By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

The Lady Bearcats improved to 9-5 on the season with a dominant sweep of the Woodland Lady Cardinals on Monday night at the BEC.


In JV action, the Lady ‘Cats picked up 25-6 and 25-11 wins to continue their unbeaten streak on the season.


In Varsity action, Dexter won 25-9, 25-14, and had a great showing in their offensive game.


Head coach Lauren Hutchcraft was pleased with her squad’s effort, but felt the intensity wasn’t quite there for the Lady ‘Cats.

“The intensity could have been higher; because the BEC is such a big gym, the crowd is so disconnected from the courts here, it’s hard for the girls to get fired up sometimes,” Hutchcraft said. “They played well - just need more intensity. We had some missed serves, but that can be fixed. We also had some good kills, and our passing was better this game.”

Hutchcraft noted the performance of Lauren Ward, as well as her front-row hitters, in the contest.

“Lauren Ward is a very smart player, she knows where to place the ball. Especially on the second hit, she can dump, she knows what’s going on,” Hutchcraft continued. “I thought Brittany Harris hit well; Jessica Lindsey and McKenzie Mitchell also had some great kills tonight.”

Ward, one of the squad’s seniors, was perfect from the service line, and nailed 24 serves and 5 aces while getting 15 assists in the contest.

Harris, Lindsey, and Mitchell combined for 15 kills against the Cardinals.


Despite the lopsided scores, Hutchcraft was quick to commend Woodland’s team.

“Woodland is a good team, and they have some good players. They had some girls that could hit well, and they did that tonight,” Hutchcraft said.


The Lady ‘Cats will be in action again on Thursday night, when they face the Bell City Lady Cubs at the Bearcat Event Center. “One name - Jasmine Johnson,” she said. “She’s a really strong, talented player. It will be a great game.”


JV action is set to get underway at 6:00 p.m., with the Varsity game immediately following.