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The
St. Patrick Fighting Irish pulled off another big
upset to capture the senior girls LSSAA volleyball
championship Friday night at Lambton College.
The Colts
started the first set off on top, taking a 4-1 early
lead with kills from Brittany Lewis and Lexie Hanly
and an ace from Paige Price. But the Irish would
stick around and come back as the Colts hit into the
net twice and Jacey Nienhuis comes back with a kill
of her own to tie the game at 4-4. Riley Williams
would re-establish the Colt lead with a kill and
ace, while Hanley would provide a deep push to put
the Colts back up by 3. But again the Irish would
stick around with Colt errors and a big block from
Victoria Edwards.
Price
would start the Colt lead again and Williams would
get a block to again put the Colts up by 3. The
Irish would again fight back with Ciji Service
providing a block to tie the game at 13-13, then
pushing the ball into the open court to give the
Irish their first lead of the game. The Colts then
begin to make errors, hitting the ball into the net
and four hitting. This
time the Colts would come back and tie 17-17 with
Price hitting another ace. Williams would hit a kill
and an ace before she hit long tying the game again
at 19-19. The Irish would begin to pull away as the
Colts can't keep the ball in the court. Hanly would
hit the ball into the net and the Irish would take
the first set 25-22.
In the
second the Irish would take the early lead 4-2 with
Jessica Cookie getting a kill. Lewis for the Colts
would provide a kill and Jordan Tamming a block to
give the Colts a 7-4 lead. Both teams would exchange
errors, but the Irish would hit two into the net to
give the Colts a 12-11 lead. Williams would get an
ace on her serve but Hillary Graham would come back
with a big kill. Williams would tie it with her own
kill, but Edwards for the Irish would jump up for
the big block on the Colts.
With the
Irish down by one, Jess Osborn stepped up to serve
for six straight points as the Irish take a 20-15
lead, while Edwards provided another big block. The
Colts on the final two points would hit into the net
and would error on their hit to give St. Patrick's
the second set 25-16.
In the
third set the Colts jumped out again to a 3-0 lead.
Lewis had two kills for the Colts while Hanly had
another block for the Colts. Tammining would serve
for two aces as the Colts took a 6-4 lead. But after
the Colts hit long, Kirstin Clatworthy hit a kill
down the line and went up for a big block to take a
9-7 lead.
The Colts
would tie it but Edwards for the Irish would provide
to kills at the net to give the Irish a 13-10 lead.
Hanly would bring the Colts back into the lead as
she had an ace, two kills and a block to give the
Colts a 18-16 lead.
But the
Irish would retire the score at 19-19, but Hanly
would again dominate at the net with two tip overs
for two, followed by Tamming hitting an ace. Hanly
would finish her well played third set with a kill
at the net to give the Colts the third set 25-21.
In the
fourth set, the Irish looked to finish the game off.
After the match opened with two long serves Jacey
Nienhuis stepped up to serve and lead the Irish with
eight straight service points, including kills from
Correy Lester and Clatworthy. With a 10-2 lead, the
Irish continued to pound away at the Colts, as Cooke
had a kill and Graham with a tip over to take 13-5
lead. Hanly would have a block and push over to help
get the Colts to within ten, but the Irish got two
big aces from Morgan Tucker, and after two kills by
Nienhis, the Irish lead 22-7.
After a
block at the net set up
match
point, the Irish would watch as Hanly hit the ball
into the net, and St. Patrick's captured the senior
girls champions with a final set win of 25-8.
The Irish
won 3-1 in sets.
St.
Patrick's was the third ranked team coming into the
game, while St. Clair was the first ranked. Hillary
Graham was named player of the game for the Irish as
she had five kills, two blocks, nine service aces
and seven assists. Paige Price was named the player
of the game for the Colts with five kills, five
blocks, three aces and five assists.
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