Freshman Volleyball Defeated By Cedar Ridge 2-1
The freshman volleyball team played against the Cedar Ridge Raiders on Friday, Sept. 6. Although it was a tough game, the Lady Warriors lost 2-1.
“I think we played really sloppy today,” Katie Liu ‘23 said. “We were way too laid back by the second set, and we didn’t really show up until the last six points.”
In the first set, the Warriors were showing great potential. Eliana Oquendo ‘23 scored four points with her serves, as well as amazing passes. Great teamwork was shown by Liu, setting the ball perfectly for Kylie Woodlow ‘23, scoring the winning point for the set.
“The first set we played really good,” Woodlow said. “Our communication was good, we were talking, we were there, and we were getting our feet to the ball.”
The Warriors started off weak in the second set, allowing the Raiders to score five points. Even though they were losing, the Lady Warriors scored some spectacular points. Ella Wood ‘23 set the ball over the net, saving the team from losing a point, while Tanisha Balaggan ‘23 also saved the ball multiple times from strong serves by the Raiders. Although they lost the second set, they slowly started catching up in the third set. Great blocks by Wood and Woodlow gave the Warriors three points, catching them up to 14-11. Eventually, the Raiders won by a score of 25-17.
“The second set we kind of did we we’ve done three times in a row now where we kind of just played more relaxed, thinking that we could just take it easy,” Woodlow ‘23 said. “We tried to get our feet back under the ball in the third set but it didn’t really work out in our favor.”
The freshman team’s next game will be against Hendrickson on Friday, Sept. 13th.
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