Pair of County Volleyball Teams Headed to Sweet 16

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Two Fayette County volleyball teams are headed to the regional semifinals.

In third round playoff matches Tuesday, the Round Top-Carmine Cubettes swept North Zulch in Brenham, while the Schulenburg Lady Horns swept Skidmore-Tynan in Port Lavaca.

The Cubettes improved to 23-13 overall with their 2514, 25-5, 25-8 win over North Zulch. Mallory Krause had 10 digs, 11 assists and two kills. Tess Eilers had eight kills and five digs.

Kaysie Ward had three kills. Jessica Rohde had four kills and four digs. Jill Eilers had nine kills, 14 digs and nine assists.

Maggie Salinas had six digs, four aces and eight assists. Kim Rohde had six digs and five aces. Kennedy Flinn had two kills and Egypt Woods had one.

The Cubettes now advance to face D’Hanis Friday at 1 p.m. at Brenham High School in the regional semifinals. The winner of that match advances to Saturday’s 11 a.m. regional final against the Neches/McMullen County winner back at Brenham High School.

Schulenburg

The Schulenburg girls improved their record to 30-16 with a 25-18, 25-22, 25-20 regional quarterfinal win over Skidmore-Tynan Tuesday.

MacKenzie Kunschick had a team-high 18 kills for the Lady Jessalyn Gipson had eight and Tamara Otto and Meredith Magliolo each had five and Brooke Redding had three.

Kieryn Adams had six aces and Keaton Walker had four. Adams also led in digs with 13. Avery Helms and Otto had 10 digs each. Landry Zapalac had nine digs and 33 assists. The Schulenburg girls now advance to Friday’s 5 p.m. regional semifinal against Three Rivers at Brenham High School.

A win then advances them to Saturday’s 1 p.m. regional final back at Brenham.