{"id":25695,"date":"2024-09-12T20:33:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T02:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bayfield-volleyball-drops-home-opener\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:24:11","slug":"bayfield-volleyball-drops-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bayfield-volleyball-drops-home-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayfield volleyball drops home opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Bayfield's Evelette Hollibaugh (5) and Audrey Knapp (14) both prepare to tip the ball over Montezuma-Cortez's Kalea Ogo (14) and Tessa Jackson during 3A Intermountain League play Tuesday night inside BHS Gymnasium. (Joel Priest\/Special to the Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Playing upon their own floor for the first time in 2024\u2014as well as seeing their first 3A Intermountain League opponent\u2014Bayfield fell victim to a plague of hitting errors early against Montezuma-Cortez and never fully recovered in a 25-27, 25-22, 19-25, 22-25 loss Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Montezuma-Cortez improved to 6-7 overall and 1-0 in the 3A Intermountain League with the win. Bayfield fell to 3-5 overall and 0-1 in the 3A Intermountain League with the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know how to play their game, know when they\u2019re not mentally in it\u2014and tonight they were,\u201d said M-CHS head coach Danielle Waltman. \u201cThere were a few times where we checked out, but we checked back in and they played their game. It was just the girls doing what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both sides entered BHS Gymnasium fresh off a taxing weekend of out-of-town tournament play and the visiting Panthers threatened first to take the opening set after a kill by sophomore Tessa Jackson put them on set point, 24-23.<\/p>\n

Junior setter Kescoleigh Boeckman, however, then tipped a ball into the net, and Wolverine senior Kambrie Byrd capitalized with a kill giving Bayfield\u2014eager to do work after going 2-2 at the 9\/7 Lewis-Palmer Invitational out in Monument\u2014a 25-24 advantage. She then sent her next attack long, and M-CHS closed out the first set with three straight points\u2014the last coming via an airmailed attempt by BHS junior Evelette Hollibaugh.<\/p>\n

Hampered by an estimated dozen mistakes offensively in set one, Bayfield appeared to have made corrections in expanding a 6-5 lead early in set two to 14-8, helped by a strong Byrd service stint. Montezuma-Cortez managed to rally ahead, 16-15, with Dolores transfer Keeley Clarke holding serve but BHS recomposed to eventually reach set point, 24-21, after junior Avery Shipman ripped a serve M-CHS couldn\u2019t handle.<\/p>\n

The Panthers stayed alive with a point, but couldn\u2019t benefit with Jackson serving as Byrd hammered down a Shipman set and evened the match.<\/p>\n

Boeckman opened the third set on serve, and Montezuma-Cortez steadily built up a 14-10 lead, pressing BHS head coach Terene Foutz into using a timeout\u2014which paid off as her squad soon re-tied the score at 16-all via a set dump by senior Tanna Owens. But the visitors\u2014playing their first of six straight away dates, quickly took charge and a Jackson kill off Bayfield\u2019s block brought up set point at 24-19.<\/p>\n

Substituted in for the first time just moments earlier, Bayfield freshman Keiley White Thunder then netted an attack\u2014with M-CHS seniors Karlee Hubbs and Gabby Foster defending\u2014and the Wolverines went down 2-1 in the contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cBayfield was digging us left and right,\u201d Waltman noted. \u201cThey\u2019re smart, know the game and know the game well. But I feel that we have good, strong serves as well as placed serves; they helped put the other team out of system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though BHS got somewhat back into system in set four, Montezuma-Cortez continually pressed the issue and Foutz reluctantly used both her allotted timeouts as M-CHS forged ahead 16-11. Still, Bayfield nearly forced a tiebreaking fifth game as a Maeli Quintana service ace and another Owens set dump brought the team back to 23-22.<\/p>\n

Waltman spent a timeout, and Hubbs responded by scoring with a tip off BHS\u2019 block. The match then ended when BHS senior Christiana Sutherlin sought a kill but smacked her shot long.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, I think they\u2019re starting to find their groove; we\u2019d went to Page, played in a big tournament and took third\u2026did really well,\u201d Waltman said. \u201cThey\u2019re tired, but that\u2019s part of the game\u2014the mental toughness. And it\u2019s nice to now get a league game under our belt\u2026get a feel of the IML.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bayfield was to next play Thursday night at Alamosa (6-2, 1-0). Montezuma-Cortez will visit Pagosa Springs on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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