Lady Tigers get wins in play last week

Ipswich won a pair of high school volleyball outings last week to open its 2019 campaign, one at home and the other on the road. Credit the Lady Tigers with a 3-0 Lake Region Conference sweep over Aberdeen Christian last Tuesday in Aberdeen, as well as a much closer 3-1 win over non-league opponent Highmore-Harrold two nights later in the Tiger Den. That one was capped by a hard-fought 27-25 victory of the third set after the visitors had erased their deficit to 2-1 with an equally tight 25-23 win.

All the matches with H-H had momentum swings. The hosts held on for a 25-19 win of the opening s...