The Fayette

County Lady Tiger volleyball team faced Lovejoy and

Morrow in its first games of the season.

The

starting six against Lovejoy were sophomores Katie Langas

and Sandra Finley and seniors Kati Alley, Megan Byrd,

Kristin French and Christine Pritchett.

French and

Langas gave the team accurate setting and firepower from

middle blocker Pritchett and outside hitters Alley and

Byrd dominated the offense. The lady Tigers won the first

game against Lovejoy 15-3.

The second

game was dominated by powerful and strategically placed

serves from Crystal Rene deCotret and Ashley Stoll. The

team served with 87 percent accuracy. Senior setter

Valerie Warr helped establish a stifling offense, while

Pritchett owned the net with her long-armed blocks and

kills. Fayette County won the game 15-2.

"We

converted well between offense and defense," said

head varsity Coach Cheryl Laporte. "The girls were

prepared mentally much better than I expected."

The Lady

Tigers then faced Morrow and, though the serving was

shaky at the begnning of the match, specialist Jennie

Maloney kept the Tigers in the game. Stoll and Alley

dominated the second game as Fayette County won the

match. The Lady Tigers won the first game 15-6 and won

the second game 15-4.

"I

don't plan on making any adjustments for our next

game," said Laporte. "I am pretty happy with

the team. We will be concentrating on blocking and

offense during the next few weeks."