Rockport-Fulton volleyball player Ellie Leftwich goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi on Tuesday, Sept. 15 in a non-district match at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
ROCKPORT — The Rockport-Fulton volleyball team received an early bye in the District 30-4A schedule and returned from it looking focused and ready for the heart of the district slate.
The Lady Pirates experienced few hiccups in a 25-21, 25-17, 25-19 sweep of Corpus Christi King on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Rockport-Fulton High School.
Rockport-Fulton (15-10, 2-0 in 30-4A) used its serving game to keep the Mustangs (0-3 in district) off-balance, compiling at least 13 service aces in the victory.
“It was really important to serve strong because the more aces you get, the more points you can get, and the faster the game goes,” said Ellie Leftwich, who finished the match with a team-best six aces and nine kills. “I think we came out and we just wanted to win because it’s our second game in district, and we are just preparing our mindset and just ready to come out and give it our all.”
The Lady Pirates, who were playing without senior captain Holly Baergen, faced a deficit only once in the match. In the third set, the Mustangs rolled off five straight points to tie it before adding two more for a 9-8 advantage.
Rockport-Fulton, though, rebounded by scoring six straight points, highlighted by Presley Adams recording three aces during the run. Adams finished the night with four aces, and Julia Lechler added three.
“It’s such an important part of the game,” Lady Pirates coach Jessica Clark said. “I think we have a really strong serve-receive game, and we continue to make a lot of aces. Now, with that comes a few errors because we are serving so tough to teams, but I believe in our servers.”
Allie Garcia finished the night with eight kills, while Lechler added seven kills and five digs. Leftwich also recorded 16 assists and eight digs. Logan Wood and Nahla Gandy each recorded a block, Iris Kuhn tallied five assists, and Kenna Nguyen added three.
Nguyen also led Rockport-Fulton with 14 digs.
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Rockport-Fulton’s Allie Garcia goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King during a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Allie Garcia, left, and Nahla Gandy go up for a block against Corpus Christi King during a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Nahla Gandy, right, and Logann Wood go up for a block against Corpus Christi King during a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Ellie Leftwich goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Julia Lechler goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Julia Lechler, left, and Allie Garcia go up for a block against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Iris Kuhn sets the ball against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Julia Lechler goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton volleyball player Ellie Leftwich goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi on Tuesday, Sept. 15 in a non-district match at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Allie Garcia goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King during a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Allie Garcia, left, and Nahla Gandy go up for a block against Corpus Christi King during a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Nahla Gandy, right, and Logann Wood go up for a block against Corpus Christi King during a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Ellie Leftwich goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Julia Lechler goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Julia Lechler, left, and Allie Garcia go up for a block against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Iris Kuhn sets the ball against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton’s Julia Lechler goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton faced off with Corpus Christi King in a volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)
Rockport-Fulton volleyball player Ellie Leftwich goes up for a kill against Corpus Christi on Tuesday, Sept. 15 in a non-district match at Rockport-Fulton High School. (Photo by Larry Doonan)