Lady Little Giants move to 3-0 with exciting win at Bellevue.
By Bill Bray
BELLEVUE – It was mentioned that this second game away from the Purple Pit would be a true test for the Giants, saying ‘they passed’ would not do it justice. They dominated.
The first set saw Bellevue with an 18-16 lead midway through the set. Then an ace by Abby Cahill brought the Giants to within one at 18-17. Carma Johnson helped Ross tie the set up at 18-18 with some nice work at the net. The Lady Giants took the lead back again at 19-18 after Johnson and Brooklyn Smith teamed up for a nice block. Then it was a tap that caught Bellevue by surprise as Ross was up 20-18. Bellevue’s Kailee Felder brought the Lady Red back to within one at 20-19 with one of her numerous kills on the night. Then the score was 20-20. The Lady Red went on to score the final five points of the set to win 25-20.
The Lady Giants’ never say die attitude picked up in the second set. After the set was tied up at nine, Ross took control. In fact, they never trailed after that tie. Enter Lyndi Wolf.(pictured in feature photo #16) The freshman middle hitter had what would appeared to have been the game of her young varsity life. “You are going to write that name, say that name, see that face, a lot, a lot.” Coach Cahill said of her freshman middle hitter. Unofficially she finished with 18 kills for the contest. Later in the set, two kills in a row then an ace serving from Wolf made the Ross advantage 16-11. Chip in a few kills from Carma Johnson and Caroline Cahill Ross went on to claim the set 25-21 when Abby Cahill and Brooklyn Smith ended it with a block.
The third set was anyones game more than halfway through. After Ross’ Jocelyn Hines knotted it up at 20, Ross had a few unforced errors on a bad serve and bad play at the net. These few mistakes open the door for the Lady Red and put them on top 25-20.
Then came the fourth set with a lineup of Kelsey Weickert, Abby Cahill, Haleigh Rios, Caroline Cahill, Carma Johnson and Lyndi Wolf the Lady Giants never trailed the rest of the night. In fact, the fourth set saw Ross dominate with a 25-10 win sending the match into the fifth and deciding set. “We made a change in the block a little bit in the fourth set, and I don’t know if it made a difference in the size of our block out there, but it took then out of sync a little bit.” Coach Cahill said.
Ross opened an 8-3 lead until a service error made the score 8-4. But after that point, the Giants outscored Bellevue 7-4 to take the set 15-8, and move them to 3-0 on the season.
Abby Cahill (left) and Kelsey Weickert (Right, in white) play roles in the Fremont victory.