The GACC Volleyball team went 2-1 this week, downing Homer 3-1 on the road Tuesday night, and beating Oakland-Craig 2-0 after losing 2-0 to Arlington at the GACC Triangular Thursday night.
The Bluejays defeated Homer 25-19 in set one before losing set two 25-21. GACC took set three 27-25, and set four 25-22.
Ally Plagge notched 13 kills and 16 digs while Riley Throener totaled 12 kills. Brooklyn Bailey added 9 kills while Hanna Knobbe and Meghan Brunsing registered 17 and 13 digs, respectively. Kali Stratman dished out 20 set assists.
The Eagles won set one 25-20, and set two 25-16.
Throener had 11 kills to lead the Bluejays. Plagge added 7 digs while Stratman recorded 14 set assists.
Head Coach Paul Steuter. "Well I thought overall we played fairly well. Against Arlington, the in system offense ran well when we could put up a good first pass. Serve receive has kind of been one of our achilles' heels, and service errors have been the other one. When we eliminate those we have the potential to be a pretty good team, but we still have some work to do on those two facets of the game."
GACC earned a 25-16 set one win, and grabbed set two 25-11 over Oakland-Craig.
Throener paced the Bluejays with 8 kills while Stratman dished out 15 set assists.
Steuter on his team's overall performance in the triangular. "When we execute on our side we can be a very good ball team. And I think the girls started believing in that. It's always easier to play when you have the lead, you're a lot looser, and I think that showed tonight. And it also allowed me to get a lot of my bench into the games for those later parts of those games."
GACC (5-7) is off until Tuesday night when they take on Wahoo Neumann (9-2) on the road.
The Cavaliers are a very strong team, and the Bluejays definitely have their work cut out for them in this match.
GACC needs Throener, Plagge, and Bailey to perform well offensively, and for Stratman to continue her excellent play setting those three up.
Knobbe, Plagge, and Brunsing need to play well defensively as well.
The Bluejays need the same kind of production they got against Homer, but need to play at a higher level than they have been lately.
I felt like GACC could of done better against Arlington, but the Eagles handled the Bluejays pretty easily.
If there's a team that can right the ship and do great things it's GACC, but the Bluejays have a tough stretch of matches over the next couple of weeks.
Even if GACC doesn't win these tough matches coming up, they should help the Bluejays prepare for a postseason run.
GACC just has to remain patient, and be willing to continue to work, learn and grow.
I understand they're used to a lot of winning at GACC and have great tradition, but even if the Bluejays struggle against these C-1 and C-2 schools, they should have a chance to make a state run seeing as they are in D-1.
You would still like to see GACC compete well against Neumann and the other tough teams on their schedule though.
The Bluejays have been dominant in the past just like the Cavaliers so there's no reason why GACC can't get back to that level.
The Bluejays have to expect to win Tuesday night. GACC can't go in there thinking they're doomed or going to lose and not win, because if they do that then they are already beat.
Winning is an expectation at GACC, and the Bluejays have to come out and expect a lot out of themselves Tuesday night.
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