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August 16, 2012

South volleyball bounces back to top Owen Valley

Todd Golden The Tribune-Star

SPENCER — Jitters are a part of life with the Terre Haute South volleyball team. After all, the Braves have just three seniors and sometimes have three freshmen on the floor at once.

“We are very young and we still have jitters. We had jitters in the scrimmage, we had jitters Monday [a victory over Bloomfield] and we had jitters tonight,” South coach Madison Minnick said.

Those jitters were evident when South lost by a wide margin to Owen Valley in the first set.

But the Braves made sure their jitters didn’t get the best of them. South regrouped, and via improved defense and passing, the Braves won the next three sets for a 14-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-22 win over the Patriots.

While South is young, it has the cadre of three seniors to fall back on. One of them, Brittney Pink, had 16 kills, 10 digs and 2 1/2 blocks. Another, Ashley Bazier, had 27 assists. The third of the seniors, Saya Harazaki, had 28 digs and was instrumental in South’s improved defense from the second set on.

But the seniors helped in more than just a statistical measure, they helped the Braves’ young players get on-track after a forgettable first set.

“We try to tell them when they make a mistake to shake it off. We make mistakes as veteran players – no one’s perfect. We tell them to brush it off, get our heads in the game and go forward,” Pink said.

Among the underclassmen, Maddie Callahan had 12 kills and Riley Davis had 12 digs.

The Braves weren’t able to generate consistent offense to start — South only scored four points when it had service. The Braves hung in early in the set, but Owen Valley’s Morgan Schafter controlled matters at the net with six kills in the set.

Down 15-11, the set got away from South when Owen Valley’s Mackenzie Stogsdill unleashed a wicked jump serve to maximum effect. Stogsdill had four aces in an 8-0 Owen Valley run that put the set out of South’s reach. South had nine unforced errors in the set to hurt its cause.

“We knew we had stuff to work on. We knew we could do it. We took it as an embarrassment to lose by as many as we did in the first set. It couldn’t happen again,” Pink said.

The Braves were vastly improved in the second set. The Braves gleaned confidence as they took a 5-3 lead behind the service of Marissa Coutinho.

South led 9-8 when Meaghan Etling and Pink gave the Braves command of the set. Etling served up an 8-0 run to make it 16-9 as Pink had four kills during the rally. South also cut down its unforced errors and won the set going away.

The confidence gained in the second set victory carried over to South’s defense, passing and attacking in the third set. An early 6-0 run put the set in South’s hands with a 9-3 lead and the Braves never relinquished the reins. Owen Valley could never sting together more than four points in a row – that rally came late in the set and cut South’s lead to 20-18 – but South’s clean play assured a third set victory.

“We’ve talked about our identity and what we think it is. We don’t have any 6-5 hitters who can just pound the ball. But we are going to be a defensive team. We’ll be scrappy, we’ll keep the ball in play,” Minnick said.

The fourth set proved to be a stiffer challenge. Both teams were sloppy, but Owen Valley was sloppier early in the match and South took a 19-12 lead.

The Braves (2-0) then had to withstand another onslaught from Stogsdill, who helped the Patriots pull within a point. It was tense for the Braves until Bazier finished the Patriots (1-1) off with a kill.



Terre Haute South    14    25    25    25

Owen Valley    25    15    19    22

Highlights — For TH South, Ashley Bazier had 27 assists and 3 aces; Brittney Pink had 16 kills, 10 digs and 2 1/2 blocks; Maddie Callahan had 15 kills; Saya Harazaki had 28 digs; Riley Davis had 12 digs; Bailee Williams had 9 kills and Meaghan Etling had 2 1/2 blocks.

JV — South won.

Next — South (2-0) plays Columbus East and Bloomington North in the Columbus East Invitational on Saturday.

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