What Happened? Westcliff hosted Benedictine Mesa at the Jordan Lawley Facility. The night was filled with high expectations from both squads. Westcliff and Benedictine were both tied with a record of 10-1.
1st set saw the Redhawks to advantage of the Warriors. Redhawks grab the 1st set with a score of 18-25. 2nd set saw the Warriors battle to a nice comfortable lead and easily grabbed the next set.
3rd set went the directions of the Redhawks. The Redhawks were in full control in the 3rd. The 4th set was going back and forth between the two squads. Westcliff were down by 5 points. The Warriors not wanting to grab their 2nd loss in a row fought hard to tie the match at 21 a piece. Westcliff's Leonel Chambel with two service aces and a kill by Brooke Scheidle forced the 5th and final set.
The 5th set is where all of the excitement and chaos occurred. Both Teams went back and forth tied at 10. Benedictine went up 12-10. A Kill by Elise Brown and a Block by Fiona Moesching and Brooke Scheidle tied the match at 12. Redhawks went up by 1, Coach Ma called a timeout to talk to his team. But wait, time was not given to the Warriors. The Official never heard the timeout call from Kenny Ma. Play continued at a crucial point, thankfully Maddie Shepston was able to take advantage of the confusion and chaos to hit a statement Kill for the Warriors. Tied at 14, both teams need two points. Benedictine came out swinging sailing their balls long for the victory to go to Westcliff.
The Battle of 1st and 2nd for the top of the Cal Pac Standings goes to the Westcliff Warriors.
Top Performers
Michelle Do - 23 Assists
Fiona Moesching - 16 Kills, 5 Digs and 5 Blocks
Elise Brown - 17 Kills and 7 Digs
Maddie Shepston - 13 Kills and 21 Digs
Leonor Chambel - 4 Service Aces and 13 Digs
Coaches' Notes
Head Coach Kenny Ma
"Tonight's match was a complete 360 from last nights loss.
After last nights match, we were disappointed with how we let our lingering emotions of the previous points effect the present. We played as individuals rather than performing the way we have been doing all season, which is as a team.
Tonight's match wasn't the cleanest on our end and there's still a lot of things that we could do better. However, the piece that kept us in the game and helped us with the win was our athletes effort and desire to compete. We asked that every single player on the court should make it an effort to be aggressive defensively and be a part of the game. We also focused on a having a quick reset button."
What's Next? Westcliff will finish off the weekend with a match against Park-Gilbert at 12pm for Westcliff's Pink Game.
