Junior Jade De La Rosa and senior BreAnn Ford paired up numerous times in the match resulting in several blocks. Photo by Jacob Dukes
Handling the Southwest Dragons easily in the first two games, the girls volleyball team struggled in a back-and-forth battle in the third match. Despite dropping a game, the girls went on to take the match 3-1 (games W-L) Fri. in the MacArthur gym.
Great set-ups and skill throughout the whole lineup, routinely rotated by Coach Margaret Mitcham, led the team to victory.
Although the game resulted in victory, Southwest nearly made a comeback. With a 2-1 game lead in the match, the team eventually pulled away in the fourth game in a 25-13 win.
Miscommunication and sometimes confusion appeared as balls were missed and sometimes not even attempted by a player. This small statistic does not pose a huge threat to the team’s game-plan, but it did result in lost point opportunities and back-and-forth scoring that could have been avoided.
“It took me the first 25 games to get a lineup secured,” Coach Mitcham said. “[We need to work on] consistency, not missing so many serves, and getting the hitting percentage up.”
Volleyball now moves to 15-16 (W-L), 0-2 in District, and faces Lee Sept. 24 7:00 p.m at Littleton Gym.