The Freshman team needed three games to best the Indians in the first match of the night. In JV action, the team kept rolling along by knocking off Holy Cross in two games by scores of 21-12 and 21-19.
In varsity action, the girls seemed to bring more determination and focus than they did when they matched up with Cross two weeks ago. The girls made some phenomenal plays in winning points and jumping out to an early lead. On one particular play, a deflection was put in the air, Kelsey Henderson went crashing into the wall pad to keep the ball alive and Carly Caverly somehow sent the ball over her head backwards for the return. No pictures of this nice play available as I sat there watching the whole thing unfold. The game would stay fairly tight until Holy Cross would go on a run at the end to preserve the 25-18 win. In the second set, SK lost a little mo jo and got away from their game. They seemed to turn towards a finesse game and Holy Cross jumped out to a huge lead putting Neers in a hole. The girls would settle down and make a game of it losing by a final of 25-17. It seemed like SK would put together a string of really good plays and then miss a point they normally would make. The service errors were much better than they were in the two team’s last match. In the end, the Indians had just a little too much deuce.
Tonight, Holy Cross was better but SK is right there. A great sports philosopher once said, regular season high school games are just practice. The real season starts in a few weeks. I have a good feeling that the girls will be ready.
Taylor Barhorst has been a big reason for the recent JV success with digs like this one.
Rachael stayed with this one until SK got the point just like that obnoxious guy in the stands kept yelling.
Carson putting away the first set point in the first photo; in the second, she has a look on her face as to say, what's the big deal?
Another night with some strong serves.
Got it?
K Murray has looked strong with her jump serve this week.
Dunn and Henderson tangle trying to keep the Holy Cross return alive. The girls played hard all night.
Alright, wrong team but this girl is tough. Seems to me that 70% of HC points go through her in some way or another. Reason she was MVP of the All A Classic this past weekend.
Rachel with some strong play the past several games.
If you look really close, you can see the clipboards are attached with electronic wires that allow the coaches to communicate with each other.
Finally, I think I have a suspicion why the Indians came out on top tonight.
Our 7th Man
Their 7th Man... the microphone was quite the megaphone! I think we need that.
