Lincoln Volleyball Season Ends Against Meadows

The Lincoln County High School volleyball team and The Meadows faced off in the southern 2A playoffs on Friday. ?

When they met in the regular season, the Lynx lost both matches. Coach Ken Thornock said, ?They really only have one good player on their team.?

That would be outside hitter Dani Mason. She is six feet tall and only a sophomore. Thornock also added, ?The rest of their team was evenly matched with ours.? Going into the playoff match, the coach wanted to contain Mason.

However, the Lynx weren’t able to keep up with Meadows in the first match and lost 14-25. The next game wasn’t any better, and Lincoln lost 10-25.

Thornock said, ?I wasn’t totally pleased after the first set.??

Lincoln stepped it up in the final game. Cameron Lloyd had 18 digs. Thornock said, ?Cameron was one of the players that stood out to me. She played really good defense.?

Kendra Mathews was definitely a crowd favorite. She had five kills and seven blocks. Kailey Kelly had eight digs and four kills. Brooklyn Hafen had seven kills and four digs and a block. ?

?We didn’t have a lot of kills, which hurt us,? Thornock said.

Lincoln and Meadows battled it out in game three. The Lynx were ahead all the way to 17, but they couldn’t close the game, and Meadows came back to win 25-20.

Although the result was the same, Thornock saw improvement in his team since it last played Meadows. ?We played much better against them in the playoffs,? he said.

That puts a wrap on the 2016 volleyball season, and Thornock is optimistic about 2017.

?We have a lot of good girls coming up next season. They need to pick up a ball over the offseason and work on mental toughness.?

The Meadows lost the championship game to Calvary Chapel, which remains undefeated in league play. Meadows faces northern one seed Yerington for the state semifinals in Sparks tonight. Calvary faces northern two seed White Pine. The state championship game will be tomorrow afternoon. ?????

CAPTION – Kristina Lloyd

Lincoln senior Drew Cardinal sets up a teammate during the Lynx regional semifinal matchup against The Meadows last week.