Lady Hawks roll past Lady Rabbs

Pleasant Grove made it look easy.

Macey Adams served in 16 points to go with five kills as the Lady Hawks swept Atlanta, 25-8, 25-13, 25-19, at Hawk Gym on Tuesday.

"I was pleased with the way we played," Lady Hawk head coach Amy Collvins said. "We moved players around and worked on some different aspects as far as who was in at the same time. I was excited that it all worked out well."

Pleasant Grove jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the first set with Adams serving. In the last two points of her service, Adams caused a serve-receive error and had an ace.

Later in the set, Macy Young slapped in six consecutive serves to give the Hawks a 15-4 lead. During her flurry, Atlanta committed four unforced errors.

Grace Pickelman took the serve with Pleasant Grove up 16-5. Pickelman hit in six straight serves to make it 22-6. During her serves, the Lady Rabbs had four unforced errors and were in the net once. Adams finished the first set with a kill down the back of the left baseline.

Callie Dyer served in three to give Atlanta an early 3-0 lead, but the Hawks came back with seven consecutive to take a 7-3 lead.

The Lady Rabbs never got to within striking range again as Kaylee Kelley served in six straight to give PG a 24-12 lead. During the scoring, Rachael Leach and Katie Ferguson each had a kill, and Atlanta committed four unforced errors.

Set three was the most competitive, but the Lady Rabbs were unable to knot the game after the Hawks took a 2-0 lead.

Sheveonia Smith hit a booming kill for Atlanta to inch the Lady Rabbs closer, 5-4. Pleasant Grove scored four to make it 9-4.

Later in the set, Adams served in three, including an ace, to give the Hawks a 16-10 lead. Atlanta got to within five points at 21-16 after Smith hit a fast ace down the back baseline, but Kelley's tip down the middle sealed the match for PG.

Young served in nine points for PG, while teammate Ferguson put down five kills. Pickelman had six digs for the winners.

Harleigh O'Neal had 15 service points to lead the Hawks' junior varsity to a 25-7, 25-15 sweep over Atlanta.

Isabelle Hackleman and Addison Alexander each had 11 service points as Pleasant Grove's ninth grade cruised past the Lady Rabbs, 25-11, 25-13.

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