A 25-13, 25-13 volleyball win will read as a blowout in most boxscores, but the latest 7th/8th grade win by that final score was anything but lopsided.
The girls had to scratch and claw for every single point in their fourth win of the season -- almost every point featured a few back and forth rallys.
Victoria played the most consistent game of the night and served the girls out to a 9-1 lead, a much needed cushion as the other team rallied back to close the gap and make it 13-8 in set one.
But the girls eventually pulled away, closing out the first set on a 12-5 run.
In almost the exact same fashion, Victoria put the 7th/8th grade (4-1) out to a 4-0 lead. She attempted serving overhand twice in the game with the set well in hand, both times on set point. She was successful on her second try.
Their points didn't come from the other team not being able to return a simple serve, so the girls had to do a lot of hitting to score points.
"They're bumping, setting and spiking, rather than just bumping straight over," said coach Mitchell.
Edwena and Fiona made several nice tips at the net, and every girl on the team spiked the ball over at least once.
The hardest of them all came in the second set when Edwena smashed one which almost took out a girl on the other team. Fiona set the ball perfectly and Edwena did the rest. The girl on the other team tried to save it but the ball was moving so fast it hit her in the head as she went crumpling to the ground.
Thankfully, the girl was all right (not alright cause alright is not a word) and was able to laugh off the incident. Edwena put her head down and felt bad about what she did.
Due to the bad traffic, the referee for the game showed up about 20 minutes late, which was a blessing because two of the St. Mary's girls had yet to arrive. Had the game started on time, the 7th/8th graders would've had to forfeit the first set.
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