Mary Thomason
Mary Thomason
finish second shoot
I thought going in that we could finish in second place but we didn't shoot as well as we had been.
dug girls good hard played saves
The girls played hard and dug up a lot of balls. There were some good saves and a lot of hustles.
coached exciting looked practice
That looked like volleyball. It's exciting when everyone executes what you've coached them in practice.
last lose second year
Historically, we haven't done well at this tournament. Last year we were fourth, and to get fourth, you have to lose twice. Second is better.
advanced both finally higher hope proud scores weather
Overall, scores were higher than I thought. I'm proud of both Haley and Kari. Now we finally have one who has advanced to state. Let's hope the weather will be a little better.
fired game midway stuff
Crump's stuff midway through the first game got us fired up.
serving strong talent team
This is a strong serving team and we have height. But not just height, there's talent there. We should be strong.
amanda force last snaps year
Amanda will be a force for us. She's really come along. She started at the end of last year and this year has really got it down. She snaps 'em down.
beat conference ends last nervous night played practice whoever wins year
That made me nervous at practice. Typically whoever wins the conference ends up going 10-0 or 9-1. But we played Carbondale the first night out last year also and beat them.
attaching defense exciting good match net serving
It was an exciting match with a lot of attaching and net play. Benton had good serving and attacked, but our defense was great.
decided game second serve
In the second game we decided to overhand serve and be more aggressive.
errors glad happy pulled quite sync
I'm glad we pulled this one out. We were 48-of-60 serving, which was uncharacteristic of our team. We're not quite in sync right now. We're making a lot of errors on the floor. But I'm happy we got the victory.
boost low needed playing shooting
Sharpe has been playing well and has been consistently shooting in the low 50s all year. That was the boost that we needed today.
against definitely hard repeat state talent
We'd definitely like to repeat as state champs. I think we have the talent to do it, but it's hard to tell when you're scrimmaging against yourself all the time.