It was an exciting weekend at the Pearland VB Classic Tournament!
Your own Lady Bulldog Varsity completed the tournament in superb fashion!
This tournament included, based on last week's rankings, #1 Lake Travis, #2 Lovejoy, #3 Richardson Pearce, #4 Westlake, #5 Hebron, #6 Cy Woods, #7 Flower Mound Marcus, #8 San Antonio Reagan, #12 Keller Central...just to drop a few names into the hat!
Of course at #13...Magnolia Bulldogs!
What a tourney it was...After finishing second to #7 ranked Marcus in pool play, the Lady Bulldogs entered the Gold Bracket against some of the best ranked teams in the state!
Pool Results:
Stony Point...Magnolia Won 2-0 (25-20, 25-18)
Ft. Bend Travis...Magnolia Won 2-0 (25-19, 25-23)
Marcus...Marcus Won 2-0 (25-15, 25-13)
On to the GOLD BRACKET!!
First victim: Georgetown, Magnolia Won 2-0 (25-23, 25-22)
Next victim: Seven Lakes...this team has been making a move with quality wins at the Katy tourney last week, but it was not enough to beat the Bulldogs...Magnolia Won 2-1 (25-19, 24-26, 25-20)
This sets up a showdown with #3 Pearce and moves us into the round of TOP 16...and it was a battle from beginning to end...with the final score 23-25, 24-26...and with a couple of questionable ball handling & line call...the second set could have changed...
The Lady Bulldogs didn't let the close loss to Pearce stop their journey...beginning play on Saturday vying for the #9 spot...and winning the next match over a familiar foe from Tuesday night: The Woodlands, Magnolia Won AGAIN 2-1 (25-23, 15-25, 25-22)
Next up was Cy-Woods, ranked #6 in the Texas Top 20 and #1 in 5A by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Although we came up short with a 16-25, 16-25 loss...the team had TONS of BULLDOG PRIDE in this finish!
The BEST by a Bulldog team EVER at the Pearland Classic!! We finished tied for #11-#12. In this tourney of 76 quality teams...a GREAT achievement!!
Stats for matches will be posted on Monday! Congrats to Courtney Felinski, who stepped up her play as a senior leader on this squad throughout the tourney & was named to the "Best of the Best" All Tournament Team!
