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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Away game vs. College of Marin 10/6/2010

On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again.......Oh, hello volleyball fans, just arrived at the campus of Marin College outside of San Francisco.  Looks like our traveling cheer squad is going to consist of only 3 voices tonight, but we'll make plenty of noise for our 49er's!  Interesting uniform choice tonight.  Marin is wearing their home white jerseys and it looks like Coach Chapman is going to play some mind games by having our team wear our white jerseys.  Interesting approach!  At least this gym has some serious A/C.  May have to break out my sweatshirt shortly to stay warm.  We've secured excellent seats right behind the score table up on the top row.  Can't miss anything from this perch.  The warm-ups are over and the teams are taking the floor.

Game 1: Megan will start us off serving.  Hailey hits one wide, 0-1.  Bad serve receive, 0-2.  Marin serves out, 1-2 with Brit serve.  Alisha slaps one down on the second attempt, 2-2.  K9 can't handle a deep ball, 2-3.  Hailey hits the antenna and it's 2-4.  Marin hits wide, 3-4 with Alisha to serve.  Marin gets a tip in the hole, 3-5.  K9 gets stuffed by a Marin middle, 3-6.  Marin serves out, 4-6.  Hailey to serve.  Megan and Taylor get a block and then Megan finishes it off, 5-6.  Hailey serves out, 5-7.  Ace for Marin, 5-8.  Hailey hits wide from the back row, 5-9.  Another block by Megan and Taylor but Marin gets it up and then K9 finishes one down line, 6-9 with Taylor serving.  K9 gets one cross court, 7-9.  Double call on Marin, 8-9.  Looking a little better now.  Ace by Taylor, right on the back line, and we are tied up at 9.  Brit and Megan get a block and then Marin hits out, 10-9.  Marin hits out again, 11-9.  K9 rips another one down line, 12-9.  Timeout by Marin.  We need to stay focused.  Marin has some height on their team and we need to work around it or use some swipes off the blocks but don't let them camp on our hitters.  Here we go with Taylor to serve.  An Ace out of the timeout, very nice! 13-9.  Another Ace, 14-9.  Go Taylor!  Alisha almost makes a great dig, but it's 14-10.  Marin hits behind the antenna, 15-10 with K9 to serve.  Alisha gets a down hit ball to fall, 16-10.  Lift call on Marin, 17-10.  Marin hits wide of the antenna again, 18-10 to finish a long rally.  A little confusion on a play close to the net and we let one fall, 18-11.  Hailey lets one get by her on the back row, 18-12.  Marin hits net, 19-12 with Megan serving.  Brit with a nice dig and then Alisha slams one home, 20-12.  Good block by Brit and Taylor and then Taylor sends one deep for the kill, 21-12.  22-12 when Marin hits long.  Long serve by Megan 22-13. Hailey gets it back with a nice runner-3, 23-13 with Brit serving.  K9 gets one slapped down on her, 23-14.  Marin serves net with Alisha to serve, 24-14.  K9 finishes up the game with another hit down line, 25-14.  Slow start, but a good finish.

Game 2: Brit starts things off with a swipe off the block, 1-0 with Brit to serve.  We let one fall right between two defenders, 1-1.  K9 lets one go by her and it lands in, 1-2.  Come on Defense, step it up!  Alisha hits wide on a shot from the right side, 1-3.  Bad serve receive on us, 1-4.  Hailey finishes off a long rally and it's 2-4 with Alisha to serve.  Marin finds that hole in our middle, 2-5.  Bad serve receive, 2-6.  Confusion on who is to set one, 2-7.  K9 fires one down line, 3-7 with Hailey to serve.  We serve in to the net, 3-8.  Marin gets one off our block, 3-9.  Got Marin in the net on a joust, 4-9 with Taylor to serve.  Mishit by Marin, 5-9.  K9 gets another one down line, 6-9.  Brit tries one but it goes wide, 6-10.  Great rally and K9 finishes it for 7-10 and K9 to serve.  Ace Ace Baby!, 8-10.  Marin hits net, 9-10.  Marin hits long, and it's 10 all.  Hailey gets one to go from the back row, 11-10 and K9 still serving.  Alisha wins a joust at the net for a kill, 12-10 and it's timeout Marin!  Not sure why we're starting so slow against this team.  Not a good thing to spot someone a big lead every game and then think that you can turn the switch and get back in to it.  K9 to serve coming out of the timeout.  Taylor hits one long, just past the line, 12-11.  Double call on us, 12 all.  Marin serves long, 13-12 with Megan serving.  Marin hits net, 14-12.  Ace by Megan! 15-12.  We let one get down, 15-13.  Brit gets in on the action, 16-13 with Brit to serve.  Alisha hits long, 16-14.  Marin hits net, 17-14 with Alisha to serve.  ACE!, 18-14.  And another one!, 19-14 and Marin wants their last timeout to talk things over.  Brit gets a great dig that goes over and falls for a point, 20-14.  K9 slaps one at a back row player who shanks it out, 21-14.  Bad receive by Marin, 22-14.  Alisha serves one out of the building!  22-15.  Tune down the bionics their kiddo!.  K9 gets it back with another line shot, 23-15.  Haiely serving.  K9 gets a controversial shot to go down line, 24-15.  Up ref over ruled the line judge.  Long rally, but Megan gets a tip to go and it's a 25-15 win for the 49er's.

Game 3:  Meagan serving to start us off.  Alisha hits long, 0-1.  Hailey swats one that Marin passes out on, 1-1 with Brit to serve.  Hailey slaps one down for 2-1.  Marin gets one down through our block, 2-2.  Long rally that Alisha finishes off with a great sharp angle  3-2 and Alisha to serve.  K9 gets one off the block 4-2.  Ace by Alisha, 5-2.  Then a long serve! Yuck! 5-3.  K9 slaps down another line shot, 6-4 with Hailey serving.  Marin shanks a pass, 7-3.  Marin hits wide, 8-3.  Megan finishes one off, 9-3 with Hailey still serving.  Double on Marin, 9-3.  Timeout Marin!!  This is a much better start to the game.  Hailey tries one from the back row, but it goes net.  10-4.  Set is a little tight and Megan hits the net, 10-5.  K9 hits one in the net!  10-6.  Hailey over passes on serve receive but it lands on the line for our point, 11-6 with Taylor serving.  K9 tries one left handed that goes in the net, 11-7.  Brit tries one but it goes wide, 11-8.  Marin serves net, 12-8 with K9 to the service line.  Marin hits long, 13-8.  Marin hits wide, 14-8.  Brit hits one down, 15-8.  K9 serves net, 15-9.  Alisha hits one off the net, 15-10.  Brit gets another one down, 16-10 with Megan to serve.  Marin can't handle a pass and it goes out, 17-10.  Megan serves net, 17-11.  A great rally with a lot of spectacular digs and blocks, but Marin gets it off our block, 17-12.  Brit and Hailey stuff one, 18-12 and Brit to serve.  Marin hits long, 19-12.  Marin hits long again, 20-12.  Hailey slams one down, 21-12 with Brit still serving.  Alisha gets one off a touch, 22-12.  Marin mishandles one, 23-12.  Timeout by Marin.  It may be too late to change this by now.  I'm thinking that timeout would have been better used about 8 points ago.  Brit to serve it up coming out of the timeout.  Hailey gets one rejected, 23-13.  Then she makes them pay on the next one as she goes fast and deep, 24-13 with Alisha serving.  K9 gets a down hit roll shot to fall for 25-13 and the 49er's are packing the car for the trip home.  Good job 9er's!!!!

This reporter is loading up the laptop, herding the family to the car and heading for some supper!

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