Ladycats sweep Danbury, fall to Flatonia in five

The Weimar Ladycats picked up their ninth district won of the year and then picked up their first district loss of the year this week.

The Ladycats traveled to face Danbury first then traveled to fave Flatonia picking up one win and one loss in the process.

_ DANBURY, 3_0, W 25_18, 25_17, 25_19 In their first match of the week the Ladycats faced Danbury on the road. They had a strong defensive effort in this game holding Danbury to under 20 points in all three sets.

The first set started with the Ladycats holding Danbury to 18 points and cruised to a 25-18 set win. They carried that effort into the second set.

The Ladycats defense came up big again holding Danbury to 17 points in the second set. The Ladycats offense continued to fly around the court and secured a 25-17 win in the second set.

In the third and final set Danbury’s offense scored 19 points. The Ladycats won the match with a final score of 25-19 and picked up their ninth district win of the year.

The Ladycats then hit the road again and traveled to face Flatonia.

_ FLATONIA, 3_2, L 26_24, 22_25, 21_25, 25_14, 15_4 In their second match of the week the Ladycats took on Flatonia. In this match the Ladycats district winning streak ended.

It took all five sets to defeat the Ladycats and it started with the Ladycats winning the first set in overtime. They won the first set 26-24 and set the tone for this high scoring match.

The second set went in favor of Flatonia as they defeated the Ladycats 25-22 to even the match up at one set a piece.

The third set also went in favor of Flatonia as they defeated the Ladycats 25-21. This put Flatonia only one set win away from victory.

The Ladycats knew that and their strong defense came up big again to keep them in the match. They held Flatonia to 14 points as the Ladycats picked up a 2514 win to set up the fifth set of the match.

In the fifth set both teams knew it was a race to 15 points. Unfortunately for the Ladycats they came up short in the fifth set falling to Flatonia with a score of 15-4.

This was the Ladycats first district loss of the year and will be looking to get back to their winning ways in their next match.

The Ladycats will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 23, where they will face Bloomington at Weimar High School.