Holbrook dropped a closely contested volleyball match at Round Valley last Tuesday, losing in five games.
The Lady Roadrunners looked very good early on, winning game one 25-10. Round Valley tied the match up by winning game two 25-19, then pulled ahead with a 25-21 win in game three. Holbrook battled back to take game four 25-17, but the deciding fifth game went the way of Round Valley 15-12, giving the Roadrunners their third regular season loss of the season, offset by three wins.
Sydney Plumb led the team in kills with eight, followed by Carla Plumb with five; Kendra Monroe, four; Sevannah Bitahy, two; and Lexy Beltran, Madison Chappell and Makenzi Thompson, one each.
Holbrook finished with 12 blocks led by Sydney Plumb with four. Carla Plumb and Thompson added three each, while Jovon Boling and Bitahy each had one.
Defensively, Beltran and Monroe finished with 15 digs each. Sydney Plumb added 11; Thompson, eight; Destany Begay, six; Chappell, three; Bitahy, two; and Allison Duffy, one.
Holbrook setters Begay and Thompson finished with 17 and six assists, respectively.
The Roadrunners competed in the Snowflake Tournament last weekend, where they went 5-4 in their nine tournament matches. They earned wins over St. Johns twice, Piñon, Round Valley and Winslow. Their four losses came against Monument Valley, Thatcher and twice to Pima.
After opening East Region play at home against Blue Ridge on Tuesday, the Roadrunners will remain home on Thursday, Sept. 21, to host Chinle. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, they travel to Blue Ridge.
