The West Plains Lady Zizzers opened their home schedule with a straight-set victory over the Mountain Home Lady Bombers, sweeping their cross-state rival 3-0 at West Plains High School.
West Plains took the match 25-18, 25-20 and 25-23, controlling the first two sets before holding off Mountain Home in a much tighter third. The complete set scores and individual West Plains statistics are recorded in the West Plains–Mountain Home match report on MaxPreps.
FINAL: WEST PLAINS 3 • MOUNTAIN HOME 0
Lady Zizzers Take Control Early
West Plains established the advantage in the opening set, taking a 25-18 victory to move ahead 1-0 in the match.
The Lady Zizzers continued to control the night in the second set, winning 25-20 and putting themselves one set away from a sweep.
SET 1: WEST PLAINS 25 • MOUNTAIN HOME 18
SET 2: WEST PLAINS 25 • MOUNTAIN HOME 20
Mountain Home made its strongest push in the third.
The Lady Bombers stayed within striking distance throughout the set, but West Plains held on down the stretch for a 25-23 victory, completing the three-set sweep.
SET 3: WEST PLAINS 25 • MOUNTAIN HOME 23
Hafer Leads the West Plains Attack
Violet Hafer led the Lady Zizzers offensively with 13 kills in the victory.
Hafer also provided a spark from the service line, recording a team-high three aces.
Violet Hafer — 13 kills • 3 aces
Setter Aubrey Tidwell finished with 35 assists, helping West Plains maintain its offensive production throughout all three sets. Those individual totals are included in the MaxPreps match statistics.
Aubrey Tidwell — 35 assists
Another Chapter in the Border Rivalry
The meeting renewed the volleyball rivalry between West Plains and Mountain Home, two schools separated by the Missouri-Arkansas state line.
Mountain Home Athletics listed the Aug. 31 trip to West Plains as its Battle of the Border matchup, while KTLO previewed the contest as another renewal of the schools’ border rivalry. View Mountain Home’s volleyball schedule and matchup listing Read KTLO’s Battle at the Border preview
The varsity sweep capped a difficult night for the visiting Lady Bombers. Mountain Home’s ninth-grade team also fell in three sets, while the junior varsity played a single set that West Plains won 25-19, according to KTLO’s postgame report.
Home Opener Ends in a Sweep
West Plains couldn’t have asked for a much better result from its home opener.
The Lady Zizzers won every set, built comfortable advantages in the first two and then finished the job when Mountain Home pushed them late in the third.
With Hafer leading the attack and Tidwell directing the offense, West Plains closed the night with a convincing straight-set victory over its border rival.
WEST PLAINS 3 • MOUNTAIN HOME 0
25-18 • 25-20 • 25-23
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