It has been a good week to be a Bear! Since the last time I updated the blog we beat UMKC, South Dakota, Fairfield, and Georgia. We won our home tournament last weekend! It was pretty great to do that in front of our home crowd.
The Georgia match specifically was amazing...even epic. We won game one by a couple of points before falling in a disappointing game two. Game three was crazy. We ended up running out of subs at 24-24. Jill Dawson, one of our defensive and serving specialists subbed in for our middle, Ashley Lichtenberg. Jill scored a crucial point, but then Georgia sided-out. We went back and forth with them for what seemed forever...until we realized that we were out of subs and Jill was going to have to play front row! Jill played outside hitter, and the others around her just filled in wherever we could. Julie played middle for a rotation, as did Bre W. It was nuts! Then, Jill went back to the back row, and we won the match before she got back to the front...38-36. It was intense. We ended up winning game five 15-11. Crazy match.
Last night we played Denver. We have had a really tough time with them the past few years, but this time we took care of our business and beat them in three. For all of our girls, it was the first time we have beat them in the fall, so that was great.
We leave tomorrow for Wyoming. We will be playing Texas-Arlington on Friday, and Portland and Wyoming on Saturday. This is going to be a tough weekend! I think our girls are up to the challenge though. I guess we will have to wait and see. Should be fun though.
Go Bears!
2 comments:
way to go Bears! Way to close out those pesky Pioneers
That Georgia match was amazing. It's the second best match I've seen live - the first being CU vs. Nebraska a few years ago when Nebraska was undefeated.
The most impressive player was #5. She stepped up when #1 was out. I wasn't too sure why she was playing, but she was really the unsung hero of that game. Her middle and step-out sets were much better than I've seen her previously.
It's just great to see all of the minor players from last season step up into pivotal roles. Most impressive is #16. Being a former student of mine, she has started to solidify her position as a solid middle.
Great game.
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