Lady Panthers storm back, clip Lady Saints

SPRINGDALE -- Siloam Springs' volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to come back and defeat Shiloh Christian 3-2 (25-27, 20-25, 25-13, 25-16, 15-13) on Monday at the Court of Champions.

The Lady Panthers (4-9) won their third straight match heading into Tuesday night's 5A/6A District 1 home match against Russellville. Results of Tuesday's match were not available at presstime.

Against the Lady Saints, Siloam Springs dropped a tough one in the first set before mistakes and errors plagued the Lady Panthers in the loss in set two.

Siloam Springs bounced back in game three with an emphatic 25-13 win. The Lady Panthers carried that into game four with a 25-16 victory, and they led big in game five before holding on for the win.

"We got off the bus in game three and came out fighting," said Siloam Springs head coach Joellen Wright. "In game five we had a good lead and got rattled over a few missed calls to let them back in. But to our girls' credit, they settled down, held their poise and stayed on the attack.

Junior Ellie Lampton led the Lady Panthers with 15 kills, to go with 13 digs, three block assists, two solo blocks and two aces.

Senior Shaylon Sharp had 13 kills, 17 digs and five aces.

Senior Allie Bowman recorded six kills with three block assists, one solo block and three aces.

Junior Chloe Price had five digs, 19 digs, one solo block, three aces and 45 assists.

Senior Kenlie Noel had five kills, while junior Reigan Brown had four kills.

Senior Kirsten Loftis chipped in 11 digs.

Siloam Springs lost the junior varsity match 2-0 (25-19, 25-22).

The Lady Panthers return to action on Thursday with a 5A/6A District 1 match at Greenwood.

Sports on 09/13/2017