Red Bank’s Lionettes are proving again in 2013 that unseating them at the top of the District 6-AA high school volleyball standings isn’t going to be easy.
Despite having a 12-16 overall record, Red Bank has worked through its five district matches to date unscathed. On Tuesday at Red Bank, the Lionettes rallied for a 3-2 victory over Hixson, which also came into the match unbeaten in the district. Set scores were 24-26, 25-23, 17-25, 25-23, 15-5.
In recent years Red Bank battled mainly East Hamilton for supremacy in the district, but the Lady Hurricanes moved up a classification this year. The Lionettes graduated a great deal of production off last year’s team, and assistant coach Mandi Munn took over as head coach for Christel Brooks, who resigned to spend more time with family.
The opportunity seemed there for some other district teams to make a run at the regular-season championship. Yet here the Lionettes are again at the top.
“Expectations are there,” Munn said. “The girls know it.”