By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net

The Bowie High School volleyball team played well in all phases during Tuesday’s match against Archer City as the Lady Rabbits prevailed in three games by scores of 25-8, 25-12, 27-25.
Archer City came into the game ranked ninth in the Texas Girls Coaches Association Conference 2A poll, and Bowie took it right at them from the start.
“We took them out of their offense with our serve and what we were doing on the outside,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said.
Bowie stands at 1-0 heading into Tuesday’s match at Petrolia, who is competing in today’s Bryson Tournament.
In the third set, Archer City libero Madison Lucido gave her team a fighting chance by digging up most everything. Still, the Lady Rabbits rallied and eventually won the match in three.
“I knew if we could get it back to two points, we had a chance,” Stark said, “and that’s the way it played out. We started making fewer mistakes. I am proud of them, and how they came back.”
Stark quickly used two timeouts in the third set to settle down the Lady Rabbits, who began relying more on tipping and free balls rather than doing what was successful in the first and second set – well-placed, hard-nosed kills.

Bowie’s Madison Little sends the ball across the net during the first set of Tuesday’s nondistrict match between the Lady Rabbits and Archer City at the high school. The Jackrabbits won in three sets. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)