Above the Net
10/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Above the Net
By: Melissa Shreve
Southern Miss vs. Texas A&M- Corpus Christi
Monday, October 14, 2002 6pm
GAME 1
The Lady Eagles look like they came to play tonight. They were having fun in warm-ups, while at the same time, ready to dominate. The match began with an award presentation for senior setter, Crystal Zane, who set the all-time leading assist record at the UNO match last month. Luckily, her mom, Renee Zane was here to see Crystal get the award, which was a game ball with her accomplishment printed on it- a well-deserving award.
USM is not making many hitting errors. Files is running the slide, as usual, and scoring on just about every one. Tribble is hitting down the line and Bush is smacking the ball hard to the opposing team. Bush blocked extremely well tonight, recording 2 solo blocks. Texas put a slow middle blocker against Bush, leaving her with only one block to hit through- not a smart idea on Texas?s side. The Lady Eagles are killing this team. A&M finally calls a time out at 18-5. Zane?s jump serves are consistent and powerful this game. A crazy play: great save by Zane and a ?what the heck? hit by Files to get the ball over the net and save the play?The fans love it! Bush is serve receiving very well tonight. Stephens gets a solo block. Olsson is playing great defense, as usual.
Final score 30-17, USM.
GAME 2
The Lady Eagles are still playing hard. A&M is playing jungle ball tonight, but at least they are having fun out there. USM is going after the ball aggressively, but they are also starting to make hitting errors. Great dig, Olsson! A&M calls a time out at 18-14 and again at 23-15. Stephens is playing the net very well. Zane puts down a solo block! The reason why the score of this game is closer than the first game is because the Lady Eagles are making more mistakes this game. Great block by Stephens and Bush! Zane is still jump serving very well.
GAME 3
The score is tied at 6. I don?t think A&M wants to go home yet- they are fighting hard for this game. A&M calls a time out at 15 all and again at 22-17. The momentum keeps shifting back and forth- the Lady Eagles are determined to go home winning this match 3-0. Awesome defense by Tribble, as she protects the left back line. The Lady Eagles need to stay up, because A&M is the kind of team that will thrive off of their opponents mistakes. Bush is smiling tonight and killing the ball. Here we go?Bush kill?Tribble, Truong, and Olsson defense?Files and Zane- slide? Stephens- block! USM relaxed during the break, because they are up 2 games- but we?ve all seen this before- anything can happen. Fortunately, USM doesn?t let up and takes the win in 3 games.