Lady Leopards Force 3-Way Tie for 1st in NBC

Louisville Lady Leopards Volleyball

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Louisville 25-25-17-25, Minerva 23-16-25-21

The Louisville Lady Leopards forced a 3-Way tie for 1st in the NBC after defeating the first place Minerva Beatty's Sports Leopard Skin Grey HoodieLions 25-23, 25-16, 17-25, 25-21 Thursday evening at LHS. Carrollton, Louisville, and Minerva are all now 3-1 in the NBC and Salem is also 2-1 in league play. NBC Volleyball Standings

The Leopards won a back-and-forth first set 25-23 and convincingly won the second set 25-16. Then the Lions kept the match alive with a 25-17 victory in the third set.

Minerva continued to carry their momentum into the fourth set in taking a 15-10 advantage to start the set. However, Louisville used a 9-0 run to take a 19-15 lead before winning the set 25-21.

Offensively for Louisville: Emily Hollifield was the top hitter with 17 kills, Grace Jackson was the top server with 8 points & 3 aces, and Kristen Bricker led the match with 21 assists. Defensively for the Leopards: Taylor Robbins recorded 2 blocks and Nicole Kettlewell had a game-high 21 digs.

Minerva was led by Maddie Fischer who had a game-high 19 kills and team-high 14 assists. Lacy Marshall was the game’s top server with 10 points & 3 aces and also led the Lions in digs with 10. Jordan Diels also had 2 solo blocks to go along with 2 assisted blocks. Minerva is now 4-1 overall.

The Leopards have now taken the last three matches against the Lions overall and 5 out of the last 6 matches in the series played at Louisville.

JV: Louisville 25-25, Minerva 18-7

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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Carrollton on Tuesday, September 10. JV will begin at 5 PM and Varsity will follow at approximately 6 PM.

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