Playing without Kaela for the first time this season, the 5th/6th grade girls lost a little spring in their step, and eventually lost a crucial game which dropped them from a potential first seed in the playoffs to the fourth.
After forfeiting the first set because they had only five girls at game time, the 5th/6th graders lost set two 25-20.
In volleyball, when a team doesn't have enough players in time for the game, the first set is automatically lost. The team which forfeits the first set, in this case, the 5th/6th graders this morning, need to then win the second and third set in order to take the match.
Suffice to say, it did not happen.
However, it could've happened.
The game was tied 20-20, but the other team rattled off three straight points, including two balls that hit in the floor in between a player in the front row, and a player in the back row.
Overall, the 5th/6th grade girls (6-2) played a pretty solid game, but made far too many mistakes, mistakes they usually don't make.
Their serving, for one, was not at its best. Almost every girl had trouble consistently serving the ball over. Some girls who couldn't have served better on one serve, followed it up, by hitting the ball out of bounds or even into the stands.
Only one time the entire game did the girls string together three points at a time. They never built any sustained momentum and in the end it was costly.
Even without Kaela, who is their most experienced player, and someone the team looks to as their leader, they could've, and should've won the game.
Had their been another set, the girls probably could've outlasted the other team since the 5th/6th graders were a little flat to start the game.
It was a given as the team was thrown off by the first set forfeit.
Now, they will most likely have to go up against Mission Dolores, a team they beat on their home floor a little more than a week ago.
And for them to get to the championship, they'll have to do it again in the playoffs.
No matter how the seedings went, the girls were going to have to beat Mission Dolores if they wanted to win it all. Now they'll just need to do it a week earlier than planned.
They should have Kaela back, which should ease the nerves of the entire team.
The loss Saturday was also a first, because the 5th/6th grade girls lost for the first time, a game they let slip away.
They'll need to learn from their mistakes, and hopefully use this game to make them tougher, because the hard part has just begun.
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I told you!
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