After coming off a quick and deadly start in the first set, the confident Lady Bulldogs would need to keep the momentum going their way and keep focused on the Lady Mustangs on the other side of the net and what was ahead. After all.... this is the state playoffs.
Friendswood came out swinging with a kill shot to open the set. Paige Holland answered their point quickly by drawing the Mustang front line into the net and dastardly, dinking the ball behind herself while looking like she was going to set the ball to the outside. (You just gotta love that shot when it works for you, and absolutely hate it, when it work's against you!) Sophomore team mate MB Courtney Felinski set the prescedent for her team mates with a follow-up kill shot through the middle at 2-1, and the DAWGS turned to butter...... as in, "you can call me BUTTER, 'cause I'm on a roll".
The DAWGS opened the lead to 4 at 11-7, as the team scoring had gone full circle (Katzy Randall kills at 6-4 and 7-5; Meagan Little at 9-6 .... with the ball bouncing off a wounded Stang and ending 8 or 9 rows up in the colesium, and at 10-7; culminating with another patented Paige Holland dink. It seemed the Lady Mustangs were very talented, but maybe, 'slow-learners'....
OH Lady Bulldog Katzy Randall blew 3 kills by the
Mustangs down the stretch, for a pivital DAWGIE victory.
Both teams continued their combative play with neither team making up any ground at the expense of the other. But both teams were10 points farther down the line, with plenty of work that still needed to be done at 21-17. In that stretch, the high-flyin' Kelli Stewart pounded Friendswood with kills at 13-9, 14-10, and an ace serve at 15-10; Katzy Randall continued her assault as the rotation came around with kills at 16-11, 18-15,and 19-16; and the DAWGS had the luxury of being closer to the finish line. We'll let the audio file describe the events from here:
The Mustangs may have felt like they were experiencing 'double
vision' as Kelli Stewart pounded them for 5 kills in the second set.
Press > to Play:
The DAWGS have been showing a multi-pronged attack that opposing teams will continue to have a hard time defending against and one can only truly see what a team effort can do when it's working like the DAWGS have it going right now. Volleyball is a team sport and when it clicks, it is an awesome sport to play and to watch ....... I'll take the latter, thank you!
ALL THE WAY DAWGS!!!
