2008 Woodie Awards
Volleyball Drops Sixth Straight
Issue date: 10/7/04 Section: Sports
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Tied at 29 all in game four, with William Paterson clinging to a one-match lead, the Red Hawks blasted the game's last two points and tied the series at two a piece, to force a game five.
Game five was where the Red Hawks fought hard, but eventually fell to the Lady Pioneers, 15 -9. William Paterson may have come into Tuesday's match at Panzer with a bit too much confidence because the Red Hawks almost sent them home with an upset.
The Red Hawks came charging out in the first match and exploded to a 20 - 8 lead. MSU was faster and played with a chemistry that's uncanny to a team playing for not much more than pride. Defensive dig, set, kill. They did it over and over again in the first of five matches and did it well enough to win 30 - 27.
"MSU played us tough in the first match," Katie Lord, a Lady Pioneer said. "The first match we were a little off of our game."
In the next two games, the dominant MSU team of game one was nowhere to be found.
MSU started strong in the second of the five-game set, working the kill game. But before the Red Hawks could pull away, first team all-conference player, Lauren Shears, took the Lady Pioneers on her back, and carried them straight through the game. When Shears was on her game, the Red Hawks had no answer for her, and William Paterson capitalized on that all night. Shears racked up 23 kills to lead all players and 26 defensive digs, also leading all players.
After the Red Hawks dropped games two and three and found themselves with their backs against the wall, they responded with a superb performance in that fourth game. William Paterson kept trying to close MSU out, but the Red Hawks would not die quietly.
Overall, the biggest difference in the game came from William Paterson who played great team defense. MSU kept attacking and were getting good opportunities, but every time it looked as though MSU would get a point in, some diving Lady Pioneer came to chip in one of their 126 combined defensive digs. The Red Hawks had 80 defensive digs of their own but unfortunately it just wasn't enough to stop the Pioneers.
Game five was where the Red Hawks fought hard, but eventually fell to the Lady Pioneers, 15 -9. William Paterson may have come into Tuesday's match at Panzer with a bit too much confidence because the Red Hawks almost sent them home with an upset.
The Red Hawks came charging out in the first match and exploded to a 20 - 8 lead. MSU was faster and played with a chemistry that's uncanny to a team playing for not much more than pride. Defensive dig, set, kill. They did it over and over again in the first of five matches and did it well enough to win 30 - 27.
"MSU played us tough in the first match," Katie Lord, a Lady Pioneer said. "The first match we were a little off of our game."
In the next two games, the dominant MSU team of game one was nowhere to be found.
MSU started strong in the second of the five-game set, working the kill game. But before the Red Hawks could pull away, first team all-conference player, Lauren Shears, took the Lady Pioneers on her back, and carried them straight through the game. When Shears was on her game, the Red Hawks had no answer for her, and William Paterson capitalized on that all night. Shears racked up 23 kills to lead all players and 26 defensive digs, also leading all players.
After the Red Hawks dropped games two and three and found themselves with their backs against the wall, they responded with a superb performance in that fourth game. William Paterson kept trying to close MSU out, but the Red Hawks would not die quietly.
Overall, the biggest difference in the game came from William Paterson who played great team defense. MSU kept attacking and were getting good opportunities, but every time it looked as though MSU would get a point in, some diving Lady Pioneer came to chip in one of their 126 combined defensive digs. The Red Hawks had 80 defensive digs of their own but unfortunately it just wasn't enough to stop the Pioneers.