Sophomore MB Courtney Felinski shut
down the Tiger attack with this block.
In the first set the DAWGS came out blazing away: up by 4 at 10-6 and clinging tightly to a 2 point lead at 21-19 when the Lady Tigers called timeout; only to have Katy block the next shot and somehow send the DAWGS into a un-timely spiral where 4 errors were committed at "crunch time" and the Lady Bulldogs were on the short end of a 24-26 loss.
Set 2 started out with Katy handling a small lead as both teams alternated points until the match was tied at 10-10 when the Lady Bulldogs aggressively took control and held a 4 point lead at 20-16 and looked as though they were cruising to an easy victory. Well, the DAWGS won, but it wasn't easy. Even though the Tigers played a little better at the end and made up a lot of ground, their errors gave the set to the appreciative DAWGS who came out on top at 25-23.
Senior Lady Bulldog OH Kelli Stewart hammered home
this kill for the win in the second set against Katy.
Set 3 opened with the Tigers scoring 8 straight to force an early Bulldog time out at 0-8 and started things rapidly going downhill from there!! The Lady Tigers continued to keep control throughout and opened their lead to a 9 point spread at 20-11 before the teams basically traded even points (except the DAWGS couldn't afford them) and finished off this one with a 25-17 shellacking.
Even the Lady Bulldog cheerleaders were
praying for DAWGIE DIVINE Intervention!
Set 4 and it was a 'Do or Die' set. Win and you have a chance to win the next one and the match. Lose and well, it could either be a long ride home or a real short one depending on who can close out this match! The DAWGS again trailed early 1-5, then turned the tables to tie it up at 5-5 and the seesaw battle was on the way. The set was tied at 13-13 midway in the set before those pesky Tigers ran up a 4 point advantage at 20-16 and it started to go black! Three straight kills by Kelli Stewart drew Magnolia to within 3, then a couple of Tiger errors later: a Courtney Felinski tip tied it up at 21-21. A quick service error put the DAWGS behind at 21-22, then another Felinski kill tied it up again. The shell-shocked Tigers hit the next one in the net and a Paige Holland kill won the set (25-22) and tied the match (2-2) and suddenly the DAWG House was buzzing again!
The DAWGS gave it all they had
"..with a little help from their friends!"
Set 5: the Tie Breaker... the DAWGS came out a little leg weary while the Tigers (who apparently were already contemplating their quick ride home) immediately pounced on the Lady Bulldogs and had them down by 4 at midpoint 8-4 when a time out was ordered by the DAWGS. When play resumed, the Tigers statistically duplicated their efforts and ran up 7 points to Magnolia's 4, (15-8) and the marathon was over with Katy on top (3-2).
Kelli Stewart led the DAWGS with 24 kills and 2 Aces followed by a strong showing from sophomore MB Courtney Felinski's 13 kills; senior Meagan Little with 8 Kills and 2 Aces; junior Angi Gould's 8 kills. Senior Chelsea Rauscher led the servers with 4 Aces and setter Paige Holland dished out 51 assists to go with a couple of Aces and a kill of her own.
GO LADY BULLDOGS!!!
ROAD TO DISTRICT CHAMPS, ONE MATCH AT A TIME...!!
