After giving Logan County a tough, three-game match in a tournament on Saturday, the Russellville volleyball team was no match for the powerful Lady Cougars Monday.

The Lady Cougars beat the homestanding Lady Panthers in straight games in both the junior varsity and varsity matches.

Coach Tina Lynch's team won the varsity games 25-13 and 25-16.

Early in the match, the two teams were close. In fact the score was tied 7-7 when Logan's April Cain took over the serve. She serve five winning points, highlighted by a save by Whitney White that set up a Shantel Jones kill.

Then Logan scored four straight points on Myranda Holder's serve, with Addie Wilson getting a kill and Cain making a kill on an assist from Lora Miller, a freshman who has become a starter soon after being moved up to the varsity recently.

Jane Higgins got the ball back for RHS on a block, and Anja Shelton served an ace, but Logan sophomore Christie Howard served the final four points of the game, aided by a block by Cain and a kill by Jones.

Russellville went up 4-1 in the second game with Shelton getting two aces.

Logan scored five straight points on Wilson's serve to make it 7-5.

Miller's serve gave Logan an 11-9 lead, but RHS went ahead 12-11 on Terricka Quarles' three serving points, aided by an ace.

Then Holder served eight straight points. Wilson and Cain had two kills each and Holder served an ace.

Cain's kill on Becca Grayson's set made it 22-16. Then Howard served out the win, including a kill by Jones and Howard's ace.