North Bend Central off to 2-3 start

The North Bend Central Volleyball Team is 2-3 so far on the young season as the Tigers won 2-0 over Oakland-Craig and Wakefield/Allen at the Northeast Nebraska Volleyball Classic at Wisner-Pilger Thursday night before losing 2-0 to Wayne, Lutheran High Northeast, and and Fremont Bergan at the Classic on Saturday.

The Tigers clobbered the Trojans 25-18 in set one and 28-26 in set two.

North Bend Central topped Oakland-Craig 25-21 in set one, and 25-23 in set two.

The Blue Devils won set one 25-13, and set two 25-6.

The Eagles claimed the first set 25-21 and the second set 26-24.

Bergan beat the Tigers 25-16 in set one and 25-15 in set two.

Very solid and good start to the season for North Bend Central on day one. The second day of games proved to be very challenging though.

Head Coach Amy Sterup."We had our ups and downs like any normal team that's young and inexperienced, and I have no doubt once we get more experience we'll be on a more even keel. We just got to learn to play hard the whole way through, and with confidence."

The Tigers (2-3) take on Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family (2-0) on the road Thursday night.

The Bulldogs won 3-0 at BRLD last Tuesday night to open up the season and also beat GACC Tuesday night.

Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family is very tough, led by Taya Beller.

North Bend Central needs Lauren Emanuel and Megan Ortmeier to have big matches.

This will be the first road test for this young Tigers' squad.

North Bend Central has to come into this match confident and unphased.

The Tigers can't be scared of or intimidated by the Bulldogs.

North Bend Central has to come ready to play, and be ready to bring and give their all for the entire length of the match.

The Tigers were very competitive in the LHNE loss, and I think the Bulldogs are comparable to the Eagles.

I think North Bend Central is going to go in there and compete hard and come away with a result that is satisfying.

The Tigers may not win, but I feel one way or another there are going to be positives for North Bend Central to take away from the match.

Just like in a win, there's always things to take away and build on from losses, and so I look for the Tigers to find things to take away from the match, win or lose.

This is a big week for North Bend Central with a Triangular against David City Aquinas and Wayne later in the week.

Tough teams and competition this week for the Tigers for sure, but I only feel it's going to make North Bend Central tougher and stronger down the road.

The Tigers have to keep fighting, clawing, and scratching for every point.

I would imagine North Bend Central is quite young this year so the Tigers have to keep gaining experience in order to improve and become the great team I know they are capable of becoming.

Winning and good things don't happen overnight, and North Bend Central is in the process of building something great and memorable, something similar to what the Tigers have had in the past for sure.