Scotland’s Marissa Smith hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Rhea Truesdell serves the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Lillie Rankin hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Maleah Locklear hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Shay Ward serves the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Hoke County’s Azari McLean serves the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Scotland in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Marissa Smith serves the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Rhea Truesdell hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Lillie Rankin hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Scotland’s Shay Ward hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Hoke County in Laurinburg.
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Hoke County’s Laura Pena-Laverde hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Scotland in Laurinburg.
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Hoke County’s Kalea Parker hits the ball during Monday’s regular-season finale against Scotland in Laurinburg.
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LAURINBURG — The Scotland women’s tennis team came close in several matches but couldn’t earn a win against the Hoke County Bucks in their regular-season finale Monday as the Bucks took a 7-2 victory over the Lady Scots.
Scotland (0-12, 0-12 Sandhills Athletic Conference) had one of their wins come in singles play, with Maleah Locklear defeating Hoke County’s Bailey Mass 8-6. Hoke County (2-9, 2-9 SAC) took the other five matches after Alyssa Pridgen beat Scotland’s Lillie Rankin 8-2, Kalea Parker won against Rhea Truesdell 9-7, Azari McLean defeated Shay Ward 8-4, and Laura Pena-Laverde took down Maleah Locklear 10-8; Pena-Laverde and Ward’s match was decided by tiebreaker sets. The Bucks automatically won a singles match and a doubles one by way of forfeit, with Scotland only having five players available.
In doubles, Locklear and Rankin knocked off Mass and Pridgen 8-6 for Scotland’s only other win, and Parker and Pena-Laverde won 8-4 over Truesdell and Smith.
Scotland will compete in the SAC tournament on Tuesday at Southern Lee High School in Sanford.
Lady Scots volleyball wins at Lumberton
The Scotland volleyball team earned a four-set victory over the Lumberton Pirates Monday night in nonconference play. Scotland (13-6) lost the first set 23-25, won the second and third sets 25-21, and took the fourth set 25-12.
Addison Johnson had 20 kills, five aces, and three blocks for the Lady Scots. Reagan Malpass had 19 assists, 11 kills, and two blocks; Madison Dixon had 11 assists; Dawson Blue had two blocks; Emerie Snuggs had seven kills and two aces; and Lindsay Locklear and Teryn Stanton also had two aces each.
Lumberton is 8-9 overall.
Scotland will celebrate senior night when they host Lee County on Tuesday.
Scotland women’s golf competes in Whispering Pines
Playing in their first meet in two weeks, the Lady Scots golf team traveled to Whispering Pines Golf Club Monday for their fourth Sandhills Athletic Conference meet — their first with 18 holes.
Scotland came into the meet placing fourth in all of their previous ones and did so yet again, earning three points. Pinecrest finished first, earning six points; Union Pines placed second, earning five points; Southern Lee recorded a third-place finish, earning four points; and Richmond and Southern Lee tied in fifth place, each earning 1 1/2 points. Hoke County did not have enough golfers to place or earn points.
Claire Smith shot a team-best 86 for the Lady Scots, Sherrina Smith finished with a 119, Karli Jacques had a 124, and Addison Pittman scored a 125.
Scotland’s next SAC meet will be at Pinehurst No. 6 on Wednesday.