Hill College reeled off seven straight points to win Game 4 and cruised through the final game for a 25-23, 21-25, 21-25, 25-19, 15-6 victory, handing TC its first Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference loss.
"Hill played well throughout," TC coach Mary Reese said. "We started out well but didn't finish."
Kelsey Marek had 12 blocks, Coco Cave 11 kills and Rachel Doyle 23 digs for the Lady Leopards (15-20, 6-1 NTJCAC), who host Ranger College at 6 p.m. Thursday.
"I sure hope this refocuses this team," Reese said. "Just because we were undefeated in the first half of conference, opponents aren't going to lay down for us in the second half."
HIGH SCHOOL
Tem-Cats swept at No. 7 A&M Consolidated
COLLEGE STATION - Temple was competitive at the net but still didn't have many answers for No. 7-ranked College Station A&M Consolidated as the Tem-Cats lost 25-12, 25-14, 25-9 on Tuesday night.
"We touched a ton of balls on the block and we had our moments, but we also made a lot of silly errors that cost us points," said Temple coach Susie Hughlett, whose Tem-Cats (20-15) dropped to 7-5 in District 12-5A with two matches left - at Bryan on Friday and home against Copperas Cove next Tuesday. The Tem-Cats are tied with rival Belton for the league's fourth and final playoff position.
"Friday and Tuesday are definitely winnable games for us, and we're looking forward to the challenge," said Hughlett, who got 11 digs from Lauren Mann and four kills and five digs from Loryn Goodwin.
Consol (29-7, 12-0) won its 39th consecutive district match.
CTCS sweeps past Longview Christian, advances to TAPPS second-round playoff
Central Texas Christian School used a balanced attack to sweep Longview Christian 25-22, 25-5, 25-12 in the first round of the TAPPS Class 2A playoffs Tuesday night at CTCS.
The Lady Lions (16-13) advanced to the area round and will play at Shiner St. Paul on Saturday, with the time to be determined.
Abby Dosa was credited with 13 aces plus five kills and six digs for CTCS. Emily Dosa (11 assists, four digs) and Hannah Sorenson had eight kills apiece, Lindsey Emmons made 12 digs and Karyzza Cavazos had seven digs. Marlee Mitchum added five aces and four digs and Lauren Theodore contributed six kills, four digs and three aces.
