Movin' on up

The Patriots, now that they entered the top ten, have begun to move up. In the most recent NWI Times poll, Calumet was ranked #9. The game they played Tuesday, however, probably won't have much effect on the poll. The Patriots downed the Covenant Christian Knights in three games, 25-8, 25-9, 25-10.

There's not a lot to say about the game. I think I used the word "perfunctory" to describe a victory last year. That's probably an appropriate term for this game as well. In game one, the tone was set early. Taylor started things off with a kill. After a point from a Covenant defensive error, Taylor hit one of her patented serves for an ace. Shortly thereafter Rachel got a couple of aces of her own. A little later it was Faith's turn. The Patriots ended up with eight aces by my count in the game. Appropriately, Taylor finished things off with two more aces.

Game 2 found Covenant with improved serve reception but not spike reception. By my count, we ended up with twelve kills in the game, including (but not showing up in the stats) a backrow kill by Amanda. And, appropriately again, the game ended by a dink kill by Holly.

The team relaxed a bit in game three, but Covenant really fell apart. Rachel got on a long run of serving, and Covenant got on a long run of defensive errors. It was 4-2 when Rachel began serving and it was 17-2 when Covenant broke the streak when the Patriots committed a defensive error. By that time Coach Carr had put in Cassie O. Shortly thereafter she put in Kaylie and moved Faith to setter. This kept things somewhat even until Covenant served one into the net to end it.

Friday is the trimatch against Faith and Clinton. Reports are that both teams are down, especially Faith who had the farthest to fall. But it's never smart to underestimate any opponent, so the girls should come ready to play. I will see you there.

Oh, and one more thing. The rant is coming.