McIntosh High

School's varsity volleyball team started off strong on its home court

last week against cross-town rival Starr's Mill and never let up, stinging

Starr's Mill with a 15-1 victory in game one.

Starr's Mill

recovered to put up a fight in game two, but McIntosh put them away in

only two games 15-11 in the second.

Game one revolved

around strong serving, especially on the part of seniors Stacey Quinn

and Kristi Oates. Junior Megan Bartels was team leader in both receiving

and net play, in both blocks and kills, to help hold the Lady Panthers

to just one point in the first game. Good setting was shared by senior

Kathryn Murphy and junior Allison Cheatham.

Stacey Quinn

again was super-server in the second game, running eight straight points

for her Lady Chiefs. Oates and Bartels combined strong attacks and kills

in the second game and Bartels placed some opportune blocks to stop a

Starr's Mill surge. Tara Hamilton hit two great kills with the score close

near the end of the second game to bring McIntosh out on top.

For the match,

Kristi Oates, Megan Bartels and Tara Hamilton teamed together with strong

attacks and kills, Bartels with four attacks and four kills, Oates with

four and three and Hamilton with three and two. The Oates and Bartels

duo had three blocks apiece.

Stacey Quinn

was lights-out serving for the night with a total of six aces and nine

good serves, along with teammates who combined for a 93.3 percent serving

success rate to give McIntosh a well-deserved victory.

In their second

match of the evening, the Lady Chiefs defeated East Coweta 15-9, 15-2,

again in two sets. Ankia DuPreez started off game one with three great

blocks. The accurate setting of Allison Cheatham gave Sarah Rosetti the

opportunity to celebrate her 17th birthday in style with two aggressive

kills in succession. Rosetti continued her celebration to serve out the

final five points to close the first game.

Senior Kara

Nessing opened game two with strong serves to jump out to a 5-0 lead.

Senior Staci Stoller picked up where Nessing left off and scored the next

three points. Solid team play by seniors Kathryn Murphy and Kristi Oates

and coaching by Taasha Moore led the Lady Chiefs to their second victory

of the evening.

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