Lady Guard varsity drops district opener to Grace

TYLER — Brook Hill fell behind 2-0 against Grace Community on Thursday in their TAPPS 3-5A opener and was able to grab one game back, but couldn’t complete the comeback in a 25-19, 25-17, 21-25, 27-25 loss.

The Lady Guard (17-7, 0-1) were stymied by 38 hitting errors in the match.

Freshman Katherine Mondrik led the team with eight kills and sophomore Morgan Carpenter had seven kills for the Lady Guard.

Senior Brianna Young delivered a team-high 46 digs with Junior Zoe Hayes adding 23 digs. Junior Maddie Anthony and Mondrik finished with 16 and 15, respectively.

Senior setter Lauren Eden dished out a team-high 15 assists with Anthony finishing with 14 assists to go with a team-leading seven aces.

Brook Hill also lost its JV and JV2 matches at Grace. The Lady Guard JV1 (1-3) lost 25-18, 25-7 and JV2 (1-5) lost 25-14, 25-22.

LADY GUARD VARSITY STATS

Kills (36): Katherine Mondrik 8, Morgan Carpenter 7, Lauren Eden 6, Maddie Anthony 5, Megan Priddy 4, Zoe Hayes 1

Assists (30): Lauren Eden 15, Maddie Anthony 14, Brianna Young 1

Aces (11): Maddie Anthony 7, Megan Priddy 2, Lauren Eden 2

Digs (119): Brianna Young 46, Zoe Hayes 23, Maddie Anthony 16, Katherine Mondrik 15, Lauren Eden 8, Megan Priddy 7

Blocks (1): Katherine Mondrik 1

LADY GUARD JUNIOR VARSITY STATS

Kills (8): Madeline Reed 4, KeAirra Christopher 2, Autumn Webb 1

Assists (6): Caroline Welty 5, Kaitlyn Juarez 1

Aces (8): Madeline Reed 3, Caroline Welty 2, Kasey Anderson 1, Autumn Webb 1, Julia Hardiman 1

Digs (25): Kaitlyn Juarez 7, Cassie Cannon 6, Madeline Reed 5, Julia Hardiman 2, Kasey Anderson 2, Autumn Webb 1, Caroline Welty 1, KeAirra Christopher 1

Blocks (1): Autumn Webb 1

LADY GUARD JV2 STATS

Kills (6): Caroline Welty 4, KeAirra Christopher 1, Chidi Nechi 1

Assists (2): Caroline Welty 2

Aces (8): Caroline Welty 3, Natalie Travis 2, Claire Efobi 1, KeAirra Christopher 1, Asia McGowen 1

Digs (16): Asia McGowen 10, Claire Efobi 2, Natalie Travis 2, Sara Nwosu 1, Katy Dulany 1