Lady Panthers compete in benefit match

n Siloam Springs opens its volleyball season Tuesday at Paris.

HARRISON -- The Siloam Springs volleyball team participated in a pair of Arkansas Activities Association benefit games on Thursday at Goblin Arena in Harrison.

The Lady Panthers lost 2-0 to Springdale Har-Ber before splitting 1-1 with defending 7A champion Fayetteville.

Har-Ber, the state runner-up in Class 7A, won the first game with the Lady Panthers 25-14 and then won Game 2 25-9. Ellie Lampton led the Lady Panthers with six kills, while Reigan Brown had three kills, Allie Bowman two and Katie Kendrick one.

Kirsten Loftis had 10 digs, while Lampton had five, Chloe Price four and Maddy Lasater three.

Jael Harried had two solo blocks and one assist against Har-Ber, while Allie Bowman had a solo block and an assist.

Siloam Springs then defeated Fayetteville 25-20 in Game 1 and lost to the Lady Bulldogs 25-9 in Game 2.

Against Fayetteville, Lampton led with four kills, while Brown had two and Bowman, Kenlie Noel and Madison Lanker each had one.

Loftis led with eight kills, while Madison Hall had six and Kailee Thomason two.

Bowman and Price each had a solo block, while Lampton, Kendrick, Noel and Brown all had block assists.

The Lady Panthers are scheduled to open the season Tuesday on the road at two-time defending Class 3A state champion Paris.

Sports on 08/20/2017