After a decent start to the season at 2-1 down at Lincoln, the wheels fell off on Saturday as the 15-8's went 0-3. If a team is unable to pass, it will not win often in volleyball. They could not pass, so they did not win.
A. Brown was a great surprise passing 1.71 (24/14). For the season, that pulled her up to 1.30, which is approaching the bottom half of the acceptable range for a middle school passer. A. Newbauer passed 1.40 (38/27). Not great but certainly not poor either. Other than those two girls, we had nothing positive to report. The next three primary passers combined to pass 0.76 (57/75). Ouch!
When a team passes that poorly, a lot has to go right to stay competitive. Nope. That did not happen. Too many missed serves and a poor job of communicating allowed a number of balls to just fall to the ground.
We do have to recognize O. Perry for her offense. She hit .548 (7-0/13) for the day. That is outstanding!
A. Brown was a great surprise passing 1.71 (24/14). For the season, that pulled her up to 1.30, which is approaching the bottom half of the acceptable range for a middle school passer. A. Newbauer passed 1.40 (38/27). Not great but certainly not poor either. Other than those two girls, we had nothing positive to report. The next three primary passers combined to pass 0.76 (57/75). Ouch!
When a team passes that poorly, a lot has to go right to stay competitive. Nope. That did not happen. Too many missed serves and a poor job of communicating allowed a number of balls to just fall to the ground.
We do have to recognize O. Perry for her offense. She hit .548 (7-0/13) for the day. That is outstanding!