Amanda will be a force for us. She's really come along. She started at the end of last year and this year has really got it down. She snaps 'em down. |
Crump's stuff midway through the first game got us fired up. |
Historically, we haven't done well at this tournament. Last year we were fourth, and to get fourth, you have to lose twice. Second is better. |
I thought going in that we could finish in second place but we didn't shoot as well as we had been. |
I'm glad we pulled this one out. We were 48-of-60 serving, which was uncharacteristic of our team. We're not quite in sync right now. We're making a lot of errors on the floor. But I'm happy we got the victory. |
In the second game we decided to overhand serve and be more aggressive. |
It was an exciting match with a lot of attaching and net play. Benton had good serving and attacked, but our defense was great. |
One server got three in a row. She was missing in game two, which was to our benefit. It makes it a whole lot easier when they give the ball back. |
Overall, scores were higher than I thought. I'm proud of both Haley and Kari. Now we finally have one who has advanced to state. Let's hope the weather will be a little better. |
Sharpe has been playing well and has been consistently shooting in the low 50s all year. That was the boost that we needed today. |
Ten and 0 is pretty exciting. Maybe we'll get a chance to play on Saturday since they beat us at the Akin tournament. |
That looked like volleyball. It's exciting when everyone executes what you've coached them in practice. |
That made me nervous at practice. Typically whoever wins the conference ends up going 10-0 or 9-1. But we played Carbondale the first night out last year also and beat them. |
The first game was our best game of the year. I felt we were clicking and setting everything up. |
The girls played hard and dug up a lot of balls. There were some good saves and a lot of hustles. |