The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Volleyball Team is 3-2 in their last five matches, falling 3-0 at Wayne last Tuesday night and 3-1 at home to O'Neill last Thursday night in action heard on 107.9 the Bull before downing Homer 3-0 at home Tuesday night and Arlington and Oakland-Craig 2-0 at the Oakland-Craig Triangular Thursday night.
The Blue Devils won set one 25-23, set two 25-14, and set three 25-21.
Sophia Hass had 14 kills and 12 digs while Hanna Knobbe totaled 31 digs. Reece Snodgrass posted 11 digs and 16 set assists while Ally Plagge and Meghan Brunsing notched 10 digs and 11 set assists, respectively.
In the O'Neill match, things started off promising for Central Catholic, who took set one 25-13.
The Eagles took control from there, however, winning set two 25-13, and sets three and four 25-21.
Head Coach Kate Hagemann says her team's mental toughness has to be better. "At some point you hope that we start to improve a little bit. I think we have it in us physically. I know we have the skills, and I know we have what it takes to continue to improve and get better. Right now I think it's a lot of mental, and we're just mentally weak right now, and mentally weak teams don't find ways to win. And right now we're finding ways to lose and hurt ourselves and make a lot of errors. And at some point we just talked about after the game they'll have to make that decision. We have to practice harder, we got to warm up harder, we got to play harder, and if we do those things I know that each of the girls have it within them to be a better player."
Hass led the Bluejays with a team-high 13 kills and 18 digs while Evelyn Wooldrik notched 8 kills. Knobbe finished with 24 digs while Snodgrass had 14 digs and 14 set assists. Plagge registered 14 digs while Brunsing added 7 digs and 10 set assists.
GACC downed Homer 25-10 in set one, 25-18 in set two, and 25-8 in set three.
Hass finished with 9 kills and 18 digs while Brooklyn Bailey recorded 8 kills. Knobbe chipped in 22 digs while Snodgrass posted 10 digs and 15 set assists. Erica Engelmeyer notched 9 digs.
The Bluejays topped Oakland-Craig 27-25 in set one and 25-15 in set two.
Hass led the way with 12 kills and 12 digs while Knobbe had 17 kills. Brunsing totaled 15 digs and 7 set assists while Plagge and Snodgrass compiled 13 and 12 digs, respectively.
GACC downed the Eagles 25-17 in the first set, and 25-20 in the second set.
Knobbe had a team-high 17 digs while Hass added 11. Brunsing recorded 10 digs and 12 set assists while Plagge totaled 8 digs.
Good play from the Bluejays this week. I feel like GACC is getting better.
The Bluejays (7-5) host Bishop Neumann Tuesday night.
The Cavaliers are very polished having handed Stanton their only loss.
This will be a huge challenge for GACC without a doubt.
The Bluejays really need to get after things and play well.
GACC is young, but I think this match against Neumann will help these younger players grow and mature at the very least.
A lot can be learned from playing a team like Neumann, and I look for the Bluejays to give the Cavaliers everything they've got.
I think GACC can compete in this match, and give Neumann a game.
I don't know if the Bluejays are at a point yet where they can knock off teams like the Cavaliers, but anything can happen so GACC has to remain optimistic.
Games aren't played on paper, and if there's a team that can upset Neumann it is the Bluejays.
We'll see what happens, and if the progress GACC made and the momentum they gained this week carries over to Tuesday night.
I thought the Bluejays played well this week, even if they did beat teams below .500.
This will be GACC's toughest match of the year without a doubt though.
Wayne and Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family were very tough, but the Cavaliers are the cream of the crop.
The Bluejays are Volleyball royalty too though so I fully expect GACC to come out firing on all pistons and cylinders.
The Bluejays need to step up their play in this match and play well.
GACC has to play better than they have all season if they hope to have a chance in this one.
Neumann is a great team, and it will take an extraordinary effort from the Bluejays to get the job done.
Anything can happen though as that's why they play the games so GACC has to go out there and do what I know they are capable of, which is win.
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