Varsity Volleyball Defeats Frederick Force
St. Timothy's 3, Frederick Force 1
25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 27-25
25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 27-25
On Tuesday, St. Timothy's Varsity Volleyball hosted Frederick Force. Frederick lost the coin toss, so St. Tim's started with the serve. Despite that, the Force took an early lead 8-15. Then junior Bri Rider came up to serve and tied up the game 15-15. St. Tim's next server, senior Melisa Kocak, served 3 in a row to increase the lead to 19-16. St. Tim's kept pushing forward and was able to close out the set 25-21.
During the second set, senior, setter Hannah Mays was injured and needed to come out of the game. St. Tim's also got themselves into a severe hole, down 10-4 after 3 servers. St. Tim's was able to stay neck and neck in the set thanks to strong serves from freshman Madonna Akabuno and kills from sophomore Ariyanna Crewe. Unfortunately, Force's #8 came in to serve with the score 20-18. St. TIm's was unable to return the serve and Force took the second set 25-18.
St. TImothy's started the fourth set ready to play. They immediately gained a 4-point lead. Force came back and the game went back and forth the entire set. St. Tim's closed out the set 25-21. In the fourth and final set, St. Tim's had another slow start allowing the Force to get a 12-6 lead. Junior Leena Feda was able to close the gap by serving 4 ina row to make the score 15-14 in favor of STT. Crewe then served 7 in a row to bring the lead to 23-15 in favor of STT. Force made a wonderful comeback to bring the score to 20-23. St. Tim's was unable to close out the game which brought up Akabuno with the score tied at 25-25. She was able to serve two in a row to win fourth set 27-25.
St. Timothy's looks forward to their next league match against Friends School of Baltimore, home at 5:15 PM on Thursday, September 17.
Stats:
Serving % - 91%; Rider 17 for 17 with 3 aces; Kocack 19 for 20 with 4 aces
Kills - Crewe 15, Rider 6
Assists - Kocak 10, Mays 4
Digs - Crewe 13, Feda 12
Blocks - Kocak 1
During the second set, senior, setter Hannah Mays was injured and needed to come out of the game. St. Tim's also got themselves into a severe hole, down 10-4 after 3 servers. St. Tim's was able to stay neck and neck in the set thanks to strong serves from freshman Madonna Akabuno and kills from sophomore Ariyanna Crewe. Unfortunately, Force's #8 came in to serve with the score 20-18. St. TIm's was unable to return the serve and Force took the second set 25-18.
St. TImothy's started the fourth set ready to play. They immediately gained a 4-point lead. Force came back and the game went back and forth the entire set. St. Tim's closed out the set 25-21. In the fourth and final set, St. Tim's had another slow start allowing the Force to get a 12-6 lead. Junior Leena Feda was able to close the gap by serving 4 ina row to make the score 15-14 in favor of STT. Crewe then served 7 in a row to bring the lead to 23-15 in favor of STT. Force made a wonderful comeback to bring the score to 20-23. St. Tim's was unable to close out the game which brought up Akabuno with the score tied at 25-25. She was able to serve two in a row to win fourth set 27-25.
St. Timothy's looks forward to their next league match against Friends School of Baltimore, home at 5:15 PM on Thursday, September 17.
Stats:
Serving % - 91%; Rider 17 for 17 with 3 aces; Kocack 19 for 20 with 4 aces
Kills - Crewe 15, Rider 6
Assists - Kocak 10, Mays 4
Digs - Crewe 13, Feda 12
Blocks - Kocak 1
