It wasn’t flashy and it wasn’t the most exciting, but the Ray Lady Jays will gladly take their opening round victory over Burke County in the District 16 volleyball tournament Tuesday night at Tioga High School.

The Lady Jays won by scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-18.

The scores really weren’t indicative of how Ray played. In all three games, the Lady Jays had Burke County on the ropes only to let the Lady Titans back into the games and make them closer than they really were.

“We had our stretches,” said Ray volleyball coach Michelle Dolan. “Maybe we lost our intensity.”

Despite losing their intensity, the Lady Jays played a strong all-around match. “We were pretty decent on serves,” Dolan said. “Our two middles had good games.”

Samantha Heier led Ray with 24 kills and 18 digs. LeAndra Reinholdt finished with 18 assists and 18 digs in the win.

Chelsey Johnson finished with 20 digs and 14 assists in the loss for Burke County. Morgan Pandolfo finished with nine digs and nine kills in the loss.

Ray will advance to play Divide County, who defeated Tioga in three games earlier in the evening on Tuesday.

Ray 25 25 25

BC 20 20 18

Ray stats

Aces - Samantha Heier 1, LeAndra Reinholdt 2, Tricia Liesener 1, Chantel Tracey 2, Kayla Thompson 2, Kendra Heier 1, Olivia Corcoran 2; Kills - Samantha Heier 24, Chantel Tracey 2, Kendra Heier 4, Olivia Corcoran 9; Assists - LeAndra Reinholdt 18, Tricia Liesener 12; Digs - Samantha Heier 18, Reinholdt 18, Liesener 12, Tracey 11, Thomspson, 15

BC stats

Kills - Brittney Peterson 7, Kayla Peterson 3, Molly Aufforth 3, Kalene Jepsen 2, Chelsey Johnson 3, Morgan Pandolfo 9; Assists - Chelsey Johnson 14, Kalene Jepsen 7; Digs - B. Peterson 12, K. Peterson 3, Aufforth 7, Jepsen 18, Johnson 20, Pandolfo 9

Divide County 3, Tioga 0

Divide County cruised into Thursday’s title match with a three-game sweep of Tioga, winning by scores of 29-27, 25-6 and 25-21.

Morgan Renner paced the Lady Maroons with 28 assists, eight digs and four kills. Mariah Jacobs finished with 13 kills in the win.

Paige Gohrick finished with nine digs and three kills in the loss for Tioga.

Ray and Divide County will play for the district title on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Tioga and Burke will play for third-place on Thursday at 6 p.m.

DC 29 25 25

Tioga 27 6 21