DUBOIS — The Curwensville Lady Tide volleyball team lost a tough 5-set match on the road in DuBois on Monday night in their traditional season opener at the much bigger school and program.
The scores were 28-26, 11-25, 25-17, 20-25, 14-16.
Lady Tide Head Coach Sandy Bailor was upbeat after the loss, ” We were up for the challenge and we fell short. We played a great match and I couldn’t be any prouder of this team. In our first set we battled from the first serve to the last and won 28-26, the second set we seemed to let down, we had trouble passing the ball and we couldn’t get the offense running. The third set we won 25-17 when we got back on track with our passing and it gave our setter Alaina Stiles the opportunity to run the offense. In the fourth set it was a game of long volleys and again we came up short 20-25. And in the fifth set we were up 8-3 and DuBois battled back and we kept matching point to point and then we had some bad passes and ended up losing that set 14-16 and the match. A disappointing loss, but a loss I feel the girls will learn a lot from, we have nothing to be ashamed of – they played hard and they never gave up. Its been a few years since I have had a team that plays like a team whether they are a starter or a player that comes off the bench they all play a pivotal part on this team making it a team that is fun to coach.”
Stat leaders:
Tierra Shope – 14 service points, 9 kills, 3 blocks. Jazmin Soult – 13 service points, 3 kills. Logan Witherite – 9 service points, 4 kills. Melanie Milliron – 8 service points. Alaina Stiles – 7 service points, 2 kills, and 19 assists. Ciara Strickland – 6 service points, 5 kills, 2 blocks.
The Lady Tide (0-1) will be back in action on Tuesday September 10 when they host Brookville.
Lady Tide Scoreboard:
Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
09/03 | @ DuBois | 2 – 3 | 0 – 1 |
09/10 | BROOKVILLE | Â | Â |
09/12 | PUNXSUTAWNEY | Â | Â |
09/14 | @ Brockway Tournament | Â | Â |
09/16 | @ Clearfield | Â | Â |
09/17 | @ DuBois Central | Â | Â |
09/23 | @ Mo Valley | Â | Â |
09/24 | @ Brockway | Â | Â |
09/26 | @ Ridgway | Â | Â |
10/01 | JOHNSONBURG | Â | Â |
10/03 | DUBOIS | Â | Â |
10/07 | KANE | Â | Â |
10/10 | @ Brookville | Â | Â |
10/12 | @ Kane Tournament | Â | Â |
10/14 | MO VALLEY | Â | Â |
10/15 | @ Punxsutawney | Â | Â |
10/17 | DUBOIS CENTRAL | Â | Â |
10/21 | CLEARFIELD | Â | Â |
10/24 | BROCKWAY | Â | Â |