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Viks
from 1B
edge, with Marshfield
scoring first and only al-
lowing Siuslaw only one
lead in the set.
The Vikings struggled
to return service for the
majority of the set and,
aside from very reliable
serving from Hayden
Muller and Alberty, the
girls also had a hard time
completing their own
serves.
After taking a second
time-out when the score
had reached 15-21 in fa-
vor of the Pirates, the
Vikings seemed to come
back with a vengeance.
Desiree Tupua had five
kills in the set, helping
Siuslaw get the score back
to a tie at 22-22.
However, service re-
turns defeated the Vikings
by the end of the set, the
final score being 22-25.
“Really it shouldn't
have gone into five [sets],”
said Cole. “I told them
yesterday (March 22) in
practice — because we
did not have a very good
practice — that if we came
here and played like that
in the game today, [the
Pirates] were going to be
right there with us. And
that's kind of what hap-
pened, besides that first
game where we just blew
them away. If we could
have kept that up, it would
have been done and over
with.”
Going into the third set,
the Vikings still seemed
to struggle to find their
focus as they had in the
first set. Blake and Tupua
played great offense on
the net, with several kills
each. But the whole team
still struggled to return
service and Siuslaw was
behind on the scoreboard
Little
from 1B
Television was limited
to ABC, NBC and CBS.
My brother and I would
certainly not sit down
to watch daytime “soap
operas” so common on
those channels.
Right now, playing
sports out of their regular
season seems weird —
fall now, with spring sea-
son starting in a couple of
weeks, followed by winter
sports in mid-May.
Yet professional teams
overlap all three sport
seasons of high schools
nationwide. More club
sports are playing out of
Oregon seasonal guide-
lines by playing tourna-
ments during other sport
seasons.
Even successful high
school programs can
have an overlap into the
next sport season with
the play-off s. Regardless
of how odd it may seem
playing basketball in May
and June this year, I am
thankful the OSAA has
decided to give the high
school athletes of Oregon
an opportunity to play.
Oregon high schools
have limited options in
choosing their competi-
tion, but they have op-
tions. Th ose options de-
pend on the leadership
of athletic directors and
principals of each school.
Th ere is an online option
to watch our Vikings by
streaming it to your on-
line devices.
To accommodate the
seasons aft er not start-
ing until this last Janu-
ary, each sport season is
shortened considerably
(six weeks) to allow all
sports to have a chance to
revive that 3:30 to 6 p.m.
mentality.
Coach Lutero, are you
reading this time frame?
ing the win at 15-10
for the Vikings.
Although
her
team had trouble
defensively,
Cole
was very proud of
its work on offense
for the night.
“Desi had a great
game, and Hailee
really showed up to-
day,” said Cole.
Tupua had 17 kills
and two blocks, and
Outlaw had eight
kills and one block.
Blake also had 10
kills and a block.
In the front row,
Alberty had two
blocks for kills and
two tip-kills.
“She kind of final-
ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
ly realized, ‘Yeah,
Siuslaw’s Desi Tupua scores a kill between two Marshfield I'm actually a front
defenders. Tupua had 17 kills against the Pirates.
row player, I’m not
just a setter up here,’
Cole explained how,
for most of the set.
which is good to
Finally, the Viks found over the years, the rivalry see,” said Cole. “I know
their stride and made a with the Pirates had made she's been dying to hit the
6-point comeback. With it difficult for the Vikings ball, so when she gets that
two kills from Blake and to maintain their focus chance, she usually takes
an ace from Muller, the consistently.
it. It’s a different side of
“There’s this thing her to see and it's really
score was tied at 20-20 —
and the Pirates would not here, it's like a Marsh- fun.”
take back the lead for the field curse,” said Cole.
Although the Pirates
set’s remainder. A very “They always seem to get were able to get into the
sneaky tip from Blake into your head, and it Vikings’ heads at certain
happened. It took them points in the match, it
sealed the win at 25-23.
In the fourth set, Siu- a set to do it, but there's wasn’t enough to take the
slaw took the lead early something they do… it win, effectively ending
on, but again had trouble hap-pened when I played the Marshfield curse for
making and returning [here], and it's always this group of girls.
serves throughout, cost- been there. I don't know
“It was stressful, but we
how to explain it, but it did come out on top,” said
ing them many points.
The entire set was very gets into our heads and Cole, “which was good
close, with neither team messes us up.”
to see. They definitely
Despite the curse of the didn't give up, and that's
holding more than a
4-point lead throughout. Pirates, the Vikings did kind of been their thing
In the end, error receiving not give up, and fought all season; they fight until
service proved too costly even harder in the fifth that last point. We hadn't
to win the set as Marsh- set. Serving was back on beaten them in four years.
field came out on top, 25- point, with aces from So now, hopefully when
Ashley Hennessee, Mei- we play them next, it's not
21.
Said Cole, “We missed ka Shappell and Tupua. going to be that way.
10 serves this match, and Blake, Tupua, Hennessee,
“[Our girls are] going
that's the most [we’ve and Muller all had kills to realize, hey, we beat
missed this season] since in the set, with a final kill them, and we can beat
from Hailee Outlaw seal- them again!”
our first game.”
On Thursday (March
25), the Lady Viks were
on the road at Elmira for
their second match with
the Falcons this season.
Siuslaw beat Elmira
handily in three sets, with
Tupua executing 10 kills
and six aces, and Blake
nabbing nine kills and
five aces.
Siuslaw’s last two sched-
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