Bryson City – The Lady Devils are heating up at the right time. Tuesday Swain downed Murphy 3-2 to take their 7th win in their last 10 matches. Swain took the match by the scores of 25-21, 18-25, 25-13, 15-25, and 15-9. With the win the Lady Devils move to 4-4 (7-9 overall) in Smoky Mountain Conference play, and moves them to tie for 3rd place with Robbinsville. Robbinsville and Swain will meet on Thursday.
On Monday the Lady Devils took a 3-0 sweep of Smoky Mountain. In doing so the Lady Devils avenged an early season loss to Smoky. As a matter of fact Swain lost to Smoky and Murphy during early season matches.
Against Murphy senior Faith Long finished with 10 kills, none more important than the 1st two kills of game 5 that really set the tone for Swain in the final set. Gabby Jones and Brooklyn Brown finished with 7 kills each, Jones also had 27 digs. Autumn Brown had 21 assists, 4 kills, 2 aces and 15 digs.
In the Smoky Mountain contest Gabby Jones tallied 9 kills, while Grace Cabe added 8 kills, 21 digs, and 4 aces. Senior Libero Gabby Lane had 4 aces and 14 digs. Autumn Brown finished with 15