CANEY — An early comeback set the tone Tuesday for Humboldt High’s volleyball team.
The Lady Cubs trailed 22-17 in their opening set against Neodesha, and rallied to force the set into extra points.
Despite falling just short in the set, 26-24, “we were able to build on that,” Humboldt head coach Terry Meadows said.
So even though Humboldt found itself trailing again in the second set, the Lady Cubs were able to turn the tide in their favor, 25-23.
That in turn set up a dominating third and decisive set, which Humboldt won going away, 25-9.
The come-from-behind victory capped a 2-0 night for Humboldt, which earlier defeated host Caney Valley in straight sets, 25-15 and 25-14 to improve to 20-6 on the season.
“I was proud of the girls for fighting all night long,” Meadows said.
The victories push Humboldt to 3-0 in Tri-Valley League action.
A balanced attack paced the Lady Cubs all night long.
In the win over Caney Valley, Kirstyn Murrow racked up seven kills and seven digs, to go with a pair of aces. Nautianna Goforth had five kills, three digs and an ace. Shelby Shaughnessy had four kills, a set assist, two digs and an ace.
Karley Wools led with 10 digs and five aces. She also had three kills. Kenisyn Hottenstein had 19 set assists, five digs and an ace. Brooklyn Ellis and Kinley Tucker both had four dig, followed by Kirsten Koboldt with two.
Murrow racked up 14 kills in the win over Neodesha, with three blocks, eight digs and an ace. Goforth had seven kills, eight digs, three blocks and an ace. Wools had three aces, five kills, a block and 19 digs. Ellis had a15 digs, an ace and two kills.
Shaughnessy had four kills and six digs.
Hottenstein set up 36 assists, to go with an ace and seven digs. Kobold chipped in with three kills and a dig. Tucker notched four digs.
