It was hard to know what to expect in this match between 2 neighbors who both wanted to get on with this Region II Quarterfinal match and go after the state 5A volleyball crown. A & M Consolidated is always a dangerous foe with tons of talent and a great, pedigreed program of their own. The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs had just come off a great victory themselves, playing consistently at a high intensity level against a tough Round Rock McNeil team and expected the Lady Tigers to come into the Sam Houston Colesium ready to give it their 'all' with nothing to lose. They were not surprised...
It was an auspicious start as the DAWGS started out slowly by uncharacteristically, committing 2 service return errors back-to-back before Michele Williams opened up the DAWGS' scoring with her 'Glide shot' and an Alicia Shaffer serve was shanked by the Lady Tigers' backrow for a 2-2 tie.
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Meagan Little and Hannah Fort cutting this Lady Tiger attack attempt off!
Once the DAWGS got their paws wet and righted their ship, they took off on a tear blowing past A & M Consolidated with a 12 to 2 spread and led 14 -4 behind a few Williams' kills, a Meagan Little blast of her own; a Hannah Fort block; and a ton of serving and hitting errors froma generous Tiger team; and not to mention ... 2 time outs that had to be spent ineffectively to try to cool down the DAWGS.
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Senior Lady Bulldog Jamie Kaleh had a busy evening handling 14 digs.
This was all that was needed for the Lady Bulldogs to pick up the scent of a wounded adversary and the chase was on as they continued their dominance in this one, and leading 20-10 when the audio file kicks in:
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GREAT START LADIES!!!
