Tioga, Texas -- Avery Ross and Bella Neaville combined to knock down 27 kills to lead the Leonard Lady Tigers to an exciting five-set win in Tioga.

Leonard took the first two sets, 25-22 and 25-16, only to watch Tioga return the favor by winning the next two sets, 25-10 and 25-23.

With the match on the line, the Lady Tigers turned back Tioga, 15-12, in the tiebreaker.

Ross finished with a match-high 15 kills and Neaville was also in double digits with a dozen kills.

Cara Barlagne slammed down six kills, Cheyanne Clark, Ava Flowers and Madison Jones all put down four kills apiece, with Parker Evans and Riley Brown each contributing three kills.

Flowers handed out 41 assists to her Lady Tiger hitters.

Abigail Grady had nine digs and Cambree Fromme came up with eight digs.

Leonard will host Miller Grove on Tuesday in a varsity-only match beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Set 1: 25-22 Leonard
Set 2: 25-16 Leonard
Set 3: 25-10 Tioga
Set 4: 25-23 Tioga
Set 5: 15-12 Leonard

Stats
#3 Abigail Grady- 9 digs
#4 Cambree Fromme- 8 digs; 1 assist
#5 Cheyanne Clark- 4 kills; 1 ace; 20 digs
#8 Ava Flowers- 4 kills; 9 digs; 41 assists
#9 Avery Ross- 15 kills; 2 digs
#10 Parker Evans- 3 kills; 1 ace; 7 digs; 3 blocks
#11 Cara Barlagne- 6 kills; 7 digs
#13 Riley Brown- 3 kills; 1 ace; 1 dig
#14 Madison Jones- 4 kills; 8 digs
#15 Bella Neaville- 12 kills; 2 blocks