Rochester beat us in a tight 3-1 match for the first contest of the season. Our improvement since then has been tremendous so we wanted that to show. Z had four digs in the first rally and our defense made a statement early. Both Hannah and Jenny each had 4 kills with no errors. We controlled the first set for the most part and held off a Rochester push at the end to win 25-22.
The second set started similar to the first but our offense came from a few different sources. Emily earned four kills and Linds and Chels each had three. Brit Lis made an amazing dig when Rochester's right side crushed a ball sharp cross and "Big Red" reached about five feet to her right for the up. As a team we hit .458 and our efficiency resulted in a 25-20 win.
The Devils started slow in the third set and fell behind 11-17 before Jenny Newhouse had a big block against Rochester's outside to gain some momentum. After trading a couple of points and making it 13-19, "Nenny" crushed a ball to cut the lead to five. Jess subbed in and served a tough ball that the Yellowjackets couldn't handle and then both teams traded service errors before Mick subbed in and went back to serve. A big Ernstberger dig and a weird point where we worked our butts off got us to within two. Emily Linn took advantage of a couple digs by Mick and Z and shoved a ball down to the floor from the middle to get to within one. Then a nice aggressive dump by Brit after a Jess dig tied it up at 20-20. A flubbed attack from Rochester fell to gain Rochester the lead. A Lindsey kill followed by a Rochester hitting error gave Fredonia it's first lead of the third set at 22-21. The Jackets regained the lead 23-22 after a hitting error and kill from their middle. Olson had a really hard cross court shot for a kill to tie it... Mick had a HUGE dig against a 2-ball that resulted in a Lindsey tool off the block... Rochester called a timeout... and Jenny sealed the win with a huge trademark stuff block!
Zesus had one of her stronger matches finishing with 19 digs and 7 aces while passing a 2.83. Chelsea had her best blocking performance of the season with 7 total blocks. Ernstberger led the rest of the team with 8 digs. Brit notched 30 assists and a solo block. Hanner hit .615 with 8 kills in 13 attempts.
A great night to celebrate Senior Night and achieve a team goal.