Bryson City – The Swain Middle School volleyball team took an exciting 3 set win last Friday over Robbinsville. Swain took the 1st and 3rd set to take the 2-1 win. It was the Lady Devils who were able to pull away in the 3rd set to take the victory.
Robbinsville took a 2 point lead at 8-6 midway through the 3rd set. Following a time out Swain charged back, taking the lead. Izzy Walker made a great pass to setter Arizona Blankenship who passed it back to Walker for the kill, pulling Swain to within 1. Swain would pull even on the next point as Gracie Sutton had a kill. Following errors by both teams and with the score tied at 9, Izzy Walker would put Swain up for good with another kill.
A Robbinsville error, followed by an ace from Blankenship put the Devils up 13-9, which would prove to be their biggest lead of the 3rd set. A pair of Swain hitting errors brought Robbinsville back to within 2 at 13-11. But that would be as close as they would get. Swain took advantage of a Robbinsville error to move to match point at 14-11. Gracie Sutton finished with a kill to give Swain the win at 15-11.