MONROE — The Anson High School Lady Bearcat Volleyball Team bounced back from a 3-1 loss to Parkwood with a pair of sweeps last week at the expense of Monroe and Central Academy.

Although their loss to Parkwood locked them out of second place in the Rocky River Conference standings, sweeps of the Lady Redhawks (2-11, 0-9) and the Lady Cougars (8-13, 3-6) secured third place, which now has Anson coach Patty Livingston excited for what her Lady Bearcats can do in a rematch to Rocky River Conference regular season champion West Stanly Wednesday.

“We’re going to be working on some stuff. Hopefully, looking at some different rotations than the last time we face them so we can give them some different looks,” Livingston said.

Following the frustrating loss to Parkwood, the Lady Bearcats seemed to take it out on Monroe, who Anson demolished 25-18, 25-7 and 25-11. Despite the blowout, the victory over Monroe seemed more of a team effort with no true standout in any statistical category. Outside hitter Gretchen Henry had a team-leading 6 kills, followed by middle hitter Alena Baxter and setter Allie Steagall, who each had 5.

“Always keep hustling. We all get along, and use teamwork to our advantage,” Henry said.

At the baseline, libero Hannah Austin had a team-leading 4 aces, followed by outside hitter Brooklyn Miles, outside hitter Lauren Lomax and Steagall, who each had 3 aces. Austin also led the Lady Bearcats in digs with 12, followed by Miles with 8, then Steagall and Baxter, who had 4 each.

“It’s just good chemestry. It’s been great. I really like this team. It’s been my favorite team, honestly. It just happened,” Baxter said.

The Lady Bearcats returned to Monroe a day later for a tilt against the Lady Redhawks cross-town rival the Central Academy Lady Cougars. A day later, in the same town, the Lady Bearcats saw the same result with another sweep – this time 25-15, 25-9 and 25-20. With the win, the Lady Bearcats improve to 13-5 and 8-3 in RRC action.

“We just stuck to the fundementals we had to stick to, and not play down to their level. We need to just keep doing what we’re doing. We have time to prepare for the conference tournament, and do the best we can,” Miles said.

Anson opens the week with a non-conference game against Albemarle (5-10), then wraps up the regular season looking to blemish the conference record of RRC regular champion West Stanly (17-2, 9-0) Wednesday. First serve for both games is scheduled for 6 p.m.