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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Away Game vs Mendocino College Eagles - 16 Nov 2010 - game 3
Game 3: Megan to start us off serving. Hailey puts one wide, 0-1. Brit hits the net, 0-2. Eagles get one down, 0-3. Net serve, 1-3 with Judy to serve. We let one fall, 1-4. Hailey rips one, 2-4 with Alisha to serve. Hailey rips another one, 3-4. Mendocino hits wide, 4-4. Ace by Alisha, 5-4. Hailey gets one on a C route, 6-4. Eagles hit wide, 7-4. Hailey smacks down another shot, 8-4 and the Eagles want a timeout to talk it over! Alisha to serve it up again. Ace by Alisha makes it 9-4. Eagles can't get it back over, 10-4. Hailey with another slap down, 11-4. Tip by Taylor makes it 12-4. Hailey gets a roll shot over the block, 13-4 and Mendocino uses their last timeout. Eagles score one, 13-5. Alisha gets one from back row, 14-5 with Hailey to serve. Net serve, 14-6. K9 rips one down, 15-6 with Taylor to serve. Eagles hit long, 16-6. Ace by Taylor, 17-6. K9 gets one off the block, 18-6. Timing is off and we let one hit the net, 18-7. Eagles in the net, 19-7 with K9 to serve. Ace, Ace baby, 20-7. K9 gets stuffed on a back row attempt, 20-8. Alisha gets one down, 21-8 with Megan to serve it up. Hailey puts one in the net, 21-9. She makes up for it with a deep shot down middle, 22-9 with Judy serving. Eagles get one off our bad pass, 22-10. Another one in the net for Hailey, 22-11. Alisha gets one from the right side, 23-11 with Alisha to serve. K9 puts one in the net, 23-12. K9 goes left handed for a sharp angle shot, 24-12 with Hailey serving. Taylor finishes it off with a setter dump and it's a 25-12 win. Yuba finishes the season and it's time to load up the bus.
Away Game vs Mendocino College Eagles - 16 Nov 2010 - game 2
Mendocino will start this one with the serve. Eagles get an Ace to start it off, 0-1. They serve long on the next one, 1-1 with Judy serving. Alisha hits long, 1-2. Hailey gets one off, 2-2 with Alisha to serve. Hailey slaps down another one, 3-2. Eagles come right back, 3-3. Long rally ends with Hailey firing one off, 4-3 with Hailey tos serve. Net serve, 4-4. Long serve by Mendocino gives it right back, 5-4 with Taylor to serve. Megan nails one down, 6-4. Taylor serves long, 6-5. K9 goes down line from the right side, 7-5 and K9 to serve. We can't handle one deep from the Eagles, 7-6. Confusion on who should swing, 7-7. Eagles serve net, 8-7 with Megan serving. Brit gets stuffed, 8 all. Alisha hits wide, 8-9. Hailey brings it back, 9-9 with Judy to serve. Eagles hit wide, 10-9. Eagles hit long, 11-9. Megan gets one from the back row, 12-9. Eagles get one off the block, 12-10. K9 with one from the back row, 13-10 with Alisha serving. Eagles put one in the net, 14-10. Eagles get one off the touch in the back, 14-11. More confusion on a second ball, 14-12. K9 hits long, 14-13. Ace by the Eagles makes it 14-14. Wide serve, 15-14, with Hailey serving. Eagles put it in the net, 16-14. Eagles get a sharp angle to go, 16-15. Megan brings us back, 17-15 with Taylor to serve. Eagles hit wide, 18-15. Ace by Taylor and it's 19-15 and timeout Eagles. Brit knocks one down, 20-15. Alisha hits long from the back row, 20-16. Brit gets one from the left side, 21-16 with K9 serving. Megan with a tip and it's 22-16. Brit rips another one cross court, 23-16. Eagles get a tip over, 23-17. We let one fall, 23-18. Net serve by Mendocino, 24-18. Ace by Megan and it's a 25-18 win.
Away Game vs Mendocino College Eagles - 16 Nov 2010 - game 1
Very nice drive up to Mendocino College. Took the bus with the team and it was SO nice not having to drive. It's "Sophomore Night" tonight, so Mendocino will be honoring their graduating members. Life comes at you fast in community college, you start and then boom, you're graduating to a 4-year school.
Should be a fun night. Here we go with game 1.
Megan will start us off serving. Megan gets stuffed on a back row attempt, 0-1. Eagles get a tip in, 0-2. Mix up on serve receive, 0-3. Hailey mis-times one in the middle, 0-4. She comes right back and rips one, 1-4 with Judy serving. K9 gets one to fall from the back row, 2-4. Alisha with a block, 3-4. We let one get by us deep, 3-5. Out of rotation call on Mendocino, 4-5 with Alisha to serve. Eagles put one in the net, 5-5. Hailey slaps down another one, 6-5. Taylor gets a tip to go, 7-5. K9 with a sharp angle shot, 8-5. Bad set keeps Hailey from another one, 8-6. Another serve receive error, 8-7. Taylor puts one in the net trying to save an overpass, 8-8. Eagles serve net, 9-8 with Hailey serving. Hailey puts one in the net from the back row, 9-9. K9 gets stuffed, 9-10. Megan gets it back with one down the middle, 10 all with Taylor serving. Ace by Taylor, 11-10. Eagles can't control it, 12-10. Another Ace, 13-10 and the Eagles want a timeout! Taylor still serving as we resume play. Another Ace, 14-10. Mendocino sends one long, 15-10. Taylor serves wide, 15-11. Megan gets a slap off the block, 16-11 with K9 to serve. Mendocino puts it in the net, 17-11. Megan with a deep shot, 18-11. Eagles get one to roll over the block, 18-12. Brit gets in on the action taking one down line, 19-12 with Megan to serve. Alisha gets one off the block, 20-12. Double call on Mendocino after a great save by K9, 21-12. Eagles put one down, 21-13. Eagles send one wide, 22-13 with Judy to serve. Taylor tips one over, 23-13. Alisha puts one in the net, 23-14. Hailey gets it right back with one in the middle, 24-14 with Alisha to serve. Ace by Alisha makes it 25-14 Yuba. One down, two to go.
Should be a fun night. Here we go with game 1.
Megan will start us off serving. Megan gets stuffed on a back row attempt, 0-1. Eagles get a tip in, 0-2. Mix up on serve receive, 0-3. Hailey mis-times one in the middle, 0-4. She comes right back and rips one, 1-4 with Judy serving. K9 gets one to fall from the back row, 2-4. Alisha with a block, 3-4. We let one get by us deep, 3-5. Out of rotation call on Mendocino, 4-5 with Alisha to serve. Eagles put one in the net, 5-5. Hailey slaps down another one, 6-5. Taylor gets a tip to go, 7-5. K9 with a sharp angle shot, 8-5. Bad set keeps Hailey from another one, 8-6. Another serve receive error, 8-7. Taylor puts one in the net trying to save an overpass, 8-8. Eagles serve net, 9-8 with Hailey serving. Hailey puts one in the net from the back row, 9-9. K9 gets stuffed, 9-10. Megan gets it back with one down the middle, 10 all with Taylor serving. Ace by Taylor, 11-10. Eagles can't control it, 12-10. Another Ace, 13-10 and the Eagles want a timeout! Taylor still serving as we resume play. Another Ace, 14-10. Mendocino sends one long, 15-10. Taylor serves wide, 15-11. Megan gets a slap off the block, 16-11 with K9 to serve. Mendocino puts it in the net, 17-11. Megan with a deep shot, 18-11. Eagles get one to roll over the block, 18-12. Brit gets in on the action taking one down line, 19-12 with Megan to serve. Alisha gets one off the block, 20-12. Double call on Mendocino after a great save by K9, 21-12. Eagles put one down, 21-13. Eagles send one wide, 22-13 with Judy to serve. Taylor tips one over, 23-13. Alisha puts one in the net, 23-14. Hailey gets it right back with one in the middle, 24-14 with Alisha to serve. Ace by Alisha makes it 25-14 Yuba. One down, two to go.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Away Game vs Contra Costa College 12 Nov 2010 Game 3
Game 3: Contra Costa to serve first. Alisha starts us off, 1-0 with Brit to serve. Comets come right back, 1-1. Double on the Comets, 2-1 with Judy in to serve. Hailey slaps it down, 3-1. Comets put one in the net, 4-1. They put one more in the twine, 5-1. Hailey with a block, 6-1. Taylor with a block, 7-1. Ace right on the end line, Go Judy, 8-1. And add one more to it, 9-1. Comets put one in the net, 10-1. Brit hits the net on a backrow attempt, 10-2. Comets get one to drop in the hole, 10-3. Hailey gets stuffed, 10-4. Net serve sends Hailey to the line, 11-4. Despite some great saves the Comets get one to go finally, 11-5. K9 finally gets one to roll over the block, 12-5 with Taylor to serve. We put one in the net, 12-6. Block by Brit and Megan, 13-6 with K9 to serve. Comets roll one over our block, 13-7. Comets find that ever present hole in the middle, 13-8. Brits pounds one in, 14-8 with Meg to serve. Double on the Comets, 15-8. Alisha sends one down, 16-8. Megans jump serve attempt goes short, 16-9. Hailey gets it right back though, 17-9 with Brit serving. Comets hit long, 18-9. Hailey with another one down, 19-9. Comets get caught in the net, 20-9. Contra Costa hits one in the net, 21-9. Hailey slips one down the front of the block, 22-9. Comets get one from the back row, 22-10. Alisha from the right side, 23-10 with Judy to serve. Hailey hits, 24-10. And Hailey finishes it off for a 25-10 win. We head home with a 3-0 victory and now to find something to do on a Friday night!
Away Game vs Contra Costa College 12 Nov 2010 Game 2
Game 2: We will start off with Megan serving. Comets score first, 0-1. We put one in the net, 0-2. We hit another one in the net, 0-3. Brit gets one to go, 1-3 with Brit to serve. Comets put one on the antenna, 2-3. Then we let one fall in the middle, 2-4. Hailey gets one down deep, 3-4 with Judy to serve. K9 puts one in the net, 3-5. Comets are called in the net, 4-5 with Hailey to serve. Ace, 5-5. Ace squared, 6-5. Three in a row for Hailey, 7-5. She tries a short serve that hits net, 7-6. K9 hits long, 7-7. Megan gets one in the middle, 8-7 with Taylor to serve. K9 finally scores with a tip, 9-7. Comets can't control the pass, 10-7. They put one in the net, 11-7. Taylor serves long, 11-8. K9 hits wide, 11-9. Megan hits wide, 11-10. K9 puts one in the net, 11-11. Comets serve net, 12-11 with K9 to serve. Ace, 13-11 and timeout Contra Costa. Brit gets one, 14-11. Megan racks up another kill, 15-11. Alisha gets in on the action, 16-11. Ace by K9, 17-11. Brit with a big smackdown, 18-11. Alisha sends another one down, 19-11. Double call on us finally ends the run, 19-12. Comets serve long, 20-12 with Megan serving. Hailey gets blocked, 20-13. Great save by Brit and Marissa to keep a rally going, but then we let it fall, 20-14. Alisha gets a block, 21-14 with Brit serving. Comets in the net, 22-14. Comets get one down deep, 22-15. Alisha slaps one down from the right side, 23-15 with Alisha to serve. Comets come right back, 23-16. Hailey gets a net dribbler to go, 24-16 with Hailey to serve. An Ace completes the game, 25-16. Switching sides for game 3.
Away Game vs Contra Costa College 12 Nov 2010 Game 1
Next to the last game of the season. Nice trip down to the Bay Area for this match. Should be another victory and a chance to improve some of our individual stats.
Game 1: Contra Costa Comets will start with the serve. They put it in the net, 1-0 with Brit serving. Double on the Comets, 2-0. Comets hit long, 3-0. Ace by Brit and it's 4-0. Long rally ends with us being in the net, 4-1. Comets hit long and it's 5-1 with Judy to the line. Comets send another one to the far wall, 6-1. Timeout Contra Costa. Comets hit wide, 7-1. We're late getting to one, 7-2. Megan drills one from the back row, 8-2 with Hailey to serve. Megan gets caught in the net, 8-3. Megan makes up for it with a tip to score, 9-3 with Taylor to serve. Taylor gets a push to go deep, 10-3. Comets can't handle a pass, 11-3. Ace by Taylor, 12-3. Comets get one to land on line, 12-4. Net serve by Contra, 13-4 with K9 to serve. Comets get one off a touch, 13-5. Megan gets another one in the middle, 14-5 with Megan to serve. Double call on us, 14-6. Brit can't get one on bad set, 14-7. Hailey slaps one down, 15-7. Comets get another one off a touch, 15-8. Hailey gets another smack, 16-8 With Judy to the line. Comets come right back with one of their own, 16-9. Hailey goes off again, 17-9 and gets the serve. Ace by Hailey, 18-9. And another Ace, 19-9. We let one get in the net, 19-10. K9 gets one to go, 20-10 with Taylor serving. Serve is long, 20-11. Megan gets another one down, 21-11 with K9 to serve. Judy gets one down line, 22-11. Ace by K9, 23-11. Comets put it in the net, 24-11. We shank a pass, 24-12. Brit finishes it off for a 25-12 win. Moving to Game 2.
Game 1: Contra Costa Comets will start with the serve. They put it in the net, 1-0 with Brit serving. Double on the Comets, 2-0. Comets hit long, 3-0. Ace by Brit and it's 4-0. Long rally ends with us being in the net, 4-1. Comets hit long and it's 5-1 with Judy to the line. Comets send another one to the far wall, 6-1. Timeout Contra Costa. Comets hit wide, 7-1. We're late getting to one, 7-2. Megan drills one from the back row, 8-2 with Hailey to serve. Megan gets caught in the net, 8-3. Megan makes up for it with a tip to score, 9-3 with Taylor to serve. Taylor gets a push to go deep, 10-3. Comets can't handle a pass, 11-3. Ace by Taylor, 12-3. Comets get one to land on line, 12-4. Net serve by Contra, 13-4 with K9 to serve. Comets get one off a touch, 13-5. Megan gets another one in the middle, 14-5 with Megan to serve. Double call on us, 14-6. Brit can't get one on bad set, 14-7. Hailey slaps one down, 15-7. Comets get another one off a touch, 15-8. Hailey gets another smack, 16-8 With Judy to the line. Comets come right back with one of their own, 16-9. Hailey goes off again, 17-9 and gets the serve. Ace by Hailey, 18-9. And another Ace, 19-9. We let one get in the net, 19-10. K9 gets one to go, 20-10 with Taylor serving. Serve is long, 20-11. Megan gets another one down, 21-11 with K9 to serve. Judy gets one down line, 22-11. Ace by K9, 23-11. Comets put it in the net, 24-11. We shank a pass, 24-12. Brit finishes it off for a 25-12 win. Moving to Game 2.
Appeal Democrat Article 11 Nov 2010
49ers grounded by Solano
Slim playoff chances squashed in final home match
November 10, 2010 11:44:00 PM
Taylor Thompson doesn't have much use for pretty adjectives when her team loses.
"It's sucky," she said.
Still, in a season that looked doomed from the beginning on paper, even the Yuba College setter can find some positives in the 49ers progression since August. This team that consists of all freshmen was in contention for the postseason, right up until Wednesday, when Solano came in and ended all hopes with a 25-21, 25-21, 25-16 home finale defeat for the 49ers.
"I thought we played well tonight," she said. "We didn't give up — like a fight."
Still, it stung.
"No, I wanted to go to the playoffs," Thompson said.
Yuba entered the Bay Valley Conference match needing quite a lot to get back to the postseason for a second straight season. First, the 49ers (13-8 overall, 10-4 in conference) needed to sweep the Falcons. Then, they needed to win their final two road games against Contra Costa and Mendocino just to be able to cross their fingers for other opponents to lose.
So when an errant 49ers spike ended the first game and put an end to the playoff hopes, Yuba coach Greg Chapman calmly walked by the scorer's table as his team switched sides. He knew what his team was up against and once the postseason pipe dream was over, he just wanted them to play hard against a strong Falcons squad.
Well, Yuba had its moments. In game two, the 49ers rallied back from a 12-3 deficit to make it interesting and Solano coach Darla Williams needed to call a pair of timeouts.
But against the deep and athletic Falcons roster, the 10-woman 49ers didn't have enough.
"Playing them is like playing tennis against a brick wall," Chapman said. "It just keeps on coming back."
But the coach is also excited about his players coming back next year. So when asked about losing a chance at the postseason, he shrugged it off, preferring to focus on this team's maturity.
"They came together really well and made some strides that I didn't think we could," he said. "They learned to work together in a lot of different ways.
"We want to keep improving. It's a matter of finishing strong and not leaving a bad taste in our mouths."
Then comes extra conditioning training and an offseason full of work to compete with the Solanos and Napa Valleys of the BVC. Yuba usually rolls through the weaker teams in the conference before facing battles against those two opponents.
Thompson finished with 17 assists, Hailey Harris had eight kills and three digs, and Alisha Benge had four kills and seven digs. Brittany Keys and Kelijo Boney each contributed four kills for the 49ers, who are now playing strictly for themselves.
Yuba has continual success against both Mendocino and Contra Costa, and the plan for the final two games of the year is simple and brutal, Thompson said.
"We'll kill them and finish on a good note," she said.
"It's sucky," she said.
Still, in a season that looked doomed from the beginning on paper, even the Yuba College setter can find some positives in the 49ers progression since August. This team that consists of all freshmen was in contention for the postseason, right up until Wednesday, when Solano came in and ended all hopes with a 25-21, 25-21, 25-16 home finale defeat for the 49ers.
"I thought we played well tonight," she said. "We didn't give up — like a fight."
Still, it stung.
"No, I wanted to go to the playoffs," Thompson said.
Yuba entered the Bay Valley Conference match needing quite a lot to get back to the postseason for a second straight season. First, the 49ers (13-8 overall, 10-4 in conference) needed to sweep the Falcons. Then, they needed to win their final two road games against Contra Costa and Mendocino just to be able to cross their fingers for other opponents to lose.
So when an errant 49ers spike ended the first game and put an end to the playoff hopes, Yuba coach Greg Chapman calmly walked by the scorer's table as his team switched sides. He knew what his team was up against and once the postseason pipe dream was over, he just wanted them to play hard against a strong Falcons squad.
Well, Yuba had its moments. In game two, the 49ers rallied back from a 12-3 deficit to make it interesting and Solano coach Darla Williams needed to call a pair of timeouts.
But against the deep and athletic Falcons roster, the 10-woman 49ers didn't have enough.
"Playing them is like playing tennis against a brick wall," Chapman said. "It just keeps on coming back."
But the coach is also excited about his players coming back next year. So when asked about losing a chance at the postseason, he shrugged it off, preferring to focus on this team's maturity.
"They came together really well and made some strides that I didn't think we could," he said. "They learned to work together in a lot of different ways.
"We want to keep improving. It's a matter of finishing strong and not leaving a bad taste in our mouths."
Then comes extra conditioning training and an offseason full of work to compete with the Solanos and Napa Valleys of the BVC. Yuba usually rolls through the weaker teams in the conference before facing battles against those two opponents.
Thompson finished with 17 assists, Hailey Harris had eight kills and three digs, and Alisha Benge had four kills and seven digs. Brittany Keys and Kelijo Boney each contributed four kills for the 49ers, who are now playing strictly for themselves.
Yuba has continual success against both Mendocino and Contra Costa, and the plan for the final two games of the year is simple and brutal, Thompson said.
"We'll kill them and finish on a good note," she said.
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