Ooltewah’s Courtlyn Ison, 32, spikes the ball over the heads of her opponents during a volleyball match Tuesday against Soddy-Daisy.Soddy-Daisy did everything but win the first set Tuesday in its District 5-AAA high school volleyball match against Ooltewah. From there, Ooltewah did everything including win the match at Soddy-Daisy, 3-0.
Set scores were 25-21, 25-12, 25-20.
Despite having libero Hannah Robertson out with a concussion and setter Chloe Mitchell out with muscle spasms in the back and neck, the Lady Trojans not only competed with the district-leading Lady Owls but led them 16-11. Ooltewah rallied to 19-19 before Soddy-Daisy went back up one when a Lady Owl’s serve went long. Ooltewah then scored five of the next six points and closed it out.
The Lady Owls never trailed in the second set, taking a 6-1 lead and forcing an early timeout. Their largest lead was 13. The first of seven occasions was at 17-4.
Soddy-Daisy stayed within five points throughout the third set, but its only lead was 1-0.