Rawlins Tournament- JV

What a great weekend for Pinedale Volleyball. JV & Varsity had a great weekend in Rawlins and Freshman had a great weekend back at home.  The JV team took second in their pool putting them in the Gold Bracket on Saturday.  They beat Torrington in 2 and split with Glenrock and Mt View.  They played great on Friday and had a 2.17 passing average for the whole day.  This was key to most of our wins, making it easy for Tayln to set up our hitters.  On Saturday we opened up with Lyman and beat them in 2 with scores of 21-14, 21-5.  We had to go back to splitting up the JV and Varsity teams.  A lot of sophomores stepped in and we did not lose a beat.  We then faced Rawlins in the semi-finals after a 6 game wait.  We came out sluggish and couldn't get back to playing Pinedale Volleyball. We lost 17-21,18-21.  We then played Buffalo for 3rd place.  We showed a lot of heart and finally started to turn it around after the last game.  We lost the first game 16-21 then battled back to win the second game 21-17.  The third game was only to 15 and we had a slump in serve receive.  We lost 10-15 and ended up 4th in the Gold Bracket. I'm proud of the girls and how they showed up to play all weekend.  They took fourth out of 16 teams with all but one being 3A. We still have a lot to improve on,  but they are getting better and better every week.

Highlights:
Bailey Lozier- Served 14 points straight in the Lyman game! With at least 4 aces!
Taylor Connors- Passed with an average of 2.52 on Friday
Bekah Knapp- Hit very well on Friday with a hitting 37.5%
Shawna Rule- 9 Serve Aces

Rawlins Tournament - Varsity

Pinedale Volleyball had a fantastic weekend, all the way from Freshman to Varsity!!
Our Freshman took 1st in their tournament this week in Pinedale!! The JV took fourth in the Rawlins Tournament in the gold bracket and the Varsity took third in the silver bracket. As a head coach, I am very pleased with all the girls from freshman all the way to my seniors. They have been working hard for a couple of weeks and it’s paying off! I am also proud of my coaches for their dedication to this program and all their hard work! I’m very fortunate to have two great coaches to work with. Mandy Brisko as JV coach and Liz Coville as the Freshman coach.

Varsity
We had an up and down pool play. We had Glenrock, Torrington, and Mt. View in our pool play. We split with all three of them. In pool play you have two games to 21. We would only lose to them by a couple of points and then we would beat them by a lot in the next game. Because we split with all of them, that barely put us in the silver bracket.
Pinedale Glenrock
21 8
18 21
Pinedale Torrington
19 21
21 11
Pinedale Mt. View
21 13
19 21

In the silver bracket we played Buffalo, Powell, and Glenrock again. We beat Buffalo in two, lost to Powell and beat Glenrock for third place. We walked out of that gym that day with our head held high! The girls finished on an awesome win. They played very well. Throughout the whole tournament we had some highs and some lows. During the lows, my girls hung in there and they came out fighting in the next match. I am really proud of the way they all played!! As we come away from this tournament, we know that we can really play with any team in 3 A. This week we are really going to work hard. We have Big Piney on Tuesday and Kemmerer on Friday, both are non-conference games.

Pinedale Buffalo
21 16

Pinedale Powell
18 21
18 21

Pinedale Glenrock
24 22
21 10

The Freshmen have been working hard the last couple of weeks. After a tough loss at Mt. View in three (25-19, 22-25, 15-25), they rebounded with an exciting win against Star Valley at home (25-23, 28-26). They really showed their will to win in that one! Then they enjoyed staying home for the tournament in Pinedale on September 10th. They beat Green River (25-17, 25-22), Jackson (25-23, 24-26, 25-11), and Riverton (25-16, 25-16) to win the championship! There was a lot of excitement, especially in the nearly-completed comeback in game two against Jackson.

Highlights of the weekend include the following:

• Heidi Feck's 18 service aces (she served an amazing 50 times with an average of 2.9),
  
• Tessa Wilson's 13 service aces (she also averaged 2.9 with 32 serves), 0 passing errors in serve receive with 17 good passes for an average of 2.53, and 7 kills,
• Kassidy Williams' 11 perfect passes in serve receive,
  
• Gillian McFarland's 11 perfect passes in serve receive,
  
• Kyla Taylor's 0 service errors the whole day out of 15 serves and her hitting percentage of.429 (4 kills, 1 error out of 7 attempts)
• Talyn Hutta's 0 hitting errors for a hitting percentage .750 with 3 kills out of four attempts and 12 assists.
  
• I would also like to mention that the bench players did a great job of coming in, knowing the rotations, and contributing to the wins. They were Hana Patterson, Shayla Wright, Victoria Carter, Brenna Stone, and Dareyann Ceruti.

They play Big Piney Tuesday and Kemmerer Friday, so come join the excitement!

JV- Star Valley

This was an awesome game for us to learn a lot about our team and what we are capable of.  We came out struggling to get a rhythm the first game and ending up losing 25-22. Bailey Lozier stepped in and gave us a much needed boost to let us battle back after being down. We learned from the mistakes we made and came out strong in the 2nd game. We had some great serves from Teerstyn to get a us ahead by 6 points.  We did not have Taylor for this game, so it required girls to step out of the comfort zone and play all the around. Teerstyn and Baylee did great stepping into this role and we did not miss a beat.  We ended up winning game 2 25-22.  The girls were finally getting the confidence they needed to play to their full potentional.  We battled back and forth in game 3 before finally getting a solid lead with some great serves by Baylee Buchanan.  I'm so proud of how far the girls have come from the beginning of the season and I'm excited to see them keep growing for the rest of the season.  Great job on battling back girls and getting your first conference win!

Highlight Stats:
Teerstyn: 6 Kills 1 Blk
Bekah:   4 Kills
Baylee:   3 Kills
Vashti:    3 Kills

JV- Mt View

This was the first game where we were mixing some of the Varsity/JV girls into the rotation and you could definitely tell they were still learning to play together with one another. We tried a new line-up with a 6-2 offense and they did well for just learning it. We had a rough start in game one and was down 7 to start, but I was proud of the girls for getting things together and fighting back.  We lost game 1 25 to 22.  In game 2 we went back to a 5-1 offense, but still fell short with a 25-21 loss.  This match gave us things to work on in practice as a team and individually and was definitely one to learn from. 
Highlight Stats:
Teerstyn 4 Kills, 1 Block
Bekah   4 Kills
Baylee   1 Kill
Vashti    4 Kills
Ali       2.75 Serve Receive
Taylor 2.60 Serve Receive

Star Valley - Varsity

Star Valley was a tough match for us. They were really a good team that just came down from 4A last year. We knew they would be tough. We came out strong on the first game and we were able to pull out a win. The next 3 games we struggled. We struggled passing and serving, and those two things are the key to winning a game! We will for sure take this lost, and learn from it. I would rather lose to them now, then later on in the season. We have a lot of work to do in the next two practices before we head to the Rawlins Tournament. I really like the Rawlins tournament, it is a great tournament to see the teams from the other side of the conference.

Scores
Pinedale Star Valley
25 23
14 25
22 25
18 25

Stats
Erin Egle 3 Aces, 8 Kills, 6 digs
Tayln Costello 2 Aces, 5 digs
Christina Silvey 6 Kills
Patience Jones 6 Kills, 2 Stuff block
Brielle Buchanan did a great job with Passing, 7 Digs
Jalin McKinney 27 Assists
Kristy Ann 2 Kills. 2 digs
Stephaine Straley 1 Kill
Teerstyn Johnson 1 block, 1 dig

Mt. View - Varsity

We won all three games! My whole team played really well! It was an amazing game and
a total team effort! It was a big win for us because it was a conference game. Patience Jones had an amazing game, she just came back from a sprain ankle. They could not stop her in the middle. She had some fantastic kills and blocks from the middle. Our passing was great, and we had good defense. Brielle Buchanan did an outstanding job for us in the back row. She had some great digs. I love how my JV and Freshman teams were there cheering the Varsity on! All I can say, it was a LOUD gym that is for sure!! Thank you for all the parents who traveled to cheer us on too!!