GACC loses to Wayne, beats O'Neill and Homer

The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Volleyball Team lost 3-0 at home to Wayne last Tuesday night before winning 3-0 at O'Neill Thursday night and 3-0 at Homer Tuesday night.

The Bluejays lost 25-16, 25-18, and 25-20 to the Blue Devils.

Sophia Hass had 8 kills and 17 digs while Evelyn Wooldrik posted 8 kills. Hanna Knobbe totaled 11 digs and 22 set assists while Erica Engelmeyer and Brooklyn Bailey recorded 10 and 9 digs, respectively.

GACC downed the Eagles 25-23 in set one, 25-20 in set two, and 25-18 in set three.

Hass registered 13 kills and 15 digs while Bailey had 10 kills and 7 blocks. Taylor Timmerman had 12 blocks while Wooldrik notched 10. Knobbe added 7 digs and 27 set assists.

The Bluejays defeated the Knights 25-13, 25-20, and 25-16.

Hass had 17 kills and 9 digs while Wooldrik recorded 9 kills and 7 blocks. Knobbe posted 26 set assists.

Two really good bounce back wins for GACC after losing to Wayne I feel.

The Bluejays (8-4) take on Oakland-Craig (7-6) and Arlington (3-8) at the Arlington Triangular Thursday night.

The Knights fell 3-2 at home to North Bend Central Tuesday night while the Eagles went 0-3 at the Stanton Tournament on Saturday, falling 2-0 to Stanton and Hartington Cedar Catholic, and 2-1 to Twin River.

I would think GACC would be able to take care of Arlington in two sets pretty easily and possibly the Knights in two sets as well with things being closer and tighter in that match.

I feel Oakland-Craig has been inconsistent as of late and the Eagles are no match for the Bluejays.

I really like how GACC responded following the loss to Wayne and how they are playing right now.

The Bluejays are 6-2 in their last 8 matches, and that's certainly quite an impressive mark.

GACC has to keep it up and has to keep applying pressure and playing well.

The Bluejays have to be relentless Thursday night, and must continue to play at a high level.

GACC is a good, strong team, and I would be shocked if the Bluejays didn't win this Triangular.

Oakland-Craig is good and has a lot of talent, and you never know about Arlington being at home and all, but I fully expect GACC to take care of business against both teams.

The Bluejays have a really tough next two weeks after this week so we'll find out just how good GACC is at that time.

The Bluejays need to sweep this Triangular and play well Thursday night to set the tone and stage for the next couple of weeks.

GACC has matches against Bishop Neumann, Battle Creek, Lutheran High Northeast, Hartington Cedar Catholic, and Wisner-Pilger from October 1st through the 10th.

Five very difficult and key matches coming up, but the Bluejays can't be looking ahead to that.

GACC has to come out and take care of business against Oakland-Craig and Arlington first.

The Bluejays' sole focus has to be on this Triangular, and nothing further down the road.

GACC can worry about those other five opponents at a later time, but for now the Bluejays have to concern themselves with beating the Knights and Eagles.