ALBEMARLE — Chatham Central dominated from start to finish here on Tuesday evening in Albemarle as the Lady Bears crushed the host Bulldogs 3-0 in straight sets in 1A Yadkin Valley Conference volleyball play.
With the win, Chatham Central reached the .500 mark in the 1A Yadkin Valley Conference while improving to 3-4 overall.
Albemarle, meanwhile, fell to 0-5 in the YVC and to 0-6 overall.
Game one saw the Lady Bears bolt out to a quick 7-0 lead behind four service points from Tanner Little before taking a 25-8 win in the set.
Chatham Central completely dominated in game two as the locals didn’t yield a point to Albemarle to go up 2-0.
The Bears finished off the Bulldogs with a 25-10 decision in game three to cap off the 3-0 match win.
Little had a huge game in service for Chatham Central as the junior collected 18 points while senior Olivia Hudson chipped in seven points, and Lindsey Johnson and Lindsay Polston three and two points respectively.
At the net, junior’s Grace Jones and Josie Brafford led the Lady Bears with four kills apiece while Carmen Edwards and Polston added two more each.
Courtney Thompson had nine blocks in the loss to lead Albemarle while Somahje Porter had 14 receptions, and Kiah Smith and Taniah Harrison two assists apiece.