MS volleyball beats Wyalusing

By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 9, 2013

The Wellsboro Middle School volleyball team struggled keeping their nerves in alignment again on Saturday but held on to beat Wyalusing, 2-0.

Wyalusing had several good servers which often made it difficult for the girls to make a good pass to the setter, but the Lady Hornets held on to take Wyalusing down in 2 games, 25-20 and 25-23.

"This will be an area of concentration in practice this week," said head coach Jenn Outman. "With that said, several Wellsboro girls retaliated with powerful and consistent serves to Wyalusing."

Grace Feil, Sydney Tremper, Brianne Keane, and Rachael Tuttle all lead the team in steady, authoritative serves. Lizzie Poirier led the team in spikes and kills. Brianna Keane did an amazing job of finding each pass and getting it to the middle or outside position.

"Unfortunately though, the score was closer than it should have been," Outman continued. "My philosophy is to implement the 'Bump, Set, Spike' as often as possible, even if there are mistakes. When opposing teams hit the ball back in one hit, it makes this expectation challenging. Often times my team wants to play that type of game instead of their own. Once the team found their confidence and rhythm they began to control the game."

In the B game, the Lady Hornets won 2-0, beating Wyalusing 25-14 and 26-24.

With the win, the Lady Hornets improve to 2-0 on the year.