Carpenter, Thompson lead Har-Ber to sweep of West

Springdale Har-Ber trailed Bentonville West 5-0 in the second set, and 5-1 in the third Tuesday night. In neither instance was a timeout called to regroup. Coach Shyrah Schisler gave her young team a chance to make key changes on the fly, and it responded by claiming a 25-6, 25-15, 25-16 sweep of West (5-8, 1-3 7A-West) at Wildcat Arena. "(Starting off down 5-0, 5-1) was really good for us," Schisler said. "We've got to learn how to adjust and make the adjustments quickly. They did, and I'm really proud of them for that." Though the Lady Wildcats (10-3, 3-1) had to battle back from early deficits in the final two sets, they had no issues out of the gate. Jayci Carpenter began the night with one of her match-high eight aces, and Lauren Thompson followed with a kill. Five Har-Ber players finished with at least one kill in the set. Serve-receive was a strong point as well for Har-Ber, which recorded a season-high 13 aces in the win. West coach Julie Rowan, who's working to find consistency at libero, gave Har-Ber props for its serve game Tuesday. "With some of the youth and inexperience we have on our team we're having some trouble with consistency," Rowan said. "Our serve-receive was rough, rougher than it usually is." Thompson tallied a match-high 13 kills and added 10 digs for Har-Ber while Carpenter pitched in with nine kills. Katy Schemel, who returned from an injury sustained last week, recorded eight digs. Schisler was excited to see her team's energy back Tuesday after a tough end to last week. "I just said that last week wasn't our week," she said. "We had an off week overall. Picking up intensity, I think that was big this week. They came in focused in on Friday. They had a good practice Friday, came in and worked hard this weekend and worked hard on Monday." Sophomore Kortney Puckett led West with eight kills. Har-Ber travels to face Fayetteville tonight.

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CARPENTER, THOMPSON LEAD HAR-BER TO SWEEP OF WEST

SCOTTIE BORDELON

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | 9/13/2017

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