The Lady Raiders volleyball team traveled to South Adams Tuesday night (September 9) for one of their conference games. The raiders started off the game on top. The intensity was off the charts! They smashed the starfires in the first two games 25-21 and 25-23. Going into the third game they thought it was going to be a sweep. The game was so intense and the raiders lead the game down until the final few points. They were ahead 24-22 and let the starfires come back. After a few hard rallies between the teams the score was 24-24. Volleyball is a win-by-two sport. So, raiders are receiving the serve and Deakyne gets a great pass to Fiechter. Fiechter sets Deakyne back row and the ball comes just short of the net. Now it is 24-25. Another great pass to the setter and Blevins has a great middle attack. The attack was blocked by two starfire front row players, and the ball falls in front of the ten foot line in front of the Raiders. The final score of the third game was a heart crushing 24-26, so on to game 4 it was. Our morale going into the 4th game was low we thought we had that conference game win in the bag and we just blew it. The lady raiders played the fourth game with their heads hung low. They still tried their hardest though. They ended up losing the fourth game 21-25. So, on to set five it was. This set is just a quick game to 15, so you have to bring all you've got early and score the points and beat them to 15. We let the Starfires go on a run for awhile and they scored a lot of points. The raiders dug themselves into a small hole and it was hard to get out. They fought back hard though and brought the game in close. However, the lady raiders lost that day 11-15 to the South Adams Starfires. After a long fought game of 5 sets this is what Coach Blevins had to say:
"Tonight I thought we came out with great intensity. We were moving well in transition and our passing was pretty good. We took games 1 and 2 and was feeling pretty good about ourselves, then game 3 came along and we did not respond to their change in tempo."
"We became a team that was trying not to lose as opposed to a team that needed to finish the job and win game 3. I learned a lot about our team tonight and who we are and what we need to work on"
Here are your game stats:
Game 1: SW 25 SA 21
Game 2: SW 25 SA 23
Game 3: SW 24 SA 26
Game 4: SW 21 SA 25
Game 5: SW 11 SA 15
Kills: Moore 10, Blevins 8, Horton 5, Deakyne 4, Knowles;Fiechter 2, Collins 1
Blocks: Deakyne;Blevins 3, Moore 2
Digs: Deakyne 17, Knowles 15, Fiechter 9, Kohr 7, Jones 6, Blevins 5, Moore 3, Collins;Zoda 2
Assists: Fiechter 26, Jones 2, Deakyne;Moore;Blevins 1
Raiders 2-12, 0-1 Conference
Next up for the Raiders... Adams Central at Monroe, IN Thursday September 11, 2014