Kings Came to AMHS-9.22.11

Last night the Lady Knights from Kings came to Archbishop Murphy.  We knew it would be a high-octane roller-coaster ride all night and it lived up to that.

Are JVC and JV teams played their matches side by side.

The JVC girls believed in keeping the ball in play and extending the rallies and it payed off by winning the 1st set.  They knew they had to bear down as this wasn't the end.  Kings came back hard and took the 2nd game, forcing one game for it all to 25 in the 3rd.  It was back and forth with each point and many great rallies, ultimately the depth of Kings overcame our girls and took the 3rd game and the match.

Gillian, Malia, Julia, Hannah, Monica, Jassmyn, Maddie (Chloe and Teresa- Cheering from the Bench), played like Champions and competed hard all match.  Great Job Girls!!!!

The JV went hard at Kings and it was back and forth the 1st Game.  The game and the match took a turn when Setter, Abby Jamieson, hurt her wrist and had to come out of the match and did not return.  The team shuffled around this and took the load upon their shoulders to keep pushing.  In the end, Kings was able to rise above and take all 3 Games and the Match. Heroic fight girls and much was gained by your play.

The Varsity knew they had to rock Kings World coming into last night to keep pace in the Conference.  We came out going toe to toe in the 1st set, by some great serving/defense by Hannah Linsenmayer and Blocking by both of our MH's.  Kings put on a violent run at the end of Set One and took it 25-21.

Going into the 2nd set, we knew our margin for error was very slim and like the good team that Kings are they found it and took advantage of it. We kept pushing and pulling.  They came out swinging hard and adjusted to some great blocking by Beth Carlson and took the 2nd Set 25-18.

The last game came down to, will Jeff lose his voice and will we find a crack in the Knights Armor.  We found a few chinks, but we could not pierce it deep enough to push them down and in the end lost the 3rd Set 25-19 and the Match 3-0.

Kings is the Benchmark for excellence for Volleyball in our Conference.  Knowing that, we will only get better and we await our opportunity to meet them again and it will be any ones match.

We take a break and prepare for a trip to Lakewood next Tuesday.

See you all on the road and in the gym......