Varsity Volleyball Dons Impale Matadors in Orinda

Matadome 2019! Dons volleyball! Let’s Go!

First Set:

2-3: Erin Meade kills one after a long rally, closing down the early Mats lead.

5-8: Meade curls a deep back row ball onto the line for a kill. WOO!

6-8: Alert Makenzie Sauer dig off a net-roller, which she follows up with an angle kill.

10-14: Now the Dons are trying to re-close the gap. Annika Olson helps out with a kill off the blockers. Yass!

12-15: Kennedy Cornish deep middle kill. Oh yeah!

15-16: Kylie Wood big block. Roof!

17 All: Wood ties it with an overpass kill. Yummy!

18-17: Sydney Sowarby steps in to help and sets Sauer for a big kill. Dons Lead!

20-19: Sowarby starts the offense with a perfect pass. Aisha Mohanty floats a warm bowl of gravy set up to Olson, who skies high and smokes it between two defenders for the kill.

21-20: Meade wins a joust at the net. Ole!

26 All: Dime Sowarby pass on serve receive let’s Mohanty get in perfect position to set Cornish in the middle, and Kennedy fires a bullet to the floor that ties this set back up in overtime. Solid!

26-28: BUT Miramonte scores two in a row after that and takes the first set. Dons have been here before in this gym.

Second Set:

3-0: Cornish kill. Olson kill. Meade block. Dons up 3. Let’s Go!

6-5: Mats storm back, finally halted by an Olson kill.

9-6: Sauer. Roof. Get out of my kitchen.

11-8: Meade. Ace. Step back.

14-15: Madi Risch soft tip winner gets the Dons some momentum after the Mats stole it.

15 All: Sowarby ties it up on a Dirty Ace that rolls off the tape and over. Filthy.

20-18: Cornish hammers the Mohanty “1” in the middle. Spanked.

22-18: Meade roof…Sauer stuff…Miramonte timeout. Defense wins.

23-19: Gotta love volleyball. The ball makes at least 7 trips back and forth across the net, with dozens of touches by each side, before Sauer finally terminates it all with a kill.

24-19: Cornish block! Ken! Set point.

25-19: Sauer kill. Set. Over.

Third Set:

1 All: Solid Mohanty set to Olson: kill

2-1: See above.

4-3: Sauer…point-saving one-armed up…wow…long rally…Risch pipe kill. Satisfying!

9-6: Daisy Sibley launches the offense with a silky pass. Wood womps it violently.

11-9: Sowarby great dig. Olson bullet. Winner! Winning.

16-9: Olson cannonball flat serve Ace blows up the Miramonte defense. Lookout! Timeout Mats.

17-12: Sauer smooth swing for a kill after a little Mats run.

20-17: Olson kill.

22-17: Olson kill again.

25-19: Sowarby Ace! Dons win (the set)! Woot woot!

Fourth Set:

7-0: Meade kill; Meade roof; Mohanty ace; Cornish block; Sowarby dig; Mohanty set; Meade kill; Sauer pass; Olson kill; Mohanty ace; timeout Mats as the Dons run off 7 straight to start the 4th set! Team effort!

8-0: C&M Roofing Company (Cornish and Meade)

12-2: Fireball Sauer kill. Dons playing solid team ball and dominating.

15-5: Olson big kill of the block.

19-11: Mohanty one-handed punch kill! It’s all workin’

21-14: Cornish kill slows down a little late Mats rally. Too little, too late, let’s hope.

25-17: Sloppy finish (and I’ve run out of adjectives) and the Dons win the match!

Your Dons girls volleyball team evens up their league record at 2-2 with a second straight victory. ‘Sco Dons!