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Friday, October 29, 2010

Away Game vs College of Alameda 10/29/2010 Game 3

Game 3:  We will start off with Taylor serving.  Alameda hits long, 1-0.  Stuff by Meg and Brit, 2-0.  Serve hits net then bounces in to the antenna, 2-1.  Megan slaps one down, 3-1 with K9 to serve.  Double on us after a great dig by K9, 3-2.  We lose a joust, 3-3.  Brit gets a roll shot to go, 4-3 with Megan serving.   We hit out, 4-4.  Net serve, 5-4 with Judy in to serve.  Cougars put another one in the net, 6-4.  Hammertime gets another one down, 7-4.  Alisha knocks one off the block, 8-4.  Alisha gets a block, 9-4.  Hailey stuffs a dink attempt, 10-4.  Alameda hits wide, 11-4.  We let one fall short, 11-5.  Hailey tries a C that hits the net but Alameda gets called for being in the net, 12-5 with Alisha to serve.  K9 hits wide on a down line attempt, 12-6.  Hailey gets another one, 13-6 and timeout Alameda.  Judy still serving.  We get confused on a pass and let one just fall, 13-7.  Megan gets blocked, 13-8.  Lift call on Alameda, 14-8 with Taylor serving.  Ace by Taylor, 15-8.  Net by Alameda, 16-8.  Net serve by us, 16-9.  Lift call on us, 16-10.  We dig it up off the block just to let it fall when the setter goes the wrong way, 16-11.  Alameda slaps one down, 16-12.  Alisha gets stuffed on a back row attempt, 16-13.  Alameda slaps one down in the middle, 16-14.  16-15 as we just stand around.  Alameda puts one in the net, 17-15 with K9 to serve.  Alameda gets another one down, 17-16.  Brit slaps it down, 18-16 with Meg to serve.  Ace by Megan, 19-16.  And another one, 20-16 and timeout Alameda.  Megan serving.  Hailey slaps one off the block, 21-16.  Hailey and Alisha with a block, 22-16.  Alameda finds a hole, 22-17.  Net serve, 23-17 with Judy to serve.  We let a shank pass go, 23-18.  K9 gets one from the back row, 24-18 with Alisha to serve.  Ace for the win!  25-18.  Yuba goes home with a 3-0 win.

Packing it up and heading back to the house.  Need to find some supper enroute though.  H says she's starving!  Imagine that.

Away Game vs College of Alameda 10/29/2010 Game 2

Game 2:  Cougars will start with the serve.  Alameda in the net, 1-0 with Taylor to serve.  Double call on us when we try a back row set, 1-1.  Megan gets one to go, 2-1 and that sends K9 to the line.  Alameda puts it in the net, 3-1.  Hailey tries one from the back row but it goes net, 3-2.  Double on Alameda sends Megan to the line, 4-2.  Net call on Hailey, 4-3.  Net serve by Alameda, 5-3 with Judy in to serve.  Taylor wins a joust at the net and Alameda can't get it up, 6-3.  Another one goes out by Alameda, 7-3.  Hammertime gets in on the action, 8-3.  Hailey stuffs an overpass, 9-3.  Taylor gets one, 10-3.  Alameda in the net again, 11-3.  Another double call, 12-3.  Alisha gets a sharp angle to go, 13-3.  Timeout Alameda.  Judy still serving.  Alameda puts it in the net, 14-3.  Hammertime with another slapdown, 15-3.  Another net hit, 16-3.  Hailey slaps an overpass back, 17-3.  Alameda gets one to go, 17-4.  Another Hammertim dent, 18-4 with Alisha to the line.  Hailey and Taylor stuff one, 19-4.  Cougars hit wide, 20-4.  Double on us, 20-5.  Net serve, 21-5 with Hailey to serve.  Net serve, 21-6.  Megan hits long, 21-7.  K9 puts one over and Alameda can't keep the pass in play, 22-7 with Taylor to serve.  Another net serve, 22-8.  Focus Yuba!!!  Megan slaps one down, 23-8 with K9 to serve.  Ace on a net dribbler, 24-8.  Alisha finishes it off, 25-8 for another Yuba win.  Up 2-0 going in to game 3.

Away Game vs College of Alameda 10/29/2010 Game 1

Had a nice drive down to the island of Alameda.  Brings back lots of memories of VB Tournaments played here on the island over the years at the old Naval Air Station facilities.  We should do fine tonight, Alameda didn't show us a lot when they came to see us, but then neither did Laney, but we struggled against them the other night in Oakland.  Hopefully we've learned that lesson and will stay focused, put the foot on the gas and don't let up tonight.  I saw the current rankings today and it appears that Napa beat Solano in their first match, so if they can do it again, we still have a shot at the playoffs.  Of course that means that we have to beat Solano when they come to our house and beat them by more than they beat us at their place.  Doable, but it will take some work.  We should know late next week.

Game 1:  Guess we won the coin toss and will start off with the serve.  Taylor to the line.  K9 starts things off with a kill, 1-0.  Ace by Taylor and it's 2-0.  Brit joins the fun, 3-0.  We let one fall in the middle, 3-1.  Brit puts one in the net, 3-2.  Alameda serves long, 4-2 with K9 to serve.  Alameda hammers one down, 4-3.  Ace by Alameda on a net dribble, 4-4.  They serve out, 5-4 with Megan to serve.  A bad pass and it's 5-5.  Another net serve by Alameda sends Judy to the line at 6-5.  Taylor gets a dink from an overpass to go, 7-5.  They call us in the net, 7-6.  Net serve, 8-6 with Alisha to the line.  We play to short on D and they get one down deep, 8-7.  Alameda in the net, 9-7 with Hailey to serve.  Ace by Hailey, 10-7.  Alameda in the net again, 11-7.  K9 rips one down line, 12-7 and the Cougars want a timeout to talk it over.  Hailey still serving.  Alameda hits out, 13-7.  K9 gets another one down line, 14-7.  Hailey serves wide, 14-8.  Officials timeout to look at something in the books.  Not sure what's wrong.  Alameda coach is trying to sub out her middle and she sure is barking at her.  Not sure what the problem is.  Double call on Alameda, 15-8 with Taylor to the line.  Ace by Taylor, 16-8.  Megan tries one that goes wide, 16-9.  K9 gets one down the line from the right side, 17-9 with K9 to the service line.  Timeout Alameda.  Long serve, but it was close to line, 17-10.  Another net call on Alameda, 18-10 with Megan to the line.  Ace by Megan, 19-10.  Cougars put one in the net, 20-10.  Another Ace, 21-10.  Alisha gets blocked, 21-11.  Hammertime gets it right back, 22-11 with Judy to serve.  Alameda puts it in the net, 23-11.  Hailey slaps another one down, 24-11.  We send a free ball out?, 24-12.  Alisha gets a tip to go from the right side, 25-12 and a Yuba win.

Appeal Democrat Article 10/28/2010

Local Roundup: Thompson lifts Yuba volleyball team past Laney


COLLEGE
VOLLEYBALL
Yuba 3, Laney 1
Tayor Thompson had 32 assists and five kills and the Yuba College volleyball team notched a 25-20, 18-25, 25-14, 25-19 Bay Valley Conference road win over Laney.
Hailey Harris had 12 kills, 11 digs and six blocks, Brittany Keyes tallied seven kills and four blocks and Megan Dodd had four kills and three blocks for Yuba (11-7, 8-3), which travels to face Alameda on Friday.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Away Game vs Laney College Eagles 10/27/2010 Game 4

Game 4: Laney will start with the serve.  Taylor gets one off a touch, 1-0 with Taylor to serve.  Laney rips one, 1-1.  Brit gets one from the left side, 2-1 with K9 to serve.  Over the net call on us, 2-2.  Net serve by Laney, 3-2 with Megan to serve.  A phantom net call on us, 3-3.  Hailey makes up for it with a rip in the middle, 4-3 with Judy to serve.  Net serve, 4-4.  Laney gets one off our block, 4-5.  Alisha rips one, 5-5 with Alisha to serve.  Ace by Alisha, 6-5.  We put one right on the line but they call it out, 6-6.  Hailey gets called in the net again, 6-7.  Taylor gets it back with a tip, 7-7 with Hailey serving.  Ace by Hailey, 8-7.  Laney gets another tip in, 8-8.  Megan gets a net roller to fall, 9-8 with Taylor to serve.  We can't pass one and it's 9-9.  We put one in the net, 9-10.  Brit gets one down, 10-10, with K9 to serve.  Laney gets yet another one off our block, 10-11.  Confusion on who should hit it and it's 10-12.  Laney hits long, 11-12 with Megan to serve.  More confusion on offense, 11-13.  This is flat ugly tonight!  K9 hits long from the back row, 11-14 and Coach Chapman wants to discuss this during a timeout.  Laney serving.  Hailey gets one down, 12-14.  Judy to serve.  We loose a pass, 12-15.  Ace by Laney, 12-16.  Double on Laney, 13-16 with Alisha to serve.  Lift call on Laney, 14-16.  Confusion on Laney's side this time, 15-16.  K9 rips one down line to make it a 16 all tie.  Hailey gets a block, 17-16.  Ace by Alisha, 18-16.  Timeout Laney!  Alisha keeps the serve as we return.  Laney gets one off the block again, 18-17.  Net serve, 19-17 with Hailey serving.  Big rip by Laney in the middle, 19-18.  Megan comes right back with one of her own, 20-18 and Taylor to serve.  Confusion on Laney as two players run in to each other, 21-18.  Timeout Laney.  Taylor serving.  Laney scores one on a net dribbler, 21-19.  Brit gets one from the left side, 22-19 with K9 to serve.  Alisha gets her own net dribbler to fall, 23-19.  Double on Laney, 24-19.  Megan finsihes it off with a rip deep down the middle, 25-19 and we win the match 3-1.  Packing it up for the trip home. 

Away Game vs Laney College Eagles 10/27/2010 Game 3

Game 3:  Tied at one game apiece we will start this one with Taylor serving.  K9 tries with a left hand that doesn't go, 0-1.  Brit rips one from the left side, 1-1 with K9 to serve.  Net serve, 1-2.  We are really off our game.  Brit gets a tip to fall, 2-2 with Megan to serve.  Laney is in the net, 3-2.  Double on Laney, 4-2.  Laney hits one in the net, 5-2.  Ace by Megan as it rolls over the net for 6-2.  Laney hits wide, 7-2.  Net serve, 7-3.  Taylor gets one from the back row, 8-3 with Judy in to serve.  We let one fall in the middle of the floor, 8-4.  Bad serve receive, 8-5.  4 hits on Laney, 9-5 with Alisha to serve.  K9 gets one, 10-5.  Hailey hits in the net on a "C", 10-6.  Laney gives it back with a net serve, 11-6 with Hailey to serve.  K9 gets one off the block, 12-6.  Laney can't return the serve, 13-6 and it's timeout Laney.  Long rally to start back play with a lot of great digs and hits.  Finally Laney gets one to go, 13-7.  Bad serve receive, 13-8.  Lift call on us, 13-9.  Laney gets another one down, 13-10.  Laney hits long to end another long rally, 14-10 with Taylor to serve.  Laney hits long again, 15-10.  Brit gets one on a block, 16-10.  Laney in the net, 17-10.  Ace by Taylor, 18-10.  Laney wants a timeout to talk it over!  Quick look at the World Series shows the Giants up 8-2.  Looks like they're roughing up the Ranger's big stud!  Back to VB action.  Taylor serving.  Laney gets a tip inside our block, 18-11.  Brit gets a block, 19-11 with K9 to serve.  Ace, Ace Baby!, 20-11.  And then hits one in the net?, 20-12.  Laney gets one deep, 20-13.  Laney serves long, 21-13 with Megan to serve.  Laney lets a pass go astray, 22-13.  Megan serves net, 22-14.  Brit gets a backhand slap to fall, 23-14 with Judy to serve.  Over the net call on Laney, 24-14.  Hammertime finishes it off, 25-14.  We go up 2-1 in the match.  Moving to check baseball action and back for game 4.

Away Game vs Laney College Eagles 10/27/2010 Game 2

Game 2:  Laney to serve.  We let one fall at the net, 0-1.  We let a net runner dribble in, 0-2.  Megan gets one in the middle, 1-2.  Just looking at each other on the back row and one falls in, 1-3.  Laney serves net, 2-3 with K9 to serve.  It goes wide, 2-4.  Another bad serve receive, 2-5.  Hailey gets one from the back row, 3-5 with Megan to serve.  Hailey gets a block on an overpass, 4-5.  Net serve, 4-6.  Hammertime rips one in the middle, 5-6 with Judy in to serve.  Another missed serve, 5-7.  Hailey gets caught in the net, 5-8.  An overpass by Judy falls in for a point, 6-8 with Alisha to serve.  Laney gets one over the block and on the line, 6-9.  Hailey gets a dink to fall, 7-9 and she gets the serve.  K9 gets one on an angle shot, 8-9.  Megan gets a solo stuff and it's 9 all as Laney calls for a timeout.  Hailey serving as the action resumes.  Laney gets one off our block, 9-10.  K9 gets one down, 10-10 with Taylor to serve.  Brit gets a block, 11-10.  Laney gets another one off our block, 11-11.  Megan hits long, 11-12.  They get another one off our block, 11-13.  Hailey hits long from the back row, 11-14.  Megan and Brit finally get a block to stay in, 12-14 with K9 to serve.  Another swipe off the block for Laney, 12-15.  Need to fix this blocking issue soon.  Alisha hits long to end a long rally, 12-16 and Yuba calls for a timeout to talk it over.  Checking the Giants-Rangers score in the World Series and it's a 2-2 game with Lincecum looking good.  Back to live action, we get a point 13-16 and Megan to serve.  Laney misses one at the net, 14-16.  Laney gets another one off our block, 14-17.  Hailey comes right back with a kill in the middle, 15-17 with Judy in to serve.  Laney gets one in the middle, 15-18.  Alisha hits wide, 15-19.  A bad pass by us and it's 15-20.  Laney serves net, 16-20 with Alisha to serve.  Another dink over the block falls, 16-21.  K9 puts one in the net, 16-22.  Hailey stuffs one off the middles' head, 17-22 with Hailey serving.  Laney in the net, 18-22.  K9 hits long, 18-23.  Laney gets one deep on the endline, 18-24.  And Laney finishes it off with a tip over our block for a 18-25 Yuba loss.  Amazing how well teams play when they're at home versus on the road.  Laney is giving us a much tougher battle than anyone anticipated.  Better crank it up for game 3!

Away Game vs Laney College Eagles 10/27/2010

After an entertaining drive to Walnut Creek and a short ride on the BART over to Oakland, here we are at Laney College in downtown Oakland.  An interesting gym here.  It's like a bowl and all the entries come in from the top.  Fairly old since it still has wooden bleachers, but I kind of like it this way.  Call me old school, but I love the older gyms and the way they were designed.  Cozy and up close to all the action.  Here we go for Game 1.

Game 1:  Taylor starts us off with the serve.  Laney gets a rip down the middle, 0-1.  Laney gets a block on Brit, 0-2.  Out of position on D and it's 0-3.  A bad serve receive and we find ourselves down 0-4 early.  Laney serves net, 1-4 with K9 to serve.  Bad attempt on an overpass, 1-5.  Hailey gets one to fall from the back row, 2-5 with Megan to serve.  Double on Laney, 3-5.  Hailey gets one, 4-5.   Another rip in the middle by Hailey, 5-5.  Pass in the net by Laney, 6-5.  Stuff by Hailey and Brit, 7-5.  Brit hits one they can't return, 8-5.  A stuff by Hailey and Alisha makes it 9-5.  Timeout Laney!  Megan serving as we return to action.  Laney gets a tip to fall in, 9-6.  Hailey is called in the net on a stuff, 9-7.  Hailey gets it back with a block, 10-7 with Judy to serve.  Laney lets one just fall on a pass, 11-7.  Laney gets one to go deep, 11-8.  Ace by Laney, 11-9.  Laney gets another rip in the middle, 11-10.  Laney serves net, 12-10 with Alisha to serve.  Tip by K9 goes in, 13-10.  Alisha gets one down on the end line from the back row, 14-10.  Alisha serves net, 14-11.  Bad serve receive, 14-12.  K9 rips one down line, 15-12 with Hailey to serve.  Laney comes back with another rip in the middle, 15-13.  Block attempt lands just out, 15-14.  Taylor saves one with a dink, 16-14 with Taylor to serve.  Bad pass by Laney makes it 17-14.  Laney hits long, 18-14.  Laney gets one deep again, 18-15.  Long rally, but Laney hits long, 19-15.  K9 to serve.  Laney hits long again, 20-15 and timeout Laney.  K9 serving as we resume.  Setter dump to the back by Taylor makes it 21-15.  Laney gets one in the middle, 21-16.  Brit rips one from the right side, 22-16 with Megan to serve.  Net serve, 22-17.  This should not be this close, we need to pick it up.  Long serve by Laney, 23-17 with Judy in to serve.  Alisha shanks a sharp angle attempt, 23-18.  Bad serve receive and it's 23-19.  Hailey gets blocked, 23-20.  Hailey and Alisha stuff one, 24-20 with Alisha to serve.  Hailey give the libero a total facial and it's 25-20 for the win.  Hammertime may have to apologize for that one.  It looked like it may have left a mark!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Home Game vs Napa 10/22/2010 Game 5

Game 5: Well, the battery is going quick and I forgot to pack the charger!  So I'll post something on the result when we get home.  Sorry about that!

Here we are several hours and one super wal-mart run later and I have to say the result wasn't what we wanted.  Our 49er's ultimately fell to Napa 15-9 in the final game and lost the match 3-2.  Very disappointing.  We gave this one away by not maintaining our intensity and for some reason they started playing "not to lose" instead of playing to win.  Too many dinks, tips and roll shots instead of aggressive swings on the ball.  I think that pretty much shuts the door on our playoff hopes.  We needed to be in the top 2 and with this loss, it all but assures that those spots will be taken by Napa and Solano this year.  But we have plenty of VB left to play this season.

This reporter is shutting it down and heading for bed.

Home Game vs Napa 10/22/2010 Game 4

Game 4: Napa will start with the serve.  And here we go!  Napa pushes one out wide, 1-0 with Taylor to serve.  K9 puts one deep that they can't get back over, 2-0.  Napa gets one right in the corner, 2-1.  Bad serve receive, 2-2.  Double on Napa, 3-2 with K9 to serve.  Megan and Brit stuff one, 4-2.  We get called in the net, 4-3.  Ace by Napa, 4-4.  Brit gets one off the block, 5-4 with Megan to serve.  Lift call on Napa, 6-4.  We are out of position on D and it cost us, 6-5.  Up ref over rules a line call and we get the point, 7-5 with Judy to serve.  Double on our set, 7-6.  Napa serves out, 8-6 with Alisha to serve.  Napa gets a dink to fall, 8-7.  K9 gets one to go, 9-7 with Hailey to serve.  Megan hits long, 9-8.  K9 gets one off a touch, 10-8 with Taylor to serve.  Napa gets a sharp angle down, 10-9.  Napa gets one off a touch, 10-10.  Brit hits out, 10-11.  Bad serve receive, 10-12.  Timeout Yuba.  Coach has a few things to say right now.  Napa is in the net, 11-12 with K9 to serve.  We hit the antenna on an over pass, 11-13.  Double call on us, 11-14.  Brit gets one down deep, 12-14 with Megan to serve.  Napa hits out, 13-14.  Napa gets one off a touch, 13-15.  They serve in the net, 14-15 with Judy to serve.  Napa ends a long rally, 14-16.  Napa serves net again, 15-16 with Alisha to serve.  Napa gets an angle shot to go, 15-17.  We make a bad pass and let one go, 15-18.  Napa serves long, 16-18 with Hailey to serve.  Napa hits out, 17-18.  Long rally that Napa wins, 17-19.  Napa gets a tip to fall, 17-20.  Napa hits out, 18-20 with Taylor to serve.  Napa gets one deep, 18-21.  K9 puts a dink attempt in the net, 18-22.  Timeout Yuba.  We've quit being agressive and we're trying way too many dinks and roll shots.  Need to start swinging at the ball again and make them have to play.  Napa to serve.  We pass one in to the net, 18-23.  Confusion and we let one just fall, 18-24.  We're giving this away on a platter!  Brit hits one long, and it's 18-25.  Here we go to game 5.  I hate tie breakers!  We better jump on this game and get agressive quick or we will give it away.

Home Game vs Napa 10/22/2010 Game 3

Game 3: Taylor will get us started with the serve.  K9 rips one down line, 1-0.  Napa gets one deep middle, 1-1.  Bad serve receive, 1-2.  Another one, 1-3.  We hit one in the net, 1-4.  Napa sneaks one over, 1-5.  Napa puts one in the net, 2-5 with K9 to serve.  Another one goes out, she cannot serve tonight!, 2-6.  Alisha slaps one down to get it back, 3-6 with Megan to serve.  Napa gets one off our block, 3-7.  Another bad serve receive, 3-8.  Where did these dum-dums come from?  Thought we has gotten rid of them!  Hailey stuffs one back, 4-8 with Judy to serve.  Hammertime slaps down anther one, 5-8.  Hailey sends one long, 5-9.  Great attempt at a save by Judy but it goes long, 5-10.  Napa serves long, 6-10 with Alisha to serve.  Double call on us, 6-11.  Another double on us, 6-12.  Timeout Yuba.  We have really got a case of the dum-dums going and I really thought we had sent those packing after the first two games tonight.  Need to re-focus here and get back in this thing!  Napa serving.  Napa gets one off our block, 6-13.  K9 gets a tip to fall, 7-13 with Hailey to serve.  Napa hits wide, 8-13.  Napa puts one in the net, 9-13.  K9 with another rip, 10-13.  Ace by Hailey on a nice touch serve just barely over the net, 11-13 and it's a timeout Napa!  Another kill down line by K9, 12-13.  K9 gets stuffed on the next one, 12-14.  K9 comes back and gets one off a touch, 13-14 with Taylor to serve.  Brit tries one but it goes long, 13-15.  Megan gets one to go deep and it's 14-15 with K9 to serve.  Brit gets one in the hole, and it's 15 all.  Here come the 9er's!  Brit and Megan get a block for 16-15 and the 49er's have the lead.  Timeout Napa!  Taylor rips one from the back row, 17-15.  K9 still serving.  We put one in the net, 17-16.  Brit gets one deep that Napa can't return, 18-16 with Megan to serve.  Net serve, 18-17.  Alisha gets a sharp angle to go, 19-17 with Judy to serve.  Hailey gets a tip in, 20-17.  Go 9er's!  Napa gets one in, 20-18.  Taylor gets blocked on a swing, 20-19.  We let one fall as two players run in to each other and block the setter from getting to the ball.  Yaaggghhh! It's 20-20 and timeout Yuba.  Napa serving.  Hammertime dents the floor on one, 21-20 with Alisha to serve.  Napa hits long but it's controversy, wait, the ref has changed the call and it was touched by us, 21-21.  Hammertime does it again, 22-21 and Hailey gets the serve.  Napa gets one to go angle, 22-22.  Napa gets one down deep, 22-23.  We overpass and Napa stuffs it right back, 22-24.  We overpass again with the same result and it's a 22-25 Napa win.  Looks like we're going to game 4 now.  We really need to come out focused and ready this game. 

Home Game vs Napa 10/22/2010 Game 2

Game 2: Napa has serve to start the game.  Brit gets one down line from the back row, 1-0, Taylor to serve.  Net serve, 1-1.  Need to clean up our serving.  K9 rips one down line from the right side, 2-1 and goes to serve.  Net serve, 2-2.  Napa returns the favor, 3-2 with Megan to the line.  Ace by Meg, 4-2.  Long rally ends with Alisha getting one in, 5-2.  Napa hits wide, 6-2.  Another long rally with two great digs by Taylor, 7-2.  Alisha gets one down, 8-2.  Another Ace served up by Megan, 9-2.  Net serve, 9-3.  Napa gets one down, 9-4.  Alisha gets another one down right on the net, 10-4 with Judy to serve.  Alisha gets a roll shot to go over the block, 11-4.  Hailey with a big block, 12-4.  Ooops, there's that hole in the middle, 12-5.  Hailey with another big block, 13-5 with Alisha to serve.  Napa gets one to go deep.  13-6.  Napa serves long, 14-6 with Hailey to serve.  Napa hits wide, 15-6.  Short serve attempt hits the net, 15-7.  Taylor puts one down, 16-7, with Taylor to the line.  Napa gets a swipe off our block, 16-8.  Napa gets one to fall in, 16-9.  Megan puts one in the net, 16-10.  Ace by Napa, 16-11.  Get it back girls!  Napa serves net, 17-11 with K9 to serve.  Napa gets it right back, 17-12.  Hailey puts one in the net from the back row, 17-13.  Napa serves wide, 18-14 with Megan to serve.  Hailey lets one get caught on the net, 18-14.  Napa out duels us on a joust, 18-15.  Coach Chapman calls a timeout to pull things back together.  Need to clean up a couple things and just stay focused.  Keep playing hard and we've got this one.  Napa serving out of the timeout.  They serve wide, 19-15 with Judy to serve.  Ace by Judy, 20-15.  Net serve, 20-16.  Hailey gets a tip to fall, 21-16 with Alisha to serve.  Napa hits long, 22-16.  Hammertime slaps one down hard, 23-16.  Napa gets one in, 23-17.  K9 gets it right back down line, 24-17 and Napa wants a timeout!  Hailey to serve.  Napa puts it in the net, and it's a 25-17 win for the 49er's.

Home Game vs Napa 10/22/2010

Here we are for the big game.  Yuba taking on Napa.  Need a win here to climb back in to the playoff picture.

Game 1: Taylor will start us off with the serve.  Napa gets one from the right side, 0-1.  Napa hits long, 1-1 with K9 to serve.  She serves wide, 1-2.  Brit hammers one down from the right side, 2-2 with Megan to serve.  Napa hits in the net, 3-2.  They put another one in the net, 4-2.  Alisha gets in on it with a tip over the block, 5-2.  Taylor wants some too, with a deep set to the corner, 6-2.  Net serve, 6-3.  K9 gets one down from the back row, 7-3 with Judy serving.  Alisha gets a sharp angle to go, 8-3.  Napa hits long, 9-3.  Hammertime Hailey gets one to go off the block, 10-3 and Napa wants a timeout!  Hailey gets a dink to go, 11-3 after a great dig by Alisha.  Great blocks by Hailey and Napa can't get it over the net, 12-3.  Alisha goes sharp angle but it lands wide, 12-4.  We let one fall at the net, 12-5.  An overpass gets stuffed back on us, 12-6.  K9 gets anther one from the back row, 13-6 with Alisha to serve.  Net serve, 13-7.  Hailey gets another one down, 14-7.  K9 with a great dig on a block.  Hailey to serve.  Napa hits long, 15-7.  Napa puts it in the net, 16-7.  Napa gets one down deep, 16-8.  We let another one go deep, 16-9.  Taylor gets stuffed on a dink attempt, 16-10.  K9 gets one down line, 17-10 with Taylor to serve.  Brit gets a big block, 18-10.  Napa gets a dink to fall in, 18-11.  Napa serves long, 19-11 with K9 to serve.  Brit and Megan get a great stuff block, 20-11.  Ace by K9, 21-11.  Napa won't go easy, they get one deep in the middle, 21-12.  We get a net call on us, 21-13.  Megan gets one off a touch in the back, 22-13.  Megan to serve.  Double call on Napa, 23-13 and it's timeout Napa!  A fantastic long rally coming back in play but Napa gets it, 23-14.  But it's Brit to the rescue, 24-14 with Judy serving.  Napa gets one down line, 24-15.  Napa hits long and it's a 25-15 Yuba win.  Wooohooo!  Much better play tonight.  Crisp on offense and hustling on D!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Away Game - Los Medanos - 10/20/2010 Game 4

Game 4:  Taylor will start it off serving.  Hailey gets one from the back row, 1-0.  LM gets one in the middle, 1-1.  Brit hammers one from the left side, 2-1 with K9 to serve.  Mustangs hit wide, 3-1.  K9 serves long, 3-2.  LM serves net, 4-2 with Megan to serve.  We let one go on a shanked pass, 4-3.  LM hits long again, 5-3.  Judy in to serve.  LM hits one in the net, 6-3.  Alisha gets one down, 7-3.  Ace by Judy, 8-3.  Maybe we woke up now!  Alisha hits long, 8-4.  Hammertime Haily gets one off the block, 9-4 with Alisha to serve.  Net ball by the Mustangs, 11-4.  Ace by Alisha, 12-4 and the Mustangs call a timeout.  This is looking much better.  Maybe we got all the dum-dums out of our system in that last game.  I do notice a slight change in the back row defense alignment, maybe that is helping.  Alisha to serve.  Another ace, 13-4.  We let one slip by, 13-5.  Hailey goofs a tip attempt, 13-6.  Ace by the Mustangs, 13-7.  Are we asleep again?  They get one off our block, 13-8.  Taylor gets a block, 14-8 with Hailey to serve.  We serve out, 14-9.  Hailey hammers one from the back row, 15-9 with Taylor to serve.  LM hits the net, 16-9.  Ace by Taylor, 17-9.  And another one! 18-9 and the Mustangs need a timeout.  LM gets one on us, 18-10.  We let one fall down at the net, 18-11.  Ace by Los Medanos, 18-12.  Another ace, 18-13.  Brit gets one down from the left side, 19-13 with K9 to serve.  LM gets one down deep middle, 19-14.  They serve net, 20-14 with Megan to serve.  LM hits out, 21-14.  Hammertime Hailey puts another one down, 22-14.  LM can't handle one and it's 23-14.  Shanked pass on us, 23-15.  LM puts one in the net, 24-15 with Judy to serve.  Hammertime finishes it off, 25-15 and we can pack the Tahoe for the trip home!

Wanted to see better play than this considering our next match, but we'll take the win and go back to practice to work on things a little more tomorrow.

Away Game - Los Medanos - 10/20/2010 Game 3

Game 3: Mustangs will start with the serve.  Megan gets one in the middle to start it off, 1-0 with Taylor to serve.  LM gets a net dribbler, 1-1.  We let a serve go down for an ace, 1-2.  Shanked pass on a dig and it's 1-3.  Defense is looking lost right now, 1-4.  Another bad serve receive, 1-5.  Taylor gets a dink to drop, 2-5 with K9 to serve.  We let another one fall, 2-6.  Brit gets stuffed, 2-7.  Mustangs hit long, 3-7 with Megan to serve.  They get a tip over our block, 3-8.  Out of rotation call on us, 3-9.  Another net dribbler falls in, 3-10.  Hailey stops the bleeding, 4-10 with Judy to serve.  Another one off our block that lands in, 4-11.  Hailey gets a tip to fall, 5-11 with Alisha to serve.  K9 rips one down line, 6-11.  We serve wide, 6-12.  K9 puts one in the net, 6-13.  Hailey hammers one in the middle, 7-13 with Hailey to serve.  We shank a dig, 7-14.  We cannot seem to get a run going.  Taylor gets a dink to fall in, 8-14 with Taylor to serve.  LM shanks a pass, 9-14.  Long rally but we shank a pass to give up the point, 9-15.  K9 hits wide from the right side, 9-16.  Megan puts one in the net, 9-17 and it's timeout 49er's.  Time to focus and get back our mojo here!  Mustangs serve long, 10-17 with K9 to serve.  Hailey gets one from the back row, 11-17.  Confusion on a back row set and nobody gets to it, 11-18.  Megan gets it back 12-18 and she will serve.  LM hits in the net, 13-18.  Brit gets one down, 14-18.  We shank a dig to end a long rally, 14-19.  Hailey gets another dink to fall, 15-19 with Judy to serve.  And she does it again, 16-19.  Alisha hits wide, 16-20.  Need another stop here.  Bad serve receive makes it 16-21 and it's a timeout by Coach Chapman.  Getting low on battery life here so we need to finish this game!  Alisha hits long, 16-22.  LM hits long, 17-22 with Alisha to serve.  We let one fall 17-23.  Hailey gets a block, 18-23 with Hailey to serve.  LM gets one in the middle, 18-24.  K9 puts one in the net and we lose 18-25.  This is really embarassing.  Giving up games due to a bad case of the dum-dums is just not right.  We need to clean it up and get back to business.  Game 4 coming up.

Away Game - Los Medanos - 10/20/2010 Game 2

Game 2:  Taylor will start us off serving.  This is a little different rotation tonight.  Coach must be trying some new stuff.  K9 hits one long to start, 0-1.  LM hits one in the net, 1-1 with K9 to serve.  K9 puts it in the net, not good! 1-2.  LM hits one in the net, 2-2 with Megan to serve.  Hailey slaps one down in the middle, 3-2.  Brit knocks one down deep, 4-2.  Net serve, 4-3.  Hailey hammers one down, 5-3 with Judy in to serve.  Hailey racks up another one, 6-3.  Alisha sends one over and LM puts the pass in the net, 7-3.  Hailey hits one long, 7-4.  LM is called on a double hit, 8-4 with Alisha serving.  Another double on the Mustangs, 9-4.  We serve wide, 9-5.  K9 puts one over that the Mustangs can't return, 10-5 with Hailey serving.  10-6 as we shank a pass.  We let one fall on D, 10-7.  Hailey gets one down from the back row, 11-7 with Taylor to serve.  K9 puts one in the net, 11-8.  Brit makes them pay from the left side, 12-8 with K9 to serve.  LM gets one on a setter dump, 12-9.  Brit gets one on a little AC/DC.  We wanna Rock! 13-9 with Megan to serve.  Hailey gets one off the block, 14-9.  Timeout Mustangs.  Megan will start it back up.  Mustangs get one right through our block, 14-10.  Hailey gets a runner 3 and it's 15-10 with Judy in to serve.  Net serve, 15-11.  LM serves long (but it looked like line to me), 16-11 with Alisha to serve.  Net serve again!  16-12.  Big stuff by Hailey and Taylor, 17-12 with Hailey serving.  K9 gets one down, 18-12.  LM gets one off a shanked pass, 18-13.  Megan gets one in the middle, 19-13 with Taylor to serve.  K9 gets blocked but one hands it back over for a kill on a reflex move!  20-13.  LM hits long, 21-13.  LM gets one off our block, 21-14.  Net serve by the Mustangs send K9 to the line at 22-14.  LM hits long, 23-14.  K9 lets one drop at her feet on D, 23-15.  Overpass on serve receive and it's 23-16.  Overpass in the net off a dig, 23-17.  Overpass on serve receive that goes out, 23-18.  Brit hammers it down, 24-18 with Megan to serve.  Mustangs in the net, 25-18 for another Yuba win.  Need to clean up our act though, still too many dum-dums happening.

Away Game - Los Medanos - 10/20/2010

Game 1: The Mustangs will start the game with the serve.  Here we go!  K9 opens it up with a nice sharp angle shot, 1-0 with Taylor to serve.  LM comes back with one in the middle, 1-1.  LM gets another one, 1-2.  They serve long and it's 2-2 with K9 to serve.  Point, 3-2.  LM gets one down, 3-3.  We let a short serve get us, 3-4.  LM hits long, 4-4 with Megan to serve.  Taylor hits wide from the back row, 4-5.  Alisha short arms a swing, 4-6.  Hailey slaps one down, 5-6 with Brit serving.  Long rally but Hailey finally puts one down, 6-6.  We send a pass in to the net, 6-7.  Bad serve receive, 6-8.  Another one, 6-9.  And another one, 6-10.  Do something ladies!  LM puts the next one in the net, 7-10 with Alisha serving.  Brit hits long from the back row, 7-11.  K9 gets one off the block, 8-11 with Hailey serving.  Defense lets one go off a shank, 8-12.  Another bad serve receive, 8-13.  This is ugly as we let another one fall, 8-14.  Move your feet on the serve and lets go make something happen!  Timeout 49er's.  LM hits long, 9-14 with Taylor to serve.  LM gets one on the line, 9-15.  They serve long, 10-15 with K9 to serve.  LM overpasses but we shank it off and give them a point, 10-16.  Alisha forces the issue and it's 11-16 with Megan serving.  Ace, 12-16.  Big stuff by Hailey and Alisha, 13-16.  Confusion on defense and we shank a pass, 13-17.  K9 hits wide from the back row, 13-18.  Alisha gets one down with the left hand, 14-18.  Brit to serve.  We overpass, but LM can't get it, 15-18.  Mustangs get one on a net dribbler, 15-19.  Hailey ends another long rally, 16-19 with Alisha to serve.  LM hits long, 17-19.  Ace by Alisha, 18-19.  Timeout Mustangs!  Alisha starts it back on the serve.  Long rally ends as we shank one off a pass, 18-20.  LM hits one in the net, 19-20 with Hailey to serve.  Ace, and it's 20 all.  K9 puts one over and the Mustangs can't get it back, 21-20.  Defense leaves a hole and LM finds it, 21-21.  LM hits in the net, 22-21 with Taylor to serve.  K9 rips one off the block, 23-21.  Timeout Mustangs!  Taylor brings us out of the timeout.  LM hits one in the net, 24-21.  Hailey hits one wide from the back row, 24-22.  LM gets one to roll off our block, 24-23.  They serve long to end the game 25-23.  Whew, that was too close.  We need to step it up and get rid of the dum-dum plays.

Away Game - Los Medanos - 10/20/2010

Hello from Pittsburgh, CA home of the Los Medanos Mustangs.  Interesting drive down through the back country of Yolo County and then in to the Delta area along the river.  Scenic, and we saw quite a bit of it due to the slow moving traffic.  Looks like our cheer squad is only 2 tonight since Mrs. Boney wasn't able to make the trip due to work deadlines.  I'm sure she'll make it home in time to read this and keep up with the activity.  This team didn't show us much when they came over to our place to play, but you never know what can happen.  Hopefully the girls stay focused and use this as a final tune-up before we play Napa on Friday.

Going with a little different technique tonight and posting each game as we go instead of just one long match log.  We'll see how it goes.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Home Game vs Mendocino Community College 10/15/2010

A little late getting to the game, but we made it in time for the first serve.  We're getting good at this photo finish for the start of the games:)  Tonight we play Mendocino from up along the northern CA coast.  This team is the farthest away from us distance wise and when we have to go play them, it will be an all day trip.  But tonight they are in our house!

Game 1:  Mendocino will start with the serve.  Long rally to start it off, but Mendocino gets one down, 0-1.  Mendocino serves long, 1-1 with Judy to serve.  Ace!, 2-1.  Alisha puts one in the net, 2-2.  Mendocino serves long again and i'ts 3-2 with Alisha to serve.  We make a bad pass, 3-3.  Another long rally and Hailey gets one down, 4-3.  Hailey to serve.  Long rally and Mendocino gets one, 4-4.  Bad serve receive, 4-5.  Net serve, 5 all with Taylor to serve.  Mendocino hits one out, 6-5.  Brit hammers one home from the right side, 7-5.  K9 gets one off the block, 8-5.  Ace by Taylor, 9-5.  Mendocino hits out, 10-5.  Taylor serves long, 10-6.  Brit gets another one from the left side this time, 11-6, K9 to serve.  Mendocino can't get it back to us, 12-6.  Megan gets one down, 13-6.  A tip by Alisha goes down, 14-6 and Mendocino wants a timeout to talk it over.  Mendocino gets a tip to go in, 14-7.  They get another one in, 14-8.  Alisha gets one off the block, 15-8 with Megan to serve.  Mendocino hits long, 16-8.  Bad passing on Mendocino, 17-8.  Mendocino hits the antenna, 18-8.  Ace by Megan, 19-8.  Hailey hammers one down in the middle, 20-8 and another timeout by Mendocino.  Another Ace by Megan, 21-8.  Brit hits one long, 21-9.  K9 gets stuffed and it's 21-10.  Alisha gets it back and puts one down, 22-10 with Judy to serve.  Lift call on us, 22-11.  Mendocino serves long, 23-11 with Alisha to serve.  Hailey puts one in the net, 23-12.  K9 goes wide on a rip down line, 23-13.  Taylor ends a long rally, 24-13 with Hailey to serve.  Mendocino can't handle the serve and it's a 25-13 win for Yuba.

Game 2:  Megan will start us off serving. Well, I'm back.  I HATE Windows and their silly restarts that happen on auto when it downloads an update!  Right in the middle of typing, the whole system shut down.  As we return to the action it's 13-7 and there have been some really good rallys while we were away waiting on the computer to come back up.  Back to live action as K9 rips one to make it 14-7.  Taylor serves long, 14-8.  Long rally and Brit finishes it off, 15-8 with K9 to serve.  Brit gets one over that Mendocino can't handle, 16-8.  Mendocino hits long, 17-8.  Alisha hits long, 17-9.  Alisha gets one down on a set from Brit, 18-9 with Megan to serve.  Long rally with some great hits and digs but Mendocino gets it to fall, 18-10.  Ace by Mendocino, 18-11.  They serve in the net, 19-11 with Judy to serve.  Mendocino can't handled the serve, 20-11.  And the next one is the same, 21-11.  We are in the net, 21-12.  We put one in the net, 21-13.  Mendocino puts one in the net, 22-13 with Alisha to serve.  Bad set puts Hailey in the net, 22-14.  Mendocino puts a block on hailey, 22-15.  K9 rips one down, 23-15 with Hailey to serve.  Ace by Hailey, 24-15.  Taylor dumps one on them for the winner.  25-15 Yuba. 

We seem to be playing a little better tonight.  Not nearly as many self inflicted wounds and it's showing.  Mendocino has some good defense but they just don't have a lot of firepower on offense.  But they do make us work for every point. 

Game 3:  Mendocino to serve.  Taylor sends one deep and it's 1-0 with Judy in to serve.  Hailey launches a missile down the middle, 2-0.  Ace by Judy, 3-0.  Mendocino gets one down, 3-1.  Deshawna gets one down, 4-1 with Alisha to serve.  She puts it in the net, 4-2.  K9 rips one down line for 5-3 with Hailey serving.  K9 gets a block for a kill, 6-2.  Megan gets in on the action and it's 7-2.  Hailey serves a bad one, 7-3.  K9 gets it back with a kill, 8-3 with Taylor to serve.  Mendocino hits it in the net, 9-3.  Ace by Taylor, 10-3.  And another one! 11-3 and it's timeout Mendocino.  Taylor still serving.  We make a bad pass and can't recover, 11-4.  Hailey gets one from the back row, 12-4.  K9 to serve.  Megan gets one, 13-4.  Another long rally but Megan finishes it, 14-4.  K9 still serving.  Ace Ace Baby! 15-4.  Brit puts one in the net, 15-5.  Mendocino puts one in the net, 16-5 with Megan to serve.  Mendocino hits long, 17-5.  Hailey gets a tip to go down, 18-5.  Hailey and Deshwana stuff one to end a long rally, 19-5.  Mendocino hits long, 20-5.  Megan still serving.  Hailey gets stuffed on a C, 20-6.  We get called in the net on a block, 20-7.  Hailey goes Hammertime on them, 21-7 with Judy serving.  Mendocino hits long, 22-7.  Another kill by Hailey makes it 23-7.  Taylor gets a swing and makes it count, 24-7.  Mendocino gets one to go down and stop the run, 24-8.  They serve long and it's a 25-8 win.

It's still hot in this gym!  When will winter finally get here?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Appeal Democrat Article 10/14/2010

Well it looks like my reading of Coach's body language last night was right on cue.  I think he says it pretty well in this article.

Rolling along ... sort of


Lady 49ers grind out victory over Contra Costa

With each unforced error, bad serve and spike into the net, Greg Chapman's eye rolling became more pronounced. He sighed, slouched back in his chair and grumbled after the numerous miscues from the Yuba College volleyball team.
"I hope you understand how embarrassing that was," he said after the 49ers match against Contra Costa.
All that, and they won. Yuba swept no less. It was 25-10, 25-19, 25-19.
Not good enough, Chapman said. Not for a team eyeing the postseason.
"We should hold them under 10, under 15," he said.
Contra Costa is one of the cupcakes on Yuba's Bay Valley Conference schedule. The Comets were 1-43 in the BVC over the last three years heading into this season. When the two teams meet, it's usually a standardized, paint-by-numbers affair where Yuba plays its entire roster and the scores are heavily lopsided in the 49ers favor.
In game two, Yuba was down 9-5 and 20-19 before rallying for six straight points. In game three, the 49ers had a 23-16 lead before letting the Comets make it interesting.
"We talked about controlling the pace, that's a big part of it, and we didn't do that at all," Chapman said.
It wasn't like the team was slacking off either, he said. The 49ers practiced well the day before and weren't treating this game like some 8 a.m. lecture they could roll through half awake.
This 10-women team of all freshman just had trouble converting.
"There's no doubt we were the best team on the court," Chapman said. "And we were playing against ourselves."
One look at the stat sheet said it all for Chapman.
"Serving percentage: Yuck," Chapman said.
Lost in the self-criticism is the fact the 49ers (8-6) improved their BVC record to 5-2. While it's no secret the conference title goes through Solano and Napa, this young team uses each of its matches to improve and develop.
Kelijo Boney had nine kills, Hailey Harris added eight and Brittany Keyes had three. Taylor Thompson had 25 assists Judy Saefong had three aces and 100 percent serving.
Not mind-blowing, but effective enough.
"It's bad, but the girls expect more from themselves," Chapman said. "You can tell they're freshman sometimes."

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Home Game vs Contra Costa 10/13/2010

OK, we're late with the computer for this match.  Had some kind of weird error booting it up and it hung for 15 minutes.  Tonight we host the Contra Costa Comets from down in the East Bay area.  Anyway, the game is fairly sloppy but we are up 12-4 with Taylor serving.  K9 takes one deep for 13-4.  Taylor serves long, 13-5 and then Contra Costa returns the favor.  14-5 with K9 serving.  Megan gets one down, 15-5.  Comets get one back, 15-6.  Judy puts one over and the Comets mishandle, 16-6 with Marissa serving.  Double call on us, 16-7.  They call Hailey in the net, 16-8.  Four hits on Contra Costa 17-8 with Brit serving.  Hailey slaps one down, 18-8.  We let an overpass fall on the floor.  How embarassing is that?  18-9.  Marissa gets one from the back row, 19-9 with Judy serving.  20-9 as the Comets put one in the net.  They get one off our block, 20-10.  Taylor gets a nice setter dunk, 21-10 with Hailey serving.  K9 rips one down middle, 22-10.  Comets hit long, 23-10.  Double on the Comets, 24-10.  Comets put the last one in the net, 25-10 for the 49er's.

Game 2: Megan is testing the powers of the big dog again by sticking her tongue out at me.  Surely she learned something from the last time that happened?  Here we go!  Deshawna tries one in the deep corner but it goes long, 0-1.  Deshawna tries again and scores one, 1-1 with Judy in to serve.  Comets get one off a touch, 1-2.  Double call on our set, 1-3.  Hailey gets is back, 2-3.  Comets get one down line from the right side, 2-4.  K9 gets one off the block, 3-4 with Hailey to serve.  Ace by Hailey, 4 all.  She serves out on the next one, 4-5.  Taylor misses on a dink attempt, 4-6.  Comets get another one off a touch, 4-7.  K9 gets one down line from the right side, 5-7 with Taylor to serve.  We hit one out, 5-8.  We let one hit the net, 5-9.  Brit slaps one down, 6-9 with K9 to serve.  Brit gets another one, (must have been my homemade biscuits last night!), 7-9.  Comets hit long, 8-9.  We over pass out of the court, 8-10.  Bad serve receive, 8-11.  Comets serve long, 9-11 with Marissa to serve.  Comets mis-time a hit, 10-11.  Ace by Marissa! And it's 11 all.  Contra Costa puts one in the net, 12-11 and the Comets call a timeout.  Marissa continues serving out of the timeout.  She serves long, 12-12.  Big stuff by Brit and Hailey, 13-12 with Judy to serve.  Lift call on the Comets, 14-12.  Marissa lets one get by her, 14-13.  We let one fall, 14 all.  Another one falls off our block, 14-15.  Pick it up ladies!  Contra Costa puts one in the net, 15 all with Deshawna to serve.  Comets blow the pass, 16-15.  They pass one out, 17-15.  We serve out, 17-16.  K9 rips one sharp angle, 18-16 with Hailey to serve.  Comets get one in, 18-17.  K9 with a rip down line, 19-17 with Taylor to serve.  We let one roll off the block and fall, 19-18.  An overpass by us that falls in for a kill, 20-18 with K9 to serve.  Comets get a net dribbler to roll over, 20-19.  Comets let one fall on a freeball, 21-19 with Marissa to serve.  Lift call on the Comets, 22-19.  Comets put one in the net, 23-19.  Another one hits the net, 24-19.  Great save by Deshawna and then Hailey finishes it off, 25-19 Yuba.  Coach has a lot of subs in the game getting some floor time which probably explains some of the sloppy play.  It's amazing how confused things get when you put new faces on the court!

Game 3: It will sure be nice when winter gets here and we can cool off this gym!  About 90 in here today.  Marissa will start it off serving.  Brit goes hard but puts one in the net, 0-1.  Bad serve receive, 0-2.  Hailey gets just enough on one to put it down, 1-2 with Judy serving.  Comets hit long, 2-2.  Alisha hits long, 2-3.  Hailey slaps one down, and it's 3 all with Alisha to serve.  Comets hit long, 4-3.  We serve long, 4-4.  K9 gets is back with a rip down line, 5-4 with Hailey to serve.  Contra Costa gets a roll shot over our block to fall, 5-5.  Comets hit one in the net, 6-5 with Taylor to serve.  Double on the Comets, 7-5.  Comets put another one in the net, 8-5.  Taylor serves long, 8-6.  Hailey gets one from the back row off a touch, 9-6 with K9 serving.  Alisha puts one in the net, 9-7.  Brit gets one off an A, 10-7 with Marissa serving.  Carry call on us, 10-8.  Alisha puts one in the net, 10-9.  Hailey gets one down, 11-9 with Judy to serve.  Comets get it in the net, 12-9.  They put another one in the net, 13-9.  This time they hit long, 14-9 and it's timeout Comets!  It didn't help a lot, they hit long again, 15-9.  Now they hit wide, 16-9.  Ace by Judy, 17-9.  Comets get one on the line, 17-10.  Net call on us, 17-11.  Comets serve long, 18-11 with Alisha to serve.  We let one fall, 18-12.  Need to move the feet on defense!  Comets serve in the net, 19-12 with Hailey to serve.  Net serve makes it 19-13.  Taylor dumps one for 20-13.  Taylor to serve.  Confusion on defense lets one fall, 20-14.  Comets hit out, 21-14 with K9 to serve.  Once again we don't move our feet on defense, 21-15.  Comets put it in the net, 22-15 with Marissa serving.  Lift call on us, 22-16.  Hailey rips one, 23-16, with Judy to serve.  But the Comets call a timeout first.  Coach Chapman isn't looking real happy with the way we are playing.  Wonder what practice will be like tomorrow????  They call Hailey in the net again, 23-17.  We put one in the net, 23-18.  Double call on the Comets, 24-18.  We let one fall, 24-19.  Comets serve it in the net to finish a pretty ugly game, 25-19 Yuba.

We are out of here and looking for something cooler!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

State Rankings

The latest State Rankings by the California Community College Athletic Association were released on 5 Oct.  (http://www.cccaasports.org/Volleyball/Women/rankings.asp) Our 49er's are not in the top 25, but we can change that with a few home wins over Napa and Solano over the next couple weeks.  The latest statewide stat leaders list is also out (http://www.cccaasports.org/Volleyball/Women/statistics.asp) and here's what it looks like for our team.  We have several girls ranked and I think the next release will improve some of these rankings because we've racked up some stats lately. 
KillsPlayers Ranked:229
RankPlayer/Year/School/Games/Kills/Kills per Game
63Hailey Harris/ FR/ Yuba/ 35/ 91/ 2.60
144Kelijo Boney/ FR/ Yuba/ 35/ 67/1.91
215Alisha Benge/ FR/ Yuba/ 34/ 47/1.38
AcesPlayers Ranked:116
Player/Year/School/Games/Aces/Aces per Game
38Alisha Benge/ FR/ Yuba/ 34/ 19/ 0.56
57Kelijo Boney/ FR/ Yuba/ 35/ 17/ 0.49
110Hailey Harris/ FR/ Yuba/35/ 13/ 0.37
BlocksPlayers Ranked:102
Player/Year/School/Games/Blocks /Blocks per Game
16Hailey Harris/ FR/ Yuba/ 35/ 37/ 1.06
AssistsPlayers Ranked:91
Player/Year/School/Games/Assists /Assists per Game
38Taylor Thompson/ FR/ Yuba/ 35/ 227/ 6.49
DigsPlayers Ranked:241
Player/Year/School/Games/Digs /Digs per Game
205Kelijo Boney/ FR/ Yuba/ 35/ 69/ 1.97

Friday, October 8, 2010

Away Game vs. Solano Community College 10/8/2010

Well, today is the 17th birthday for my youngest, so Happy Birthday Hannah!  Here we are in Fairfield, home of the Solano Falcons.  This team along with Napa and ourselves represent the top tier in our conference.  So I'm expecting a very tough match tonight.  As usual, we'll have to do it with a cheer squad of 3 in the stands.  Solano seems to have a small contingent of fans drifting in, so we will be outnumbered, but not out-voiced!  Looking over the Falcon roster I see a couple familiar faces.  At least two of their players came from Vacaville Christian High which was our fiercest rival the last 3 years in High School.  So if we see K9 snarling at the net, there might be a reason.  Wait, it looks like we might have a couple of boyfriend fans who have shown up, our cheer squad just doubled in size!  We may need it.  Almost game time, let's go 9er's!!!!!

Game 1: Looks like Megan will be starting us off at the service line.  Guess we've been on a roll winning the coin toss lately.  Net serve, down 0-1.  Not a good start.  Hailey hits out, 0-2.  Bad serve receive, 0-3.  Hailey loses a joust at the net, 0-4.  Hailey comes back with a deep slap down the middle, 1-4 with Judy in to serve.  Double on Solano, 2-4.  Solano rips one down line through K9, 2-5.  Carry call on Hailey, 2-6.  K9 gets an overpass to fall, 3-6 with Alisha to serve.  Solano hits out, 4-6.  We hit one in the net, 4-7.  Bad serve receive, 4-8.  Solano goes sharp angle, 4-9 and Coach Chapman wants a timeout to talk things over.  We need to crank up the intensity.  Solano hits out, 5-9 with Hailey to serve.  Solano hits long, 6-9.  Ace by Hailey, 7-9.  Solano in the net while blocking Megan, 8-9.  Solano finds a hole, 8-10.  They serve net, 9-10 with Taylor to serve.  Hailey hits long from the back row, 9-11.  Double call on us, 9-12.  A block by us, but it lands out, 9-13.  Net serve, 10-13 with K9 to serve.  Alisha gets a sharp angle to go, 11-13.  Lift call on us, 11-14.  Brit gets one down, 12-14 with Megan to serve.  Solano finds another hole, 12-15.  K9 hits wide from the back row, 12-16.  Net serve by Solano, 13-16 with Judy in to serve.  Ace right on the line, 14-16.  Solano finds that hole again, 14-17.  Net call on us, 14-18.  Alisha makes them pay with a kill, 15-18.  Alisha to serve.  Solano hits out, 16-18.  Solano gets one to fall in on a tip, 16-19.  Net call on us again, 16-20.  Stuff by Solano, 16-21.  Hailey rips one down, 17-21 with Hailey to serve.  Net call on us again, these refs need new glasses. 17-22.  Double call on us, 17-23.  Taylor gets one on a dump, 18-23.  I am seeing some attitude coming out on the floor due to the refs making so many phantom net calls.  If the girls will just channel that aggression, we can use it.  Taylor to serve.  Solano hits in to the net, 19-23.  Net serve on us, 19-24.  K9 rips one down line from the right side, 20-24 with K9 to serve.  Solan rips one down, 20-25 and we are down in the first game.  Need to pick it up and come out strong in the next one to get back in this.

Game 2:  Solano has the serve to start game 2.  Long rally to start and Solano lets one hit the net, 1-0 with Judy serving.  We hit one in the net, 1-1.  Bad serve receive, 1-2.  Hailey rips one and it's 2-2.  Alisha to serve.  Alisha gets a real slow one to fall from the back row, 3-2.  Hailey finds a hole for a tip, 4-2.  Alisha hits one in the net, 4-3.  Hailey tips another in a hole, 5-3.  Hailey to serve.  Solano gets one to go deep, 5-4.  We let one just fall on serve receive and it's 5-5.  Solano goes down line and we are down 5-6.  Solano rips one in the middle, 5-7.  We can't receive a serve, 5-8.  We hit the antenna, 5-9.  Starting to choke up out there.  Solano serves long, 6-9 with Taylor to serve.  Lift call on Solano, 7-9.  Solano swipes one off our block, 7-10.  They serve net, 8-10 with K9 to serve.  Solano hits one in the net, 9-10.  Solano gets one off a touch on us, 9-11.  Megan hits one long, 9-12.  Hailey hits long from the back row, 9-13.  We blow another serve receive, 9-14.  Timeout 49er's.  And it's another blown serve receive, 9-15.  Ace by Solano, 9-16.  Net serve by Solano, 10-16 with Megan to serve.  Double call on Solano, 11-16.  Out of rotation call on Solano, 12-16.  Big block by Brit and Hailey, 13-16.  Solano finds a hole, 13-17.  Solano is in the net, 14-17 with Judy to serve. Solano hits one in the net, 15-17.  Solano gets one off our block, 15-18.  Solano gets one off a touch on our back row, 15-19.  Alisha rips one cross court, 16-19 with Alisha to serve.  Solano hits wide, 17-19.  Alisha serves in the net, 17-20.  Bad serve receive, 17-21.  Bad serve receive with an overpass that Solano slaps back down, 17-22.  Double call on us, 17-23.  Net serve by Solano, 18-23.  Hailey to serve.  It's in the net, 18-24.  K9 gets a tip to land on the line, 19-24 with Taylor to serve.  Long serve and we lose 19-25.  We really need to stop hurting ourselves.  If we eliminate the fixable errors, we are running with this team.

Game 3:  Megan will lead us off serving.  Solano dinks over our block, 0-1.  Hailey gets a dink to fall, 1-1 with Judy in to serve.  Ace, 2-1.  We shank a pass, 2-2.  Lift call on us, 2-3.  Solano serves out, 3-3 with Alisha to serve.  K9 gets a tip to fall, 4-3.  Alisha serves long, 4-4.  Bad serve receive, 4-5.  We are slow on a dink, 4-6.  K9 rips one down line, 5-6 with Hailey serving.  Taylor slaps one down, 6 all.  Solano sends one down, 6-7.  K9 gets another one down line, 7-7 with Taylor serving.  K9 gets a left handed save to go down, 8-7.  Megan gets a big block, 9-7.  Timout Solano!  Taylor serves.  Solano hits wide, 10-7 after a long rally.  Megan and Brit stuff one back on them, 11-7.  Controversial call, but Solano gets the point 11-8.  Megan gets one down, 12-8 with K9 to serve.  Brit hits long, 9-12.  Brit makes it count on the next one, 13-9 with Megan to serve.  Alisha slaps one off the block, 14-9.  Megan serves long, 14-10.  Solano rips one, 14-11.  Hailey gets a tip to fall, 15-11 with Judy in to serve.  We let one fall, 15-12.  Solano rips one, 15-13.  We cannot receive a serve, 15-14 and Coach Chapman wants to talk it over, timeout Yuba.  Solano serves long, 16-14 with Alisha to serve.  Solano slaps one through our block, 16-15.  We let another serve recieve fall, 16 all.  Solano serves net, Hailey to serve, 17-16.  Solano slaps one back, 17 all.  K9 gets one down line, 18-17 with Taylor to serve.  Brit and Megan stuff one bigtime, 19-17.  Solano fights back and it's 19-18.  Bad serve receive with an over pass and it's 19 all.  We don't follow an overpass and it's 19-20.  Solano gets one when our block lands out, 19-21.  K9 hits out, 19-22.  Timeout Yuba!  Relax and just play hard ladies.  We can do this!  Megan hits one in the net, 19-23.  Self inflicted wounds!  Bad passing and a mishit by us, 19-24.  Solano gets one off our block to end the game, 19-25. 

Well, we've played both of the top teams in the conference and lost both times.  We will have to pick it up if we're going to compete with these teams.  No excuses, but we are an all freshman team and most of the teams we're playing are loaded with sophomores.  Still, if we stop hurting ourselves, we can compete.

That's all from here, we're packing it up and heading home.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Appeal Democrat Article 10/7/2010

Yuba volleyball blanks Marin

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Kelio Boney had 13 kills and two digs and Hailey Harris had seven kills and four digs and Yuba College rolled to a 25-14, 25-15 and 25-13 road victory over Marin on Wednesday.
Alisha Benge had six kills, eight digs and three aces, Brittany Keyes had five kills and setter Talor Thompson had 27 assists.
The well-played win came at a good time for the 49ers (7-5, 4-1), who play one of the Bay Valley Conference's toughest opponents in Napa Valley on Friday.

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!

Friday, October 1, 2010

Appeal Democrat Article - 9/30/2010

Lady Niners spike Alameda

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Yuba sweeps past Cougars to improve to 3-1 in BVC

As the volleyball team played its match against Alameda, the Yuba College women's basketball team patiently sat in the stands and waited to use the gym for practice.
Total wait time: 43 minutes.
Setter Taylor Thompson called it "a killing." Coach Greg Chapman dubbed it "a time for us to work on some stuff." The scorebook read a 25-9, 25-9, 25-5 sweep for the 49ers, who improved to 3-1 in Bay Valley Conference play with the swift shellacking of the Cougars on Wednesday.
"That was like the fastest game I played," Thompson said.
The match started at 6 p.m. And after racking up 17 assists in less time than it takes to attend the average class at Yuba, Thompson came to that realization in the parking lot, as she her fellow teammates chatted with the sun still setting outside.
Another topic of conversation was the damaging effectiveness the 49ers' serving. The team tallied 17 aces, a stat they, and their coach were rather pleased about.
"It's just one of those things — you want first serve and you want aces," Chapman said.
Well he got four each from Alisha Benge, Megan Dodd and Judy Saefong, and Hailey Harris added three.
Efforts like that are exactly what Yuba's coaching staff want to see on days like this, where the players can use a match against a weaker conference foe to fine-tune facets of their game. With the 49ers (6-5) having a bye on Friday, this game essentially became a shortened practice session in full uniform.
"One of the things we talked about was controlling the pace," Chapman said. "We stepped it up."
They turned it into a sprint.
But that's what the team needs to do in games like this, he said. For the 49ers to repeat as BVC champions, the team will face a tough challenge from Solano, Napa Valley and a Marin team on the rise.
"We're going to have to play good games against them to beat them," Chapman said.
Those "good games" will have to come back-to-back. Next week, Yuba faces Marin on the road and makes the trip to Fairfield on Friday to take on Solano.
That makes matches like Wednesday's against Alameda must wins for this young team. So far, the 49ers and their roster of all freshman has exceeded expectations. In Chapman's opinion, he never has to worry about a lack of hustle.
"Oh yeah, the attitude," he said glowingly.
Harris finished with a team-high eight kills and added two digs. Kelijo Boney had five kills and Brittany Keyes was set five times by Thompson and finished with four kills.