Last Tuesday our Cteam-Varsity
traveled to Hayward for our last regular season match. Our girls knew that
tonight would be tough match, but fought and worked hard the entire night. They
hustled after every ball. We ended up losing the games 12-25, 18-25, and 17-25.
The rest of the week we worked on coverage, hitting, and communication as we
prepared for the conference tournament. JV and Cteam lost their match, but we
continue to see some great players emerge on those teams.
On Saturday Varsity traveled back
to Hayward for the conference tournament. With two starters gone, we knew this
would be tough day. The girls that replaced the starters really stepped
up and did an awesome job. We played Ladysmith first. While we played hard and
did well we were unable to win this match. Playing only best of three, rather
than best of five, has an effect on us. We lost game one 20-25, won game two
25-22, and lost game three 10-15. Next up was Bloomer. Game one we came out
very tired and our attitude was down. We lost that game 9-25. We made a few
changes in game two and although we lost 16-25 we saw a change in the attitude
and hustle. Next we played a team we had already beat, Chetek. We came out
strong and won game one 25-21. In game two we seemed to get too comfortable and
ended up losing 20-25. In game three we knew we would need to fight to win and
although we worked hard to do this, we ended up losing 6-15. Last we played
Barron. Barron is undefeated in the conference, so we knew this would be a very
hard match. We tried hard to combat their hits and blocks, but fell short, 3-25
and 8-25. Although we did not win a match on Saturday I am still very proud of
how my girls worked in any situation. The adversity they show is amazing. We
are now 6-10 overall and 3-8 in the conference. We will play at Hayward on
Thursday against Northwestern, Cumberland, and Hayward. Regional play will take
start next Tuesday. JV and Cteam travel to Northwestern Tuesday night for a
quad.
Pictures from Varsity Saturday click here.
Also, on Saturday our 8th
grade played in a tournament at St. Joe’s in RiceLake. They took 4th
place. I am very proud of all the hard work they have put
in this season.
