For the paying customers tonight, you got your monies worth..........and then some! Both teams need to be commended for their efforts tonight. :ylsuper:

 

NewCath outlast the Beechwood Tigers, going the full 5 games, 3-2. Breds libero, Amanda Ruwe, was back for the 1st time in two weeks, however, So. Lexy Breen turns her ankle with the score tied at 24 in game 2 and doesn't return until game 5. In her place, Alex Burkart (2.0) performed outstanding.

 

Rachel McDonald was a beast at the net and beyond, Mikah Freppon as always, on the floor at every chance, Anna Schneider and Haley Meyers with some big blocks, & the two seniors, Alexa Kehoe and Amanda Ruwe quietly doing their job and providing senior leadership......all-around GREAT effort by the entire team!!!

 

Game 1 - Beechwood starts out with 3 pt. leads at 3-0, 7-4, 9-6, before the Breds call timeout. Following the TO, the Breds tie things up and then go out in front 11-9 & 15-14. Beechwood then takes 3 pt. leads at 19-16 & 21-18, the Breds close the gap at 21-20. It's all tied at 22 then each team trades pts. until the Tigers win 27-25.

 

Game 2 - NewCath is up 2 pts. early before we're knotted at 9's. Then the Tigers take a 3 pt advantage at 17-14. Breds call TO and before you know it, NewCath goes up 20-19. Tigers call TO and then go up 21-20. A great block by Meyers & Schneider give the Breds a 23-21 lead. Then both teams commit service failures and it's 24-22 Breds. Beechwood would tie it up at 24, and on the play NewCath's Lexy Breen turns her ankle and is gone for the rest of the game. NewCath wins on a Rachel McDonald kill. 26-24.

 

Game 3 - Total domination by NewCath, minus Lexy Breen. Breds start off on a 11-2 run, it balloons to 16-4, 21-6, & 24-7, before the final of 25-10.

 

Game 4 - Beechwood takes a quick 2-0 lead, before the Breds respond and go up 5-2, 8-5, 10-6, 13-8. Tigers get things together and respond with a 11-5 run to go up 17-16. From this point on neither team goes up more than a point until the Tigers escape with the 25-23 victory.

 

Game 5 - Lexy Breen returns, and the Breds start off up 6-3, 7-6, 9-6. With NewCath up 11-9, they call TO and following that Beechwood ties things up at 11 with a ball that rides the net to "no mans land". Breds go up 12-11, 13-11, & 14-12 and the game ends on a Freppon to McDonald spike.

 

A little controversy in this one centering around the player line judges and the calls made. None decided the outcome of this match, however it got the fans in a uproar. On one call ball was "clearly" in and she called it out, then said in (NewCath's pt.). My take on this......freshmen players SHOULD NOT be doing this, hell I even feel uncomfortable doing it.

.....all this and I still performed my PA duties without a mistake. :whistling:

I got all that, plus .50 cent popcorn! Win-Win!

I got all that, plus .50 cent popcorn! Win-Win!

 

.....and didn't bother to say hi......BOOOO

Mikah Freppon 31 assists

Rachel McDonald 38 kills

 

Both career highs.

I thought Mikah was still running a 5/1 offense. It seems difficult for one hitter to have more kills than the setter had total assists.

.....and didn't bother to say hi......BOOOO

 

Didn't want to interrupt the announcer from his duties. Most important job in the gym.

I thought Mikah was still running a 5/1 offense. It seems difficult for one hitter to have more kills than the setter had total assists.

 

They are running a modified 6/2 offense where Mikah sets at 4 positions and Lexi Breen sets at 2 positions. This gives Mikah the opportunity to hit at 2 front row positions.

Career highs! That's gotta be some kind of school record!! That's really impressive! Anyone else on the team hit?

I thought Mikah was still running a 5/1 offense. It seems difficult for one hitter to have more kills than the setter had total assists.

 

They are running a modified 6/2 offense where Mikah sets at 4 positions and Lexi Breen sets at 2 positions. This gives Mikah the opportunity to hit at 2 front row positions.

 

Yeah, what Front Of The Rim said. :lol2: