Staff report
The Hays Lady Rebels closed the first round of district play Friday by falling to the state-ranked Westlake Chaparrals 26-24, 18-25, 15-25, 10-25 at Westlake High.
With the loss, Hays (22-14, 3-3 in 25-6A) falls into fourth place in the district standings with six games remaining in the regular season. Hays hosts rival Lehman at Bales Gym Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Westlake was led by an 11 kill effort from Madi Baptiste and Samantha Bray, while Riley Haralson finished the match with 22 assists.
Hays Lady Rebel senior Hailee Morton scored 15 kills and two blocks in the game and senior Mackenzie Coates tallied 39 assists. Senior Ashley Slovak had 18 digs, while junior Kacie Hall finished with two blocks.
Hays has gone 4-4 over its last eight games and has notched wins over Cibolo Steele, Lehman, Leander and Vista Ridge.
Through 36 matches, Morton leads the team with 426 kills and has a .416 kill percentage. Junior Kaitlyn Krafka, who has 348 kills so far on the season, leads the team with 54 aces. Senior Mackenzie Coates leads the Lady Rebels with 1,007 assists.
On the defensive end, Hall currently has a team high 50 total blocks, with 35 solo.
Five Lady Rebels have triple figures in digs, with senior Slovak leading the way with 330 digs.
