Lady Broncos go 2-2 in four game league stretch

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos girls volleyball squad has had a busy eight days.

Between Tuesday Sept. 24 and Tuesday Oct. 1, the Lady Broncos have played four matches. LRS swept Upper Columbia University at home on Sept. 24. They then got swept themselves at Colfax. The Lady Broncos bounced back with a 3-1 home-victory over Reardan, before getting swept again at Liberty on Oct. 1.

The score of the Sept. 24 match against Upper Columbia was mentioned in last week’s issue of The Journal, but no other information was available because the game occurred so close to print time. The Lady Broncos opened up a large double-digit first-set lead and never looked back, taking the set 25-12.

Upper Columbia had its best set of the evening in the second set, taking a small lead midway through. In the end, however, LRS held on to win 25-18.

Any momentum Upper Columbia had was gone by the third set. LRS led the whole way and finished Upper Columbia off 25-9.

Taylor Galbreath led the Lady Broncos with 11 aces and 12 assists. Her cousin, Eliza Galbreath added nine kills and Ellie Gering had nine digs.

The Lady Broncos started slow against Colfax on Sept. 26, dropping the first set 25-19. They battled in the second set, dropping it 27-25 before losing the final set 25-15.

Sophie Klaveano had 10 kills with two blocks for the Bulldogs while Taylor Galbreath had 14 assists for LRS.

The Lady Broncos returned home on Sept. 30 for an unusual Monday night matchup against winless Reardan.

Reardan took the first set 17-25. It was only the school’s third set win in seven matches. LRS stormed back taking the next three sets 25-21, 25-19, 25-18.

For the Lady Broncos, Taylor Galbreath had 16 assists, Gering added 15 digs and Eliza Galbreath chipped in seven kills. Coalie Whitman had 15 assists and Jessie Williams had 19 digs for Reardan.

The very next night, LRS was back on the road against Liberty, where they lost in straight sets. More information on this match, such as game scores and team leaders, will be available in next week’s issue of The Journal.

The Lady Broncos now have the rest of the week off. They next play Tuesday, Oct. 8 in a non-league home match against Tri-Cities Prep.