Late report on Tuesday's game

A little late I know, but here is the report from Tuesday night's game.

The Patriots hosted First Baptist of Mishawaka at Lake Hills on Tuesday. This was the first time we faced First Baptist this year, which was refreshing after playing other teams multiple times already this year.

As has occurred often this year, the girls started slowly. After being down 10-7, they rallied to take a 17-15 lead. They then proceeded to give up five straight points to go down 20-17. Faith and Jessi Stas began to pick up their hitting and the Patriots ran off seven consecutive points, putting them up 24-20. They had a little trouble closing out the game, but did end up winning 25-23.

The girls started strongly in the second game, going up 12-4 behind some strong serving by Elizabeth and hitting/back row attacks from Faith. Calumet/Calvary maintained the lead til 18-11, when First Baptist blocked some hits and they got back into the game at 19-15. Cal/Cal scored the next three points, following which the teams exchanged points until the Patriots scored the winning point on a serve by Faith which crept over the net for an "ace". The final in game two was 25-17.

The third game was not very competitive, as the girls kept putting the ball deep on serves and hits, resulting in many errors by FB. The final in game three was 25-10.

The JV won their match against First Baptist's JV team in three, as did the junior high in their game against Victory earlier in the evening.

Up next is the Quentin Road tournament beginning Friday at 11AM. The girls have a chance to improve on their two fourth-place finishes in tournaments this year, and their loss in the quarterfinals last year in this tournament. I will blog tomorrow night after the pool play.