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By N. Waddell
The Hayden Lady Lobo volleyball team traveled to San Manuel High School on Tuesday September 11, 2012 for a match against the Lady Miners. The match started out good for the Lady Lobos winning the first set in overtime with a score of 28 to 26.
The second set was all Lady Lobos as they came out hot hitting their serves and doing a good job of not allowing the Miners to land their serves to win the second set 25 to 20. However, you have to win three sets in order to win the match and the Lady Lobos had a bad melt down in the next three sets. They came out flat in the third set with one serve and a break for all of the set to lose 16 to 25.
The fourth set was much the same except for Marlisse Perez who had a run of four serve points but it was not enough as the Lady Lobos lost the fourth set 17 to 25. The fifth set seemed like neither team wanted to win as both would go down the lineup with a serve break point followed by a serve break.
The Miners finally put something together to win the fifth set and the match with a 12 to 15 score.
The Lady Lobo JV had a good outing winning the match in two sets with lopsided scores of 25 to 16 and 25 to 10 to up their record to two wins against one loss.
The Lady Lobos, after the melt down against San Manuel, came back strong and determined against a tall Lady Tiger team from Globe High School. The Lady Lobos moving and talking and doing everything the way it should be done never allowed the Lady Tigers in any of the sets. The Lobos came out spiking, moving, talking and not allowing the Tigers to land their serves in winning the first set 25 to 19.
The second set was a bit closer but the outcome never seemed in doubt. The Lobos kept playing their tenacious game to win 25 to 22 to take a two set to none lead. The Lady Lobos never let the Lady Tigers get into their game in the third set to easily again playing great volleyball to sweep the Lady Tigers in three sets with a final score of 25 to 14.
The Lady Lobo JV match against the Lady Tiger JV was a sweep with the Lady Lobo JV winning the two sets with identical lopsided scores of 25 to 12 to up their record to three wins against one loss for the season.
The Lady Lobos have two matches this week having traveled to Miami High School on Tuesday September 18 to take on the always tough Lady Vandals and will be back on home court on Thursday September 20 taking on their rivals, the Lady Bearcats. Both matches have a 5:00 p.m. starting with the JV teams on the court first followed by the varsity match at 6:00 p.m.
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