Tough Week for Lady Blackhawks

SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks had a rough week as they came up short on the road and at home. They fell to Charlo, Darby and Clark Fork dragging their record down to 4-8 overall and 3-4 in conference.

With just two weeks until the district tournament, Lady Blackhawks Head Coach Tammy Lewis remains optimistic.

In the coming week the Lady Blackhawks only have one home match compared to the last couple weeks with three matches each. Lewis plans to make the best of the extra practice.

"We will try to pull out what positive we can from this last couple weeks so that we can build on that and move forward," said Lewis.

Versus Charlo

The Lady Blackhawks traveled to Charlo Oct. 3. They fell 17-25 in the first two games and came up just short of pushing the match to a fourth game, 24-26.

Autumn Morse led with 11 assists and a pair of aces. Chloie Hanback added a pair of aces and led with 5 kills. On the defense, Chloe Robbins had 3 of the teams 4 stuff blocks while Tanisha Rhoades had 14 digs.

Versus Darby

The Lady Blackhawks hosted the Tigers of Darby Oct. 5.

The Ladies came out strong and took game one 25-21. They were unable to repeat the success in the following three games falling to the Tigers 17-25, 22-25 and 22-25.

Klaire Kovatch and Ashley Miller led the Lady Blackhawks offense with 7 kills each while Autumn Morse had 15 assists and a pair of aces. On defense, Kovatch led the team with 3 stuff blocks and Tanisha Rhoades had 18 digs.

Versus Clark Fork

The Lady Blackhawks clashed with the Clark Fork Mountain Cats on the home court Oct. 7.

The last time the teams met early in the season the Ladies had fallen in four games to the Cats.

The Lady Blackhawks came out strong and took game one 25-23 and led game two up until the end. The Ladies got hung up on 24 while the Cats scored five straight points to take the lead at 25. The Lady Blackhawks couldn't hold on and fell 25-27.

Clark Fork held on to their momentum and took game three 21-25 and by mid game four they had a solid lead on the Lady Blackhawks. The Ladies started a comeback that cumulated with 8 straight points and the 25-19 victory, sending the match to a fifth game.

The Lady Blackhawks fell behind in the final game and couldn't fend of the Cats. They lost the game and with it the match, 10-15.

Tanisha Rhoades led the Lady Blackhawks' defense with 22 digs while Chloe Robbins had 4 stuff blocks. Autumn Morse had 17 of the team's 22 assists and 2 aces and Ashley Miller had 12 kills.

The Lady Blackhawks host the Pirates from Victor Oct. 14 with games starting at 4 p.m.

 

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