St. Mary’s (3) Vs Portlaoise College (0)
Venue: St Mary’s college
Time and date: Thursday 7th December
Report by: Ayana Dobos & Eva Gallagher
In the First Set, St Mary's started off, great with instantly 1 score. The girls were doing great, with excellent saves from the girls. Joanna gets in some great scores with superb saves from Caroline and Dakota. Excellent save from Onyi and Elenor. Grace gets in an outstanding point leading with a score from Dakota. Joana brings up the score by one with an amazing spike. The girls made a good effort, but unfortunately the score was left at 25-23.
In the Second Set, St Mary's start off with 1 point again. Caroline brings up the score with an excellent serve. Joana strikes again with an exceptional spike. The girls are going really good now, defeating the team in the Second set, leaving the score 25-6. Great job girls!
In the Third and final Set, Elenor sets in a great score. Onyi makes a good attempt at saving the ball, but unfortunately the point goes over to the other team. Lucy gets in a satisfactory save and also manages to get in a score as well, good job lucy! The girls with good teamwork and effort left the score at 15-7 in the Third Set, annihilating the other team and winning the match. Super performance in the first match girls!
Match 2 - St. Mary’s (3) Vs Rockford Mannor (0)
In the First Set, the girls started off good, with good scores and some attempted saves. The girls show off their excellent teamwork and perseverance, trying to keep up well with the other team. Excellent save and score from Lucy brings the score up by one. Grace gets in a great spike before half time. Paige sets in another 2 amazing scores in a row, bringing the score up by two! The girls had a close win leaving the score in the First set 20-25.
In the Second Set, the girls were doing exceptionally well. Joana gets an excellent score and save. Cloe gets an outstanding score for the team, excellent job Cloe! The girls are going really strong at this point, and we get another excellent score from Joana. Lucy saves and scores and amazing scores, so far, the score is 16-7 and Mary's are in the lead. Caroline achieves an excellent spike, resulting into another point for St Mary’s. Joana, back at it again with another superb score. The girls absolutely crush the other team in the Second Set, fantastic work girls!
In the Third and final Set, the girls already manage to get in a fantastic score. Cloe saves the ball with great ease and also gets in another score. Grace finishes off the match with an absolutely insane spike and St Mary's win.
The girls did an absolutely astounding job today, decimating both teams and winning over. Extraordinary day today girls, great job to everyone!