LAURINBURG —The Lady Scots volleyball team bounced back from a sweep at the hands of Pinecrest with a win over the Pine Forest Trojans on Wednesday night at Scotland High School. Scotland’s three sets to one victory improved their record to 9-2 overall (1-2 vs conference opponents) while Pine Forest falls to 6-6 with the loss.
The first set saw teams continue to initially trade points with neither side establishing any notable lead. In fact, the first time either team held a lead of more than one was when the Trojans were up 8-6. Where the set changed was after the Scots found themselves in a 13-10 deficit. Scotland would go on a 9-1 run from there that put them up 19-14. They also finished the set with six points in a row to take the set comfortably 25-15.
The ensuing set was the Scots starting slow but managing to erase a big deficit. They initially were down 3-1 and then 10-4. Scotland would get within four at 10-6 but the Trojans got four unanswered points after that to go up 14-6, leading to a timeout from Romaine. While it took some time, the Scots would chip away slowly and get five points in a row at one point to get the set back to even at 18 apiece. They would then take their first lead of the set at 21-20 and score the final three points of the set to win it 25-22. Despite winning the first two sets, Head Coach Adam Romaine still wants to see his team fix some of the passing and receiving problems that plagued them in the loss to Pinecrest.