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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Home Game vs Alameda 9/29/2010

It's HOT.  Another scorcher day and the gym is sweltering.  We have the College of Alameda in town tonight and this should be a good chance for us to work on some things and focus on getting better. 

Game 1:  Hailey starts it off with a slap down the middle for 1-0 with Judy serving.  Alameda in the net, 2-0.  We hit out, 2-1.  Alameda hits in the net, 3-1 with Deshawna serving.  We let one hit deep, 3-2.  Alameda serves net, 4-2 with Hailey serving.  xx lets one hit the net, 5-2.  Megan finishes one off deep, 6-2.  Ace serve, 7-2.  Taylor misses on a dump attempt, 7-3.  Alamedaserves long, 8-3.  Great save by Deshawna and then a block by Megan and K9, 9-3.  We let one fall, 9-4.  Controversial call on the line, 9-5.  Lift call on Alameda, 10-5 with K9 serving.  Alameda hits in the net, 11-5.  Megan slips one in, 12-5.  Ace Ace Baby by K9, 13-5.  Brit knocks down an overpass, 14-5.  Double call on Alameda, 15-5.  Net hit by Alameda, 16-5.  They hit long on one and it's 17-5 and a timeout on the floor by Alameda. K9 serves one that Alameda can't control, 18-5.  They hit another one in the net, 19-5.  Another Ace!  20-5.  Alameda rolls one off our block, 20-6.  Lift call on K9, 20-7.  Brit gets one down, 21-7 with Megan serving.  Ace! 22-7.  Net serve, 22-8.  In the net call on Hailey, 22-9.  In the net call on Alameda, 23-9 with Judy serving.  Alameda hits one way long, 24-9.  Ace by Judy to finish the game.  Yuba goes up 1-0.

Game 2:  Megan will start us off serving.  Alameda hits net, 1-0.  Brit slaps one down, 2-0.  Alameda shanks a pass out, 3-0.  Hailey sends one down the middle, 4-0.  Alameda passes in the net, 5-0.  They shank another pass, 6-0.  An Ace, 7-0.  Hailey rejects an overpass, 8-0.  Hailey gets called in the net to stop the run, 8-1.  Alameda hits long, 9-1.  Judy to serve.  Alameda tips one in to a hole in the D, 9-2.  Hailey rolls one over the block, 10-2 with Alisha to serve.  K9 swipes one off a block for a kill, 11-2.  We get confused on a pass, 11-3.  K9 hits one in the net, 11-4.  We over pass one and it goes out, 11-5.  K9 rips one down line, 12-5 and Hailey serving.  Ace, 13-5.  Another Ace, 14-5.  Timeout Alameda!  Hailey serving out of the timeout.  Hailey hits one in the net from the back row, 14-6.  Megan gets one deep and it's 15-6 with Taylor serving.  She puts it in the net, 15-7.  Alameda returns the favor, 16-7 with K9 serving.  Alameda gets a dump shot, 16-8.  Alisha hits one down, 17-8 with Megan serving.  Alameda hits one behind the antenna, 18-8.  Ace by Megan, 19-8.  Brit gets a nice cross court shot, 20-8.  Megan lets one go through her fingers, 20-9.  Alamed serves long, 21-9 with Judy to serve.  Ace! 22-9.  Hailey sends a rocket down, 23-9.  Alameda shanks a pass, 24-9.  Hailey and Alisha block one and it's a 25-9 win.  Yuba up 2-0.

Game 3:  Hailey starts things off, 1-0.  We get a dribbler Ace, 2-0.  Hailey with a big stuff, 3-0.  Marissa with a great dig, and Taylor pushes it over, 4-0.  Double call on Alameda, 5-0.  Hailey blocks another one, 6-0.  Alisha gets in on the action, 7-0.  K9 lets one fall deep, 7-1.  Hailey slaps down a bullet, and Alisha to serve, 8-1.  Ace, 9-1.  Alameda puts one in the net, 10-1.  Taylor slaps one down, 11-1.  Alameda puts another pass in the net, 12-1.  Alisha gets an Ace, 13-1.  Alameda hits wide, 14-1.  K9 gets one with the left hand, 15-1.  Alameda hits another one in the net, 16-1.  Another Ace by Alisha, 17-1.  After a long serve run Alisha puts one in the net, 17-2.  K9 gets one as Alameda is in the net, 18-2.  Hailey serves one in the net, 18-3.  K9 slaps one down!, 19-3 with Taylor serving.  K9 with a block kill, 20-3.  Megan can't quite get one over, 20-4.  Alameda serves long, 21-4 with K9 serving.  Alameda hits it in the net, 22-4.  They can't hold the pass, 23-4.  Alameda gets one to go down deep, 23-5.  They then serve it in the net, 24-5 with Megan serving.  Alameda hits long and this game is over, 25-5. 

We are out of here looking for some AC!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Home Game vs Los Medanos 9/27/2010

Got to the game just as it got started tonight.  Took a bit for the computer to get cranked up.  This is a make-up game with Los Medanos (LM) that we had to cancel due to a power outage during construction activities.  We started off on a 6-1 run and Hailey had a nice C to start things off.  We're halfway through the first rotation and it's 10-6 with LM serving.  Megan nails a nice one in the middle, 11-6 with Taylor to serve.  A little confusion on a pass and it's 11-7.  LM finds a hole in the back for 11-8.  We let a pass fall at the net, 11-9.  They get another one off of a touch block, 11-10.  We're out of synch on Offense.  An ace serve ties it up at 11 and Chapman wants a timeout to talk things over. Good timeout as LM serves long, 12-11 with K9 serving.  LM gets a sharp angle shot to drop, 12 all.  We are late to a dig on the back row, 12-13.  Alisha slaps one cross court and it's 13 all with Megan serving.  LM hits wide, 14-13.  Alisha gets a block for 15-13.  Brit hits one in the net, 15-14.  Alisha ends a long rally with a swipe off the block, 16-14 with Judy serving.  Taylor slips a dunk in on them, 17-14.  Timeout Los Medanos.  LM hits wide, 18-14.  Hailey sends one down, 19-14.  Alisha gets one to go off a shank pass by LM, 20-14 and Los Medanos wants another timeout.  Taylor gets another dump down, 21-14.  Big block by Hailey in the middle, 22-14.  LM hits long, 23-14.  Alisha gets another block for 24-14.  LM hits wide of the antenna, 25-14 for another 49er win.  The teams switch sides and get some water down.  It's 100 degrees outside and feels about the same in the gym.  No air circulation, but if we can get this done in 3, that will be nice.

Game 2:  Looks like Megan will start us off serving for this game.  LM finds that big hole in our D for 0-1.  We make a great save and then LM hits the antenna, 1-1.  Judy serving.  Big stuff by Hailey in the middle, 2-1.  Ace by Judy! 3-1.  LM hits the net, 4-1.  K9 can't dig up a line shot, 4-2.  Hailey sends a text message down the middle, 5-2 with Alisha serving.  Ace, 6-2.  Hailey hits a nice runner-3 for 7-2.  LM gets one right through our block, 7-3.  K9 gets a sharp angle to drop, 8-3 with Hailey serving.  Los Medanos gets one deep, 8-4.  LM serves net, 9-4 with Taylor to serve.  We let one hit the floor after a long rally, 9-5.  Bad serve receive, 9-6.  Alisha mis-hits one from the back row, 9-7.  They call LM in the net, 10-7 with K9 serving.  Brit slaps one down from the right side, 11-7.  Ace by K9, 12-7.  LM gets one down the front of our block, 12-8.  Long rally ends when LM hits one in the net, 13-8 with Megan serving.  Los Medanos hits another one behind the antenna, 14-8.  Another runner-3 by Hailey makes it 15-8.  Hailey gets a another block on an overpass by LM and it's 16-8 and looks like Los Medanos wants a timeout to talk about it.  Megan serving out of the timeout.  Ace, 17-8.  Hailey slaps down another overpass, 18-8.  Another Ace, 19-8.  Serve barely catches the top of the net, 19-9.  Confusion on serve receive, 19-10.  LM hits one in off our block, 19-11.  Hailey gets another big hit in the middle, 20-11 with Juday in to serve.  LM hits the antenna again, 21-11.  Los Medanos gets one off our block, 21-12.  Another hit in the middle for Hailey, 22-12.  Alisha serves an Ace, 23-12.  Another Ace, 24-12.  Block by K9 and Hailey makes it a 25-12 win for Yuba. 

Game 3: Los Medanos will start off with the serve.  LM gets one off our block, 0-1.  They serve in the net, 1-1 with Judy to serve for the 9er's.  Ace, 2-1.  Controversial lift call on us, 2-2.  Then an Ace by LM and it's 2-3.  Hailey mis-times a hit and it falls empty, 2-4.  LM hits one in the net, 3-4 with Alisha serving.  LM gets a big one down the middle, 3-5.  Hailey gets stuffed, 3-6.  They get one over our block, 3-7.  K9 gets one and it's 4-7 with Hailey serving.  K9 gets stuffed, 4-8.  LM gets another one down the front of our block, 4-9.  Megan hits one long, 4-10.  Timeout by Coach Chapman.  I can only imagine what he has to say right now.  Stop beating ourselves!  Take our time and find a hole to put the ball in.  We're hitting right at the defenders.  Need to make them work a little harder on the other side of the net.  LM serves out, Taylor to serve, 5-10.  Taylor serves net, 5-11.  Double call on our set, 5-12.  We're digging a deep hole here!  LM serves long, K9 to serve, 6-12.  Ace Ace baby, 7-12.  Alisha gets one down, 8-12.  Brit slaps one down from the right, 9-12.  Bigtime block by Brit, 10-12.  LM hits long, 11-12 and here come the 49er's!!  Timeout by Los Medanos.  LM gets one in the deep corner, 11-13.  LM hits long, 12-13 with Megan to serve.  Another runner-3 by Hailey ties it up at 13 all.  LM hits one in the net, 14-13 and the 9er's have the lead.  LM ties it up with a dribbler over the net, 14 all.  LM is in the net, 15-14 with Judy in to serve.  LM gets one through our block, 15 all.  Ace by LM, 15-16.  A bad pass by us makes it 15-17.  LM hits out, 16-17 with Alisha serving.  Ace! 17 all.  Hailey gets stuffed, 17-18.  We save a receive and get one to fall, 18 all with Hailey serving.  She serves wide, 18-19.  Need to clean it up if we're gonna pull this out.  Megan gets one in the deep corner, 19 all with Taylor serving.  LM hits out, 20-19.  Timeout by the Mustangs!  LM gets one down in front of the block, 20-20.  Double on LM, 21-20 with K9 to serve.  Long rally!  LM gets one down deep in the back to end a really exciting rally, 21 all.  Brit lights one up, 22-21 with Megan to serve.  Net serve, 22 all.  Hailey hits wide, 22-23.  LM gets one to drop off our block, 22-24 and Coach Chapman wants a timeout.  LM hits one in the net after digging up a block by Brit. 23-24 with Judy serving. K9 lets one hit, we lose it 23-25.  Coach doesn't look to thrilled right now.  I can guarantee the fans are not happy with having to sit through another game in this heat.  I hope they come out and jump on this fast and put it away. 

Game 4: Megan will lead us off with the serve.  Hailey gets a stuff to go up 1-0.  Ace by Megan, 2-0.  Brit gets one down, 3-0.  Net serve ends the run, 3-1.  Los Medanos hits net, 4-1 with Judy to serve.  Alisha gets a sharp angle to drop 5-1.  Hailey stuffs another one, 6-1.  Hailey slaps one down in the middle, 7-1 and it's timeout Mustangs!  This is much better.  Double on a set by LM and it's 8-1 49er's.  LM hits out, 9-1.  Ace by Judy, 10-1. Hailey hits wide on a C, 10-2.  Bad serve receive, 10-3.  Alisha hits one in the net, 10-4.  Hailey stuffs one, 11-4 and Alisha to serve.  Another runner-3 by Hailey and it's 12-4.  Net serve, 12-5.  We let one get by us, 12-6.  A great dump by Taylor makes it 13-6 and Hailey to serve.  Double on LM, 14-6.  Megan hits one long, 14-7.  Megan gets a dink to fall, 15-7 and Taylor serving.  Hailey gets one from the back row, 16-7.  LM hits wide, 17-7.  LM gets one on the angle, 17-8.  K9 hits one in the net, 17-9.  Brit gets one off the block, 18-9 with K9 to serve.  Brit gets one down, 19-9.  Block by Megan makes it 20-9.  LM finds a hole in our defense, 20-10.  Brit slaps down another one, 21-10 with Megan serving.  We let a free ball drop on the line, 21-11.  Let's go ladies, finish this thing!  Ace by LM, 21-12.  Tip by Haiely and it's 22-12 with Judy serving.  LM finds that big hole in the middle again, 22-13.  LM serves the net, 23-13 with Alisha serving.  Block by Hailey makes it 24-13.  Los Medanos hits wide, and we win 25-13.  Let's get out of here and find some air conditioning.

Next game is Wednesday.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Appeal Democrat article on Laney match

Yuba Volleyball wins first league game

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Kelijo Boney had nine kills and five digs, Taylor Thompson had 20 assists and four kills and the Yuba College volleyball team rolled visiting Laney 25-13, 25-22, 25-20 on Friday.

Hailey Harris tallied seven kills, two digs and two blocks in the Bay Valley Conference win for the 49ers (4-5, 1-1).

Up next for the 49ers is a home game on Monday against Los Medanos to make up a prior missed date.
Last season, Los Medanos finished third in the BVC and was only one of three teams, including the champion 49ers, to finish with a winning record.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Home Game vs Laney College 9/24/2010

Tonights game is against Laney College from down in the Bay area.  Not one of the stronger teams in our conference, but you can't look past them.  Looking for the team to work on getting some better execution and limiting the self inflicted wounds tonight.

Game 1:  We start off trading points and it's a 2 all time.  Laney hits long and Yuba takes a 3-2 lead.  A bad receive by Laney and it's 4-2 with Alisha serving.  Big stuff by Taylor and Hailey and it's 5-2.  Hailey finds a hole and it's 6-2.  Another bad receive, 7-2.  Ace serve by Alisha, 8-2.  Long serve, 8-3.  Laney hits out, 9-3 with Hailey serving.  K9 finds a hole for a dink, 10-3.  Hailey serves long, 10-4.  Confusion on serve receive, 10-5.  K9 with a sharp angle shot and it's 11-5 with Taylor to serve.  Over the net call on Laney, 12-5.  Timeout Laney.  Ace by Taylor for 13-5.  Taylor puts one over from the back row, 14-5.  Laney gets one in the deep corner, 14-6.  Brit hits long, 14-7.  They called Megan in the net, 14-8.  K9 gets one when Laney touches the net, 15-8 with K9 serving.  Ace by K9, 16-8 and another timeout by Laney.  Laney hits long, 17-8.  K9 lets one land at her feet, 17-9.  What's up with that?  Laney serves out, 18-9 with Megan serving.  They call Hailey in the net, 18-10.  Lift call on Laney, 19-10 with Judy in to serve.  Laney hits long, 20-10.  Ace by Judy, 21-10.  Behind the antenna call on Laney, 22-10.  Another ace for Judy, 23-10.  We miss a pass, 23-11.  Hailey tries a dink but gets the net, 23-12.  Laney hits long, 24-12 with Alisha serving.  Long serve, 24-13.  Hailey finishes it with a deep tip for a 25-13 win. 

We still need to clean up some sloppy play.  We gave up about 7 points on sloppy execution.  That kind of play will hurt us against the better teams.

Game 2: Megan starts us off with an Ace, 1-0.  Net serve, 1-1.  Alisha hits one in the net, 1-2.  Ace by Laney, 1-3.  Another ace on the line, 1-4.  Confusion on who the hitter is by us, 1-5.  Hailey stops the bleeding with a smack down, 2-5 with Judy in to serve.  Nice stuff by Taylor but Laney digs it up and then Alisha hits one, 3-5.  Laney lands one on the end line, 3-6.  Hailey puts one down, 4-6 with Alisha serving.  Hailey hits one in the net, 4-7.  Alisha hits long from the back row, 4-8.  K9 finishes a long rally and it's 5-8 with Hailey serving.  Megan hits long, 5-9.  Laney hits long, 6-9 with Taylor serving.  Bad set draws Brit in the net, 6-10.  Net serve by Laney, 7-10 with K9 serving.  Laney gets one in a hole, 7-11.  We let a dink get by us, 7-12.  Laney gets one in the middle, 7-13.  Two hits on us, 7-14 and Coach Chapman wants a timeout to discuss the sloppy play!  Need to pick it up and right the ship here.  Alisha gets stuffed for 7-15.  Laney seems to be getting the block on our hitters now.  Laney finds that ever present hole in our middle, 7-16.  Brit gets one down from the middle, 8-16 and gets to serve.  Laney hits long, 9-16.  Block by Hailey, 10-16.  Misplayed a pass, 10-17.  Laney in the net, 11-17.  Judy in to serve.  No talking and we let one fall, 11-18.  Bad serve receive and it's 11-19.  Laney hits out, 12-19 with Alisha to serve.  Block by Taylor and Hailey, 13-19.  K9 with a tip over the block for 14-19.  Laney lets one fall, 15-19.  Timeout Laney.  Looks like the 9er's are getting back in to this.  Still need to stay focused and eliminate the silly mistakes.  Double on Laney, 16-19.  K9 rips one deep down line, 17-19.  Double set on Laney, 18-19.  Nice serving run by Alisha right now.  She has Laney out of their offense and having to work.  Net serve, yuck! 18-20.  Double on Laney again, 19-20 with Hailey serving.  Laney hits one in the net, 20 all.  K9 shanks a hit, 20-21.  Taylor puts one down, 21 all and she wins the serve.  K9 with a dribbler off the net, 22-21.  We have the lead!  Another rip down line by K9, 23-21 with Taylor seving.  Brit gets one down from the right side, 24-21.  Megan can't quite get one in the middle, sideout, 24-22.  Laney hits out, 25-22.  Too tight!  Clean it up and let's get out of here, it must be 95 in the gym tonight and no air circulating.

Game 3:  Laney serving to start the game.  Net serve, 1-0 with Judy in to serve for Yuba.  Laney gets one down out of the middle, 1-1.  Alisha gets stuffed, 1-2.  Laney serves net, 2-2 with Alisha serving.  Hailey hammers one down, 3-2.  Taylor gets one off a dink, 4-2.  Laney in the net, 5-2.  Ace!  6-2.  Laney misplays a pass, 7-2.  We get confused on an attack, 7-3.  K9 rips one down in the middle, 8-3.  Hailey serving.  We hit one in the net, 8-4.  Bad serve receive, 8-5.  Another one! 8-6.  Laney hits long, 9-6 with Taylor to serve.  4 hits on Laney, 10-6.  Megan gets a block, 11-6.  Laney hits out, 12-6.  Timeout Laney.  We are playing a little better, but still too many self inflicted mistakes.  Need to continue to clean it up out there.  The timeout pays off as we serve long, 12-7.  Hailey is blocked on a back row attempt, 12-8.  Brit gets one to go 13-8 with K9 serving.  Laney goes long, 14-8.  Brit takes one deep, 15-8.  Hailey hits net from the back row, 15-9.  Confusion on who has the middle hole again, 15-10.  Laney finds another hole, 15-11.  Alisha gets stuffed, 15-12.  Brit and Megan get a block, 16-12 with Megan serving.  Confusion again, sideout 16-13.  Alisha hits the antenna, 16-14.  Timeout Yuba.  We are making way too many mistakes and trying to rush things.  Need to just relax and take what they give us.  We're making this much harder than it needs to be.  Brit gets blocked for another Laney point, 16-15.  Alisha scores one, 17-15 with Judy serving.  Taylor slips a dump in on them and it's 18-15.  Laney hits long, 19-15.  Long serve, 19-16.  4 hits on Laney, 20-16 with Alisha to serve.  Laney hits out, 21-16.  Timeout Laney.  Laney slams one deep, 21-17.  K9 hits one long, 21-18.  Net serve by Laney, 22-18 with Hailey serving.  Long rally but Laney hits the antenna, 23-18.  They call us in the net on the block, 23-19.  K9 rips one and it's 24-19 with Taylor serving.  Laney gets one off our block, 24-20.  Megan finishes it off with a nice tip over the middle, 25-20.

No long commentary tonight, just need to get out of this heat!  Looking for somewhere or something cool right now.  Good job 9er's.  Way to get a win.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Appeal Democrat Article 9/23/10

Yuba College volleyball nicked by Napa

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The Yuba College volleyball team opened up Bay Valley Conference play on the road Wednesday, the result was much to the chagrin of coach Greg Chapman.
The Lady 49ers fell 25-16, 25-15, 26-24 to Napa Valley.
Kelijo Boney led the team with eight kills and five digs, while Alisha Benge added seven kills and three digs.
Taylor Thompson led the squad with 19 assists. She also recorded four digs, while Hailey Harris chipped in a couple of kills, blocks and five digs.
Yuba College (3-5, 0-1) will host Laney College on Friday.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Road Game vs Napa Valley College 9/22/10

Hello Sports Fans, here we sit in the nice new gym at Napa.  They love their green and gold color scheme.  Feel like I'm in Ireland!  OK, here's the game setting.  We traveled with only 8 players.  Not sure why, but Megan H and Dashawna didn't make the trip.  Everyone else made it here ok.  Girls are looking good in warm-up.  Word on the street is that K9 has a cold and isn't feeling real energetic.  Hope she has enough gas in the tank to get through this one.  This team is one of the main contenders in our conference and we will need to get by them to win it this year.  Doesn't appear to be anyone else from Yuba here in the crowd.  Gonna be a cheer section of 3 tonight.  Warm-up is almost over and it's GAME TIME!!!  Turn lose the dogs and let's get it on!

Game 1: We open with Megan D serving.  Confusion on D and the Storm get one down.  0-1.  K9 with a kill deep middle, Brit to serve, 1-1.  Served out, 1-2.  Hailey trys a tip but it goes out, 1-3.  K9 with a rip down line, 2-3 and K9 serving.  Storm get a dribble over the net, 2-4.  2-5 on a setter dink.  Alisha hits long, 2-6.  2-7 on a bad serve receive.  Storm hits long, 3-7 with Hailey serving.  Nice dig by Brit, good set and Alisha kills one, 4-7.  Storm gets one through our block, 4-8.  Brit with a nice kill from back row, 5-8 with Taylor serving.  Ace!, 6-8.  Long on this one and it's 6-9.  Long rally but the Storm win it, 6-10.  Bad back row attempt by K9, 6-11.  Double on us, 6-12.  Bad serve recieve, 6-13.  Bad back row attempt by Hailey, 6-14 and Coach Chapman wants a timeout to discuss this.  Need to make something happen and get out of this rotation spot.  Storm finds a hole, 6-15.  Finally, Storm puts on in the net, 7-15 with Alisha serving.  Double on Brit trying to help on the set, 7-16.  K9 can't handle a wide set, 7-17.  Storm goes long, 8-17, Megan serving.  Out by the Storm, 9-17.  We let one hit after a partial block, 9-18.  K9 puts one in the net, 9-19.  Nice setter dink, 9-20.  Brit gets one down, 10-20 with Judy coming in to serve.  K9 gets another one, 11-20.  Ace by Judy right on the line, 12-20.  K9 gets one off of the block, 13-20.  We shank a pass on D, 13-21.  Storm slams one down deep middle, 13-22.  Storm goes long, 14-22 with K9 serving.  We were in the net, 14-23.  Out wide by Napa, 15-23 with Hailey serving.  Judy with a great dig that just grazes the antenna, 15-24.  Double on Napa, 16-24 with Taylor serving.  Great bunch of digs and attempts, but the Storm prevail 16-25.  Fix just a couple of small things and we are right here running with this team.  Here comes game 2.

Game 2:  Napa opens with the serve.  K9 with a kill left handed, 1-0 with Brit serving.  Another rip by K9, 2-0.  Net serve, 1-2.  Bad serve receive, 2-2.  Another one, 2-3.  Wide serve by Napa, 3-3 with K9 serving.  Napa gets one down, 3-4.  Alisha hits net, 3-5.  Another one in the net, 3-6.  Hailey with a nice hit that the Storm dig up but then can't finish, 4-6 with Hailey serving.  Long rally with some nice digs and Alisha finishes it off, 5-6.  Megan gets in on the action with a rip, 6 all.  Another long rally but we lose this one, 6-7.  Alisha gets on off the block, 7-7 with Taylor serving.  Big rip by the Storm, 7-8.  Bad serve receive, 7-9.  Storm serves long, 8-9 with Alisha to serve.  Storm get a setter dink, 8-10.  Brit hits one long, 8-11.  Brit with a rip from the right, 9-11 with Megan D serving.  Short interuption, Napa serving, 9-13.  Storm hit the antenna, 10-13 with Judy in to serve.  Storm gets one off the block, 10-14.  10-15 as Napa gets anther one.  Hailey with a stuff, 11-15 and K9 to serve.  She serves wide, 11-16.  Alisha gets a rip cross court, 12-16 with Hailey serving.  Net serve, 12-17.  K9 called for having jewelry on during the game, not good.  12-17 as we let a serve fall.  Storm hits long, 13-17, we return the favor and it's 13-18.  Confusion on who has priority to the ball, 13-19.  Storm serve long, 14-19 with Alisha serving.  Long rally with good digs on our side, but Storm get it, 14-20.  K9 hits net, 14-21.  Timeout by Yuba.  Self inflicted wounds are killing us tonight!  Napa gets another one down, 14-22.  Double call on Napa, 15-22 with Megan serving.  Serve is long, 15-23.  Brit hits long, 15-24.  Bad serve receive, and it's a 15-25 Napa win.  We are playing hard and our hustle is good, but we just need to eliminate the silly mistakes.  Focus and let's go 9er's!

Game 3:  We open with Megan serving.  Napa scores first, 0-1.  Napa serves long, 1-1.  Judy in to serve.  Alisha gets one from back row, 2-1.  Napa answers back, 2 all.  Napa hits one in the net, K9 to serve, 3-2. Ace Ace Baby, 4-2.  Alisha and K9 with some great digs and Napa hits long, 5-2.  Napa with a bad receive, 6-2.  Hailey gets one down, 7-2.  Hailey with two block and then Napa hits long, 8-2.  Timeout for the Storm.  This is much better.  We look like we know what we're doing now.  K9 with an ace, 9-2.  Hailey with another stuff, 10-2.  K9 hits one wide from the back row, 10-3.  Called us in the net, looks like a phantom to me, 10-4.  Alisha makes them pay and it's 11-4 with Hailey serving.  In the net, 11-5.  Megan hammers one down, 12-6 with Taylor serving.  We hit out, 12-6.   I think I messed up the narative and got the score wrong.  Currently Napa serving and it's 13-8.  Napa gets one in the middle, 13-9.  13-10.  Napa in the net, 14-10 with Megan serving.  Storm gets it back, 14-11.  Storm gets one off our block, 14-12.  K9 gets one down on a dink, 15-12 with Judy serving.  Napa in the net, 16-12.  Storm hits wide, 17-12.  Long serve, 17-13.  Confusion on serve receive, 17-14.  They call us in the net, 17-15.  K9 answers with a line shot from the right side, 18-15 and K9 serving.  Napa gets one cross court, 18-16.  Napa hits wide, 19-16 Hailey serving.  In the net again.  19-17.  Napa returns the favor, 20-17 with Taylor serving.  Brit hits one in the net, 20-18.  Alisha with a tip from right side, 21-18 and she gets the serve.  Controversial call, but it's in and Napa gets the point.  21-19 but then they serve long, 22-19 and then Megan serves net, 22-20. 23-21, 23-22 when we hit out.  Napa ties it up with one off our block.  23 all.  24 all and I'm not sure how we got to this point.  I'm missing things and not sure where!  Must be my age catching up with me.  Very long rally but we lose the point, 24-25.  We hit it long on a free ball, 24-26.

Well, we know we can run with this team but we will have to clean it up to beat them.  Too many self inflicted wounds and just simple things that we didn't execute on.  Clean it up and we can get this done!  I'm off to find some italian for dinner.  See you all on Friday night.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Home Game vs Los Mendanos

If you're wondering what happened with the game for Friday night, it was cancelled due to some construction that is going on at the school.  My best guess is that they had the electric shut off since a bunch of classes were also cancelled for the day.  I guess it's worth the price, we will have a brand new gym next year that actually has air conditioning.  Our current gym is pretty old and was in need of replacement or upgrade for quite a while.  So it will be SO nice to have a pretty new gym with air next year.  In the mean time, we play on in the historic building which has seen so many great volleyball matches and basketball games over the years.  Yuba college has a great heritage in the college sports world and I look forward to continuing the winning ways over the next two years.  Our next game should be a road trip on Wednesday.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Marysville Appeal Democrat Article 9/16/2010

Here's an article about last nights game from the Appeal Democrat:

Down in numbers, 49ers roll Chabot

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The crux of Greg Chapman's postgame speech took all of eight syllables.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow," the Yuba College volleyball coach said.
His team had just won its home opener, and there was no use spoiling the mood by listing all the facets the 49ers need to workshop after a sloppy sweep of Chabot College.
"Let them enjoy it," he said.
In their final match before starting Bay Valley Conference play, the 49ers had a pothole-filled cruise to a 25-19, 25-20, 25-21 win on Wednesday over the Gladiators, who were without their best hitter and dressed six players — the bare minimum.
And while the coach gave his nascent squad a reprieve before breaking down this contest's faults, his players know they could, and should, do better.
"Yeah, we won, but we didn't play at our full potential," said setter Taylor Thompson, who finished with 22 assists. "It felt like we were going through the motions."
Yuba (3-4) played Chabot in tournament play earlier this season and topped Gladiators by double digits in each set. In the sweat lodge-like heat of their own gym, the 49ers couldn't replicate the same success. Chabot mixed in a dash of glimmering moments with a whole flour sack of 49ers miscues to stay competitive.
In the second game, the Gladiators rolled off a 6-0 run to make a 23-13 waxing a timeout-calling affair. In the final game, Chabot had a 16-12 lead and was behind 22-21 before Yuba sealed the victory with help from powerful Hailey Harris spike on the match's penultimate point.
Harris finished with nine kills, Kelijo Boney had seven and Brittany Keyes tallied four.
"We have to get used to each other," Thompson said. "We're not to the point where we're trusting everyone but it has gotten better over the last two weeks."
That is precisely what Chapman expects with his 10-woman team of all freshman. So though they'll be spending today's practice working on footwork, balancing and redirecting and playing better off the block, the fact they hustled can't be undervalued, he said.
Now the key is seeing if they can take that dive-for-anything mentality and combine it with fluid fundamentals before Friday's BVC opener against Los Medanos.
"I want to do something better every time," he said. "I want to see something get better every single day."

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Post Game Interview with Coach Chapman 9/15/2010

Congrats on another win.  How did the team look tonight?  "The hard  part is I see so much we still need to work on but the bright side is I am seeing some very good things also."

What can we do about that hole in the middle of the D? "Two things, the block has to get up and if not, the off side help needs to react to get that."

What's on the plate for Friday?  "Los Medanos is coming in.  They have a brand new coach and I haven't been able to scope anything on them.  They've had good talent in the past, but we have no idea what they have this year."

49ers vs Chabot - Home game - 9/'15/2010

Missed the first game due to being late again.  We won.  Almost done with the 2nd game and we're up 19-11.  Megan H. with a tip down, 20-11.  Taylor with a kill and it's 21-11.  Hailey serving.  Chabot hits out, 22-11.  Dig by Judy, Hailey hits net from the back row.  22-12.  Chabot serves, Taylor dumps, 23-12.  Taylor serving.  Dig by Alisha, Megan H goes for a tip, chabot sends it back.  23-13.  Chabot serves ace, 23-14.  Bad serve receive, 23-15.  Chabot finds that ever present hole in the middle of our D  23-16.  Brit tries one but hits net, 23-17.  Another tip in to the middle hole, 23-18.  Alisha with a dig, Brit puts one down from the right side, 24-18.  K9 to serve.  There's that hole in the middle again.  24-19.  Good attempt by Alisha, but Chabot sends it back and we miss the dig.  24-20.  Brit with another good attempt, then a block by Brit and Megan D to end the game, 25-20.

Game 3:  Well, it looks like the regular crew on the floor to start this game.  Megan D to serve.  Dig by K9, save by Megan D but we lose it at the net, 0-1.  Bad serve receive, 0-2.  Another bad serve receive, 0-3.  Chabot puts one in the net, 1-3.  Judy to serve.  Hailey sends a text message from the middle, 2-3.  Dig by K9 and another kill by Hailey.  Stuff by Hailey and Taylor, 4-3.  4-4 as Chabot gets one down.  Another stuff by H&T and it's 5-4 with Alisha serving.  Chabot gets one off our block, 5 all.  K9 hits one wide, 5-6.  K9 gets one down and Hailey to serve, 6 all.  Chabot gets one in the middle, 6-7.  Chabot serves net, 7 all.  Taylor serving.  Brit tries from the right but they dig it up, then get one off the block.  7-8.  Long rally and then we lose a pass at the net, 7-9.  Brit rips one down from the left, 8-9 with K9 to serve.  K9 lets one land in and it's 8-10.  Chabot hits long, 9-10.  Hailey with one, 10 all with Megan D to serve.  We miss a pass, 10-11.  Brit gets blocked, 10-12.  Chabot serves long, 11-12.  Judy to serve.  We are called for being in the net on a block, 11-13.  Hailey slaps it down for 12-13.  Alisha to serve.  We serve wide, 12-14.  Ace by Chabot right on the line, 12-15.  K9 gets stuffed, 12-16.  K9 goes angle and they get it up but then hit net, 13-16 with Hailey serving.  Block by Taylor and Megan D.  Then a double call on Chabot, 14-16.  K9 with a rip on sharp angle, 15-16.  We misplay a dink over, 15-17.  Long serve by chabot, 16-17.  Taylor serving.  Chabot hits wide, 17 all.  Bad pass off the back row and it's 17-18.  K9 hits wide from the right side, 17-19.  Brit slaps it in and it's 18-19 with K9 Serving.  Ace, Ace baby!  19 all.  Another one, 20-19.  Long rally with lots of digs and hits, but we get Alisha WAY under the net:)  20 all.  K9 with a kill from the back row, 21-20.  Megan D to serve, and it's an ace, 22-20.  Got us in the net again, 22-21.  Alisha slams it down, 23-21.  Great hustle and a save by Judy and Taylor and then Taylor slams one, 24-21.  Chabot hits long, 25-21. 

Yuba wins the match 3-0.  Thanks to the fans that came out tonight.  We saw Linda Jaime, Kelly Ruiz and of course Allison Melani couldn't resist since it's so close to her house.  Congrats to the team and we'll play again on Friday.  

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Stockton Tournament - 9/11/10 - vs Chabot

This hasn't been the best tournament for the 49er's.  We've made way too many of the same mistakes, over and over so we find ourselves without a win and playing our final match.  Our opponent, Chabot hasn't won a match either, so both teams would like to leave here with at least one win.  The Chabot team only has 6 players, so it may be tough on them at this stage of the tournament.  Hopefully we are hungry and ready to do something good.

Game 1:  Megan will start us off serving.  Hailey slams one home from the middle, 1-0.  Chabot gets one down line, 1-1.  We hit one in the net to go 1-2.  We misplay one at the net and it's 1-3.  Slow on serve receive and it's 1-4.  Chabot serves net, 2-4.  Brit to serve.  Chabot misplays one at the net, 3-4.  Chabot hits long, 4 all.  Chabot can't get the pass up, 5-4.  Hailey and Taylor with a stuff and it's 6-4.  7-4 as Chabot hits net.  Ace by Brit, 8-4.  That hole in the middle showed up again, 8-5.  Chabot serves long, 9-5, Alisha to serve.  10-5 on an ace.  Chabot gets one down for 10-6.  They get one dinked over, 10-7.  Hailey slams one down, 11-7.  Hailey serves but Chabot gets it, 11-8.  Long rally, but Chabot gets the point, 11-9.  Chabot gets a block, 11-10.  K9 finishes a long rally with one down line, 12-10, Taylor to serve.  Another long rally but Chabot finds a hole, 12-11.  Chabot with a big hit, 12 all.  K9 gets it back with one from the right side, 13-12.  K9 to serve.  Chabot takes one cross court, 13 all.  Long rallies are the thing in this game, but Chabot goes wide, 14-13.  Megan serves long, 14 all.  4 hits on Chabot, 15-14, Brit serving.  Finally a long rally goes our way, 16-14.  Hailey stuffs one in the middle, 17-14.  Alisha ends another long rally with a kill, 18-14.  Hailey puts another kill down, 19-14.  Chabot gets one down, 19-15.  We let a block go down in front, 19-16.  Hailey with a dink, 20-16.  Alisha serving.  Hailey finds another hole, 21-16.  Chabot hits long, 22-16.  We lose a joust at the net, 22-17.  K9 finishes one off, 23-17.  Hailey to serve.  Chabot goes long, 24-17.  We let them dink one, 24-18.  Serve receive error, 24-19.  Hailey gets one from back row, 25-19 for the win.

Game 2:  Taking a break to just watch the game.  No blog for this one.  Doing the reporter bit gets tiring and I need a break for this one.  Back soon with the result and the blow by blow for game 3.

Well, we won 25-22 and it was fun to just sit and watch for a change.  Been a VERY long time since I've done that.  Usually keeping stats or blogging about every game.  Thought things were going to turn ugly after Megan stuck her tongue out at me!  Then she promptly shanked a pass.  She will learn that you don't mess with the big dog, bad things happen when you do!  But it all turned out good so we just need one more game and we'll have that elusive win we've been looking for.

Game 3:  Judy in to serve.  Nice joust at the net, long rally and Hailey rejects one in the middle, 1-0.  Net call on us, 1-1.  Out by Chabot, 2-1.  Brit to serve.  Rejection by Hailey and Alisha, 3-1.  chabot misplays one, 4-1.  4 hits on Chabot and it's 5-1.  Taylor slides one in, 6-1.  Hailey smashes one for 7-1.  We misplay a running 3 and it's 7-2.  Chabot finds a hole, 7-3.  7-4 on a misplay.  7-5 on a net ball, but Chabot gives it back, 8-5 with Alisha serving.  chabot goes long, 9-5.  Double on Chabot, 10-5.  Under the net call on us, 10-6.  K9 hits one in the net, 10-7.  Hailey and Taylor with a big block, 11-7.  K9 goes angle for a kill, 12-7.  Hailey serves net, 12-8.  Chabot goes wide, 13-8.  Taylor serving.  Chabot hits net, 14-8.  Taylor sneaks one over, 15-8.  Chabot in net, 16-8.  Brit hits one, 17-8.  Chabot on a lift, 18-8.  19-8 on a bad pass by Chabot.  Another bad pass makes it 20-8.  Hailey hits wide, 20-9.  Chabot hits net, 21-9 with K9 serving.  Taylor sneaks in another one, 22-9.  Long and wide by Chabot 23-9.  Brit hits one long, 23-10.  Serve receive error, 23-11.  Chabot goes long, 24-11.  Alisha get the game winner down line for a 25-11 win.

Very nice.  Guess I'm buying someone supper tonight! 

Stockton Tournament - 9/11/10 - vs Shasta College

Game 1:  Got the computer up late, so the game is under way.  We're down 5-6 but looking like we can get this together.  Slight lineup adjustment with K9 moving to OPP and Brit playing OH.  We are having a hard time getting balls to hit the floor.  Shasta is finding every hole we leave open and it's showing on the score.  It's 11-19 as coach calls a timeout.  We need to close up the holes on D and find a way to get some kills.  Serve receive is still hurting us.  12-19 as Taylor gets one to go down.  Hailey serving.  Shasta hits net, 13-19.  They hit net again, 14-19.  And again, 15-19.  They blow a serve receive, 16-19.  Ace for Hailey, 17-19.  This is much better.  Keep it going!  Shasta blocks a back row attack by Hailey, 17-20.  Two serve receive errors on us and it's 17-22.  K9 gets one from the back row, 18-22.  Taylor serves out, and it's a 18-25 loss in game 1.  We need to pick it up in game 2 and stop the bleeding from the self inflicted wounds.

Game 2: Shasta serving.  Hailey slaps one down, 1-0.  K9 to serve.  Shasta hits net, 2-0.  lift on the set, 2-1.  Shasta serves long, 3-1 and Alisha serves.  Hailey with another slap down, 4-1.  Hailey and Taylor stuff one and it's 5-1.  Shasta gets a dribbler and it's 5-2.  Hailey sneaks a dink over for 6-2.  Hailey serving.  They call us in the net, 6-3.  Shasta hits net, 7-3.  Taylor serving.  Brit gets a nice sharp angle to drop, 8-3.  Taylor serves long, 8-4.  Shasta hits long, 9-4.  Taylor tries one from back row but it's goes long, 9-5.  Hailey gets stuffed on a back row attack, 9-6.  Shasta sneak one over, 9-7.  Then they serve net, 10-8.  Something is wrong with the score, but it looks like we're up 12-8.  K9 serves, but they call us in the net on a great block, 13-9.  Well, they corrected the score again, it's now 12-10.  We get a free ball to fall, 13-10.  Alisha serves.  Shasta hits net, 14-10.  We have a conference between the refs on a call, 14-11.  Now 14-12, 14-13 on a touch of a long ball.  Taylor dinks one, 15-13 and Hailey serving.  Brit gets one down for 16-13.  Taylor snaps one down, 17-13.  Timeout Shasta.  We're looking like maybe we have got the sleepy out of us and are ready to play now.  We serve net and it's 17-14.  Brit hits long, 17-15.  Taylor gets stuff on a dump attempt, 17-16.  Taylor gets her revenge on this one, 18-16.  Brit gets one cross court, 19-16.  Shasta hits net, 20-16.  Taylor serving.  Confusion on one, 20-17.  Shasta serves long, 21-17 and Brit to serve.  Alisha hits long, 21-18.  K9 rips one from the right side, 22-18.  Megan to serve.  Called us in the net, 22-19.  Hailey with a nice hit in the middle, 23-19.  K9 to serve.  Ace Ace baby!  24-19.  Shasta finds a hole in the D again and it's 24-20.  Long rally but we lose it on a controversial call, 24-21.  K9 gets one down from back row for the game winner, 25-21.  This is better.  We need to keep up the intensity and now that we've got a win we can build on it.

Game 3:  Megan serves to start it off, but Shasta gets the point, 0-1.  Alisha hits long, 0-2.  Shasta hits long, 1-2.  Brit to serve.  Shasta scores, 1-3.  Hailey hits wide, 1-4.  We put one in the net, 1-5.  Hailey gets one down, 2-5.  Shasta hits long, 3-5.  Lineup change again, K9 is OH and Brit is OPP for this game.  Hailey gets another one, 4-5.  Hailey stuffs one for 5 all.  Alsisha serving and it's an Ace! 6-5 and Shasta calls timeout.  Shasta gets it down, 6 all.  Taylor slaps one down, 7-6.  Wait, the ref is calling for a service check, may have been someone out of rotation.  Yep, our point.  Hailey hits net on a back row attack, 7 all.  Shasta gets one, 7-8.  Lift on Shasta, 8 all.  Taylor serves.  K9 rips one down line, 9-8.  K9 hits one behind the antenna, 9 all.  Shasta scores again, 9-10.  Shasta hits long after some nice D on our side, 10 all.  Shasta gets one off our block, 10-11.  Shasta scores on in the middle, 10-12.  We hit long, 10-13.  Alisha gets one down, 11-13 and Megan to serve.  Double on Shasta, 12-13.  We let one drop on the line, 12-14.  Hailey gets stuff at the net, 12-15.  Shasta goes through our block for 12-16.  Nice rally, we win the point, 13-16.  Brit serving.  Shasta hits net, 14-16.  Go girls Go!  Shasta can't handle a C by Hailey and it's 15-16.  Alisha gets one and it's 16 all.  Timeout Shasta.  Shasta makes it count and gets one off our block, 16-17.  A bad pass and it's 16-18.  Another one, 16-19.  Another touch on a long ball, 16-20.  Shasta puts one down, 16-21.  Timout 9er's.  They get another one off our block, 16-22.  Alisha gets one down, 17-22.  Alisha to serve.  Taylor finds a hole for a dump, 18-22.  Block by Hailey and Taylor, 19-22.  We serve long, 19-23.  Hailey gets one to go, 20-23.  Hailey serve, 21-24.  We hit net, 21-25.

Game 4: We hit out on the first one, 0-1.  Ace serve, 0-2.  Another one, 0-3.  Another one, 0-4.  We misplay an attempt, 0-5, then we hit wide, 0-6.  Brit finally stops it with a nice slap.  1-6, Brit to serve.  Ace, 2-6.  We lose one, 2-7.  they block a back row attack, 2-8.  Shasta serves long, 3-8.  Alisha to serve, hits net, 3-9.  Hailey gets one to go, 4-9 and Hailey to srve.  K9 swipes one off the block, 5-9.  K9 hits net, 5-10.  Shasta hits wide, 6-10 and Taylor to serve.  Shasta hits long, 7-10.  they hit one wide, 8-10.  Hailey hits net on a back row attack, 8-11.  Shasta serves net, 9-11, K9 to serve.  Nice hit in the middle by Shasta, 9-12.  Bad pass, 9-13.  Megan gets stuffed, 9-14.  Brit hits long, 9-15 and it's timeout Yuba.  We need to settle down and just play basic ball here and we can get back in to this game.  Nope, we hit net, 9-16.  We let one drop deep, 9-17.  Brit rips one cross court, 10-17 and Megan to serve.  Shasta can't handle it, 11-17.  Shasta hits long, 12-17.  Shasta hits net, 13-17.  Hailey stuffs one in the middle, 14-17.  They get one on us, 14-18.  Hailey gets called for over the net, 14-19.  Bad pass, 14-20.  Timeout 9er's.  We are looking confused and out of synch.  Not sure if they're talking enough on the court.  Nice hit by Brit, 15-20.  Brit to serve.  Disputed call at the net, and it's our point, 16-20.  we hit wide, 16-21.  Alisha gets one down and wins the serve, 17-21.  Hailey stuffs another one, 18-21.  We leave a hole in the D, 18-22.  Hailey swipes one cross court, 19-22 and gets the serve.  Ace, 20-22.  We don't get to a deflection on a block, 20-23.  they serve net, 21-23 with Taylor to serve.  Shasta gets one in the middle, 21-24.  K9 rips one cross court from the right side and gets the serve, 22-24.  We can't handle a pass and lose it 22-25.  So it's a 1-3 loss to open the day.

OK, we need to regroup and work through the confusion and get our D in alignment.  I think we're off until 2 when we play again.  I'm looking forward to a better result in the next match.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Stockton Tournament - 9/10/10 - Match 2 vs West Valley

We've had a long break in between matches so we should be fresh and ready to play.  Had fun doing some short interviews with members of the team.  Need to get the rest of the crew on the next break.

Looks like we are serving first.  Judy will get us started.  Stuff by Brit and Hailey, 1-0.  Hit one in the net from the back row, 1-1.  Long serve by WV, 2-1.  Brit serving.  WV dinks one over the block, 2-2.  Long hit by WV, 3-2.  K9 to serve.  Judy with a nice dig, but we let the hit go, 3-3.  Ace for WV, 3-4.  4 hit call, 3-5.  Wide serve by WV, 4-5.  Hailey serves long, 4-6.  Serve receive error, 4-7.  Another one, 4-8.  Long by WV, 5-8.  Taylor to serve.  Nice up by Brit, back row attempt by Hailey, dig by Alisha, several blocks by Megan but we end up losing the point. 5-9.  Wide hit by WV, 6-9.  Alisha to serve.  Wide hit by WV, 7-9.  Double call on WV, 8-9.  Block by Brit and Megan but K9 couldn't get the dig up, 8-10.  K9 with a kill, 9-10.  Judy serves, K9 with a kill, 10 all.  Alisha with a dig, then another one, then confusion, sideout 10-11.  Brit with a nice shot, 11 all.  Brit to serve, bad call at the net, Ref says we were over the net, 11-12.  Two attempts by K9 then Hailey gets stuffed, 11-13.  Nice shot down line for WV, 11-14.  Timeout 49er's.  WV gets one off our block, 11-15.  Nice dump by Taylor, 12-15.  K9 to serve.  WV gets one in the middle, 12-16.  Alisha answers back with a hammer, 13-16.  Hailey serving.  WV hits out, 14-16.  K9 can't get one up, 14-17.  WV scores, 14-18.  Long serve, 15-18.  Almost got K9 in the head.  Taylor serves.  We can't get the dig up, 15-19.  Brit hammers one home from the outside, 16-19.  Alisha to serve.  WV get one in the middle, 16-20.  Ace by WV, 16-21.  A dink over the block for WV, 16-22.  K9 rips one down line, 17-22.  Megan serves, we let them dink another one in the middle, 17-23.  Hailey with a kill, 18-23.  Brit to serve.  WV gets a big one in the middle, 18-24.  Setter dump and it's 18-25.  We have to cover the dinks better against this team.  Back row will really need to be up close and make them have to hit.

Game 2: Long rally to start but it's 0-1.  WV in the net, 1-1.  Brit to serve.  WV gets one in a hole, 1-2.  Hailey gets one down, 2-2, K9 to serve.  It goes long, 2-3.  Hailey mistimes one, 2-4.  Nice dump by Taylor, 2-4, Hailey serving.  WV gets one, 3-5.  WV serves net, 4-5, Taylor to serve.  We lose another on a dink, 4-6.  Double call on WV, 5-6.  Alisha to serve.  Touch on a block, but nice hustle, 5-7.  Net hit, 5-8.  K9 with a rip down line.  6-9.  K9 hits out, 6-9.  Hailey dinks one in, 7-9.  Brit to serve.  WV in the net, 8-9.  Timeout WV.  Wv gets on off our block, 8-10.  K9 with one from the right side, 9-10, K9 to serve.  WV comes right back, 9-11.  Long rally with some great digs by Alisha and K9 but WV gets the point, 9-12.  WV stuffs one, 9-13.  We lose another long rally, 9-14.  Double on WV, 10-14, Hailey serving.  WV hits net, 11-14.  WV gets one deep, 11-15.  WV gets another one, 11-16 then serves long, 12-16 with Taylor serving.  Setter in the net, 12-17.  Ace by WV, 12-18.  Brit knocks one home, 13-18, Alisha to serve.  K9 with a deep kill, 14-18.  Double on us, 14-19.  WV goes deep, 14-20.  Brit gets another one, 15-20, Judy to serve.  double on wv 16-20.  A big Hailey comet from the middle, 17-20.  Let one go deep, 17-21.  Nobody home on D, 17-22.  Timeout 9er's.  Brit gets stuffed and it's 17-23.  K9 fires back and it's 18-23.  Brits serves long, 18-24.  WV in the net, 19-24, K9 serving.  Confusion again, 19-25.  Self inflicted wounds are taking a toll.  Just keep working on it and we can do this!

Game 3:  We'll serve with Megan taking the lead.  Long by WV, 1-0.  Nice to start with a lead!  WV gets one by the block, 1-1.  2-1 on a block, brit to serve.  2-2 on an error.  Still can't cover the middle dink, 2-3.  K9 gets one down line from the right side, 3 all.  K9 serves an ace, 4-3.  WV answers back, 4 all.  Serve receive error, 4-5.  Another one, 4-6.  Self inflicted wounds!!!!  Nice rally but WV gets the point, 4-7.  Judy gets one from the back row and wins the serve, 5-7.  Ace for Judy, 6-7.  Megan gets stuffed in the middle, 6-8.  Another serve receive error, 6-9.  Timeout 9er's.  We have to receive serve better than this or we are not long in this tournament.  Long by WV, 7-9.  Taylor to serve.  WV gets another one in the middle, 7-10.  K9 hits one in the net, 7-11.  Double on WV, 8-11, Alisha to serve.  Another confused play, 8-12.  WV with one down line, 8-13.  Bad pass and it's 8-14.  Serve receive error, 8-15.  WV gets another slam, 8-16.  WV goes down line from the right side, 8-17 and it's timeout 9er's.  We hit one in the net, 8-18.  Ace on the line for WV, 8-19.  Serve receive error, 8-20.  WV serves net, 9-20.  Megan to serve, and a stuff by Hailey 10-20.  WV in the net, 11-20.  Net serve, 11-21.  K9 gets a kill off the block, 12-21 and Brit to serve.  WV hits net, 13-21.  WV gets one in the middle, 13-22.  Out by WV, K9 to serve, 14-22.  Nice rally, but it's WV 14-23.  Hailey with one from the right side, 15-23 and she gets the serve and it's short, 15-24.  WV gets a kill in the middle and it's 15-25.  Yuba loses 0-3 and now has to go referee a match.

Side note:  Just got a picture of my first grand daughter.  Born today at 5:41 Central time.  Brooklyn came in at 6 lbs 1 oz and 19" long.  Cute little outfit!

Stockton Tournament - 9/10/10 - 2 minutes with Coach Joe

Why did you get in to coaching? - "I got in to it years ago while I was lifting weights."
What's your favorite book? - "The Bible"
What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now? - "1530 KFBK"
What is your favorite color? "Blue"
How is the team playing today? - "We've got a few problems with passing and we're trying to hit too hard and hitting in to the net.  That's why we come to tournaments like this.  To work out the kinks."

Stockton Tournament - 9/10/10 - 2 minutes with Megan D

What was the last book you read? - "The Host by Stephanie Myers"
What are you doing right now? - "Playing Catch Phrase with Taylor and KJ"
How are you enjoying school? - "I'm not fond of school, but I love to play volleyball so I have to go"
Is Joe eating healthy? - "It's a hot dog, of course it's healthy"
How do you think you played today?  - "I need to step it up, need to hit better and be more aggressive."

Stockton Tournament - 9/10/10 - 2 minutes with Taylor

What are you doing? - "Megan's doing my hair"
Why? - "Cause I like it when Megan does my hair"
So, what's the most played song on your iPod? - "Chevelle, they're on constant repeat"
What's your favorite color? - "Orange"
Favorite TV show? - "Vampire Diaries"
How are you playing today? - "I think I'm playing good"

Stockton Tournament - 9/10/10 - 2 minutes with Brittany

What movie are you watching? - "Killers"
Who's laptop is that? - "Megan's"
How did you play in the first match? - "It could've been better"
Are you having fun? - "I'm bored and I'm hungry"
How's school going so far? - "Fun, I have a class with almost all my team"
What's your favorite song? - "Like a G6 by Far East Movement"

Stockton Tournament - 9/10/10 - vs. Butte

We arrived late and missed the first game of the match.  They're playing Butte College.  Looks like they lost the first game by a considerable margin.  This is a 16 team tournament being played over two days.  I'm still trying to figure out the format and play schedule.  The poster they have on the wall is a little confusing.  Play just starting in game 2.  Score tied 2-2.

They've hung in on this game, but late it's 17-22.  Hailey slaps one down to make it 18-22.  Butte misplays a serve, 19-22.  K9 is serving, we lose a battle at the net and it's 19-23.  19-24 as we misplay a quick set.  Block goes off of us and it's a 19-25 final.  We're down 0-2 in the match.  It's clear we can run with this team, we just need to reduce the self inflicted wounds.  Better passing on serve receive and let's get some offense going.  We're letting Butte control the tempo and that needs to change.

Game 3:  We're serving to start the game.  Judy gets it in and Butte hits long, 1-0.  Block goes out off of us, 1-1.  1-2 on a bad serve receive.  2-2 on a spike by Hailey.  Long rally and another block goes out, 2-3.  Another misplayed serve receive, 2-4.  And another one, 2-5.  Not sure of the call, but think they called a lift on us, 2-6.  Hailey slaps it down on someone's head, 3-6.  Great rally with several blocks and good hits, but it's 3-7.  Hailey gets another one, 4-7.  We let one fall, 4-8.  Megan D gets one to go, 5-8.  Taylor serving.  Butte gets one down line, 5-9.  Net serve, 6-9.  6-10 as we shank a dig.  Butte serves the net again, 7-10.  Judy serves, they call us in the net, 7-11.  Butte gets one in, 7-12.  Out on a free ball, 7-13.  Hailey sneaks one over to make it 8-13.  K9 serving.  We're late on the block and it's 8-14.  Hailey gets another one down, 9-14.  Brit serving. Great dig by Brit, Alisha slaps it down, 10-14.  Hailey stuffs one at the net, 11-14.  11-15 as the call us for an illegal back row attack.  butte net serves again, 12-15.  We're late on D and it's 12-16.  Butte serves out, 13-16.  Taylor serving.  Butte hits long, 14-16.  Timeout Butte.  We hit the net pole, 14-17.  Late on D again, 14-18.  We hit the net, 14-19.  Another one in the net, 14-20.  K9 gets one off the block to make it 15-20.  Alisha to serve.  Butte executes a nice C and it's 15-21.  Butte in the net, 16-21.  Ace, 17-21.  K9 gets one, 18-21.  Hailey and K9 with a stuff, 19-21.  Ace Ace baby, 20-21.  Got one in the net, 20-22.  Ugly dribbler over the net, 20-23.  Butte gets one in the middle, 20-24.  We misplay one on the back row and it's 20-25 final. 

Not the way you'd like to start a tournament, but we can improve on this.  They are close to getting some things fixed and I think a little more time on the court will help them jell.

Not sure what's in store for us now, probably need to pull a referee assignment and then we should play again this afternoon.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Meet the Team

Our Volleyball Team is a great bunch of young ladies who enjoy being together on and off the court.  I'm looking forward to getting to know all of them this year and maybe sharing some of the fun times we have throughout the season.  Here's the Team:

#3   Megan Hilbers       OH          Freshman
#5   Judy Saefong          L             Freshman
#6   Marissa Wilson     OPP/S     Freshman
#7   Brittany Keys        OPP/OH  Freshman
#8   Dashawna White   OH          Freshman
#9   Kelijo Boney         OH          Freshman
#10 Alisha Benge         OH          Freshman
#11 Megan Dodd         MH          Freshman
#12 Hailey Harris       MH          Freshman
#14 Taylor Thompson  S             Freshman

Coaches: Greg Chapman, Julia Coats, Cassie Dehaan and Joe Kline
Team Name: Forty Niners (49er's)
Team Colors: Blue and Gold

ARC Classic Tournament

Well, this is my first attempt at a real blog.  We played well today, but learned that we will need to pick it up and get really intense if we're going to play with the bigger schools.  More posts and insights this weekend as we go to Stockton to play at Delta College.

It was fun bumping in to Taylor and Megan at Chipolte while eating after the tournament.  Hope they enjoyed their meal with that young man they were with.  I'm sure he was enjoying himself considering he was with two pretty ladies in VB uniforms.  Doesn't get much better than that!