Road victory

The Patriots traveled to Joliet, Illinois this evening to take on Ridgewood Baptist Academy. The JV started things off with a two-game victory over Ridgewood's squad. The varsity game followed. The first game was marked by many unforced errors by the Patriots of all kinds - missed serves, bad passes, misdirected sets, hits into the net, etc. The girls also missed Jessie Clark, who missed her second consecutive game due to illness. Cal/Cal was never in it, and lost 25-14. The second game started the same way as the first. It was 10-4, Ridgewood. Then the Patriots started to tighten things up. Fewer errors and crisper play resulted in a comeback. The girls pulled even at 15. From there on it was all Patriots, and they closed out a 25-17 game two victory. Both teams cleaned up their play resulting in a well-played game. After the Rams took an early 12-8 lead, the Patriots regrouped and caught the Rams at 13. Again, the Patriots finished strong and won the third, 25-17.

The junior high coach reports to me that both the junior high a and b teams were victorious against Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, the JHb team winning two straight against their JH team, and the JHa team defeating Glenwood's JV team in three, winning two after they lost the first.

Next game is home against First Baptist of Mishawaka on Tuesday. Check the schedule.