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Central’s Lacee Adams passes against Delta during their game at the Muncie Fieldhouse Tuesday evening.
MUNCIE — When Lacee Adams sets a volleyball, she’s got a wide array of options.
In Central’s 25-22, 33-31, 25-15 win against Delta, she was sure to take advantage of all of them.
The junior setter dished out 45 assists, conducting a balanced offense that kept the Eagles on their heels all night. Three Bearcats had at least nine kills during the match, preventing the Eagles from ever honing in on one particular hitter.
Early in the evening, sets went to E’laisah Young and Micah Leavell. The pair kept Delta’s defense off-balance all night, part of the plan for Central. Leavell had 14 kills for Central, while Young added six.
“I try to get the middles going early to speed up the offense,” Adams said. “Once our middles are comfortable, it’s hard for teams to be able to stop our offense.”
Central coach Wes Lyon tries to run the offense through the middle hitters, but knows with the amount of offensive weapons to choose from, spreading the ball out creates more confusion for the defense.
One of those targets was Virginia Wilhoite, consistently wrecking havoc when attacking. The sophomore finished with a team-high 15 kills and also picked up 11 digs and two aces. Late in a highly-contested first set, she rattled off a kill to cut Delta’s lead to one, then two more to help give Central the 25-22 win.
“We have been known to go to the middle, but if we can spread it out and make defenses have to think, we’re a lot better team,” Lyon said. “Wilhoite can really get good shots, but we have to help her out.”
By getting the middles active early, it provides one-on-one opportunities for outside hitters. Wilhoite took advantage, hitting both through and around the Delta block. At times, Delta seemed to catch up to the Central offense. Delta had seven blocks in the game, 3.5 from Camryn Campbell.
But the sheer volume of pressure applied on the Delta defense from the Central offense was overwhelming.
Aiding Wilhoite was Nikki Marshall, finishing with nine kills of her own. With a diversified attack, Delta struggled often to swing two blockers in front of a Central attacker, especially after an exhausting second set that was at first ordinary before turning into a marathon.
“It was a gut-wrencher for both teams, but we talked before the game about not letting one play influence another,” Lyon said. “Both teams made a few errors, but I didn’t think the pressure influenced us.”
With Central controlling the offense, Delta struggled to ever get into a rhythm. The Eagles finished with just 29 kills. Chloe Stitt had a team-high 13 of them, while Audrey Woodin added nine.
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