton and Aurora.
The Lady Mustangs dropped a 25-10, 24-26, 25-19 decision to East Newton on Senior Night on Oct. 10 at MCHS.
East Newton jumped out to a 9-1 lead to start the match and stretched the margin to 17-5 on the way to a 25-10 win in the opening game.
In the second game, McDonald County erased an early 5-1 Lady Patriot lead with seven consecutive points to take an 8-5 lead. McDonald County used a five-point run midway through the game to stretch the lead to 15-9 before East Newton rallied late to cut the margin to 21-20.
McDonald County scored three of the next four points to jump ahead 24-21, but East Newton answered with three straight points to tie the game at 24-24. McDonald County then scored the next two points for a 26-24 win.
In the third and deciding game, East Newton led 13-12 before scoring four consecutive points for a 17-12 lead. The Lady Mustangs closed to 18-16, but East Newton scored seven of the next nine points for the win.
Mattie Leach had five kills and Karla Barreda and Hollie Garvin had four each to lead McDonald County. Kaycee Factor added nine service points and 16 digs while Madison Hall had 14 assists and eight digs. Garvin added 14 digs to go with her four kills while Barreda had nine digs to go with her four kills. Raye Pearcy also had eight digs.
Prior to the match, senior players Garvin, Pearcy, Hall, Barreda and Madison Wofford, along with senior managers Sulma Perez and Hector Morena, were recognized for their contributions to the volleyball program.
Aurora
Aurora dropped the Lady Mustangs to 1-27 for the season with a 25-20, 25-10 win on Oct. 12 at MCHS.
McDonald County began play in the Missouri Class 4 District 12 Volleyball Tournament on Oct. 16 against Carl Junction. Semifinals and finals of the tournament were set for Oct. 18 at Carl Junction High School.
Sports on 10/19/2017