The West Central Trojan volleyball team may have won in straight sets against the Mt Vernon/Plankinton Titans on Thursday, October 15th, but two of the three sets they had to come from behind for the win. The Trojans won the match by set scores of 25-23, 25-14, and 26-24.
West Central scored the first two points of the the match, but the Titans tied the score 4-4. Mt Vernon/Plankinton would then go ahead 9-7. The Titans extended their lead to 13-8 and then to 16-9. The Trojans got within four points, 18-14, but Mt Vernon/Plankinton pushed their lead back to seven points, 22-15. West Central never panicked. They chipped away at the lead and got within two points, 23-21. They took that momentum and scored the last four points for a 25-23 win.
The Trojans started the second set with a 4-3 advantage, and it didn’t take them to start pulling away. They led 8-5 and then went on a 5-2 run to make the score 13-7. West Central kept rolling and built a 12-point lead, 23-11, before taking the second set 25-14.
The Titans took an early 4-2 lead to start the third set. They would lead by just one point, 6-5, but then went on a 9-2 run to give themselves a 15-7 lead. The Titans continued to lead by eight points at 19-11. Once again the Trojans would chip away at the lead. West Central cut the deficit to 21-16 and then got it down to 22-20. The Trojans would tie the score at 22-22. Mt Vernon/Plankinton held a 24-23 advantage, but West Central tied the score 24-24 and then got two more straight points for a 26-24 win.
