The Lady Neer v-ball teams headed across 536 and the mighty
Lickin’ for a match-up with the Campbell County Camels. SK had just played the Camels in the
Bluegrass Invitational in Lexington this past weekend on a varsity level.
The Frosh team got things started off on the right hump by
jumping all over the Camels in two sets.
SK wins by scores of 21-12 and 21-12.
Angelina Picone served 9 points with 3 aces, Avery Niehaus with 8
points, 2 Aces and 2 kills, Celia Mac led SK with 7 kills. The JV team kept the mo going by also winning
in two sets.
Now for the varsity. Let’s
start with a little overdue sports analysis.
There are a few things about the team I’ve noticed this season. 1. These
are a nice bunch of girls. Maybe too
nice at times. I know, a good problem
for a sports team. 2. They don’t have a killer instinct. Not to be gruesome but the team will get up
on teams and then let up, often allowing the team to come back. 3. They
haven’t learned how to fight back and come back. 4. Finally,
they haven’t learned how to win. Maybe a
little cliché but that’s what I’ve seen through the lens.
Back to tonight’s action.
In the aforementioned match-up with the Camels on Saturday, the Neers
came out on top 2-1. The win was
following the Neers worst match of the season where they lost to Scott in two
straight games. The win against Campbell
County on Saturday though seemed to get the Neers out of a little bit of funk
they have been in….or did it?
As they took to the floor, one had to wonder if they were
going to be able keep things going. SK
looked good early and took a nice lead.
SK was serving for a win at 24-23 but made mistakes down the stretch and
would go on to lose in extra points by a 30-28 final. The Neers didn’t and finish when they had the
chance and you kind of had the feeling, oh no, here comes the funk again.
In the second set, the Neers came out and flat out laid a
beat down on the Camels. SK jumped up
13-3 and never let up. They cruised to
an easy 25-11 win and had the Camels totally out of synch. OK, some progress as they showed some life
not only stepping on the Camels when they had the chance but they didn’t allow
the first set loss get them down. A very
nice win.
In the third set, SK would trail by at least 6 early in the
match and 4 late as Campbell County went up 23-19. Not looking good for SK but enter Biz Manser,
the junior sent a variety of serves over the net that had the Camels off
balance. Amarah Nicholson would finish
with a sweep to cap off a 25-23 come from behind win.
On to the fourth set.
Up 2-1, I had the feeling that we’d be heading back to Kenton County with
match win. The Camels thought
otherwise. They jumped all over SK,
going up by a score of 19-9. Any
thoughts of making to my favorite chili parlor, Empress Chili in Alexandria,
were fading. Enter Manser once
again. Biz would rattle off a whopping
16 points as the Neers put together a comeback even better than the third set
and came away with an unbelievable 25-19 win.
Manser would serve an amazing 26 points in the last two
games. She would finish 12 aces, 12 digs
for the night. Sophie Dunn would rack up
55 assists, 11 digs; SK Hammer Kaitlin Murray would have 23 kills, 15 digs, 3 blocks
and Kelsey Schmiade was pronounced correctly all night long and finished with 25 digs.
Some nice stats but in the end, this team revealed a few
things to themselves tonight. They
stepped on their opponents when they had the chance, they fought back not only
once but twice, and finally, they learned how to win and win as a team. It was an exciting night and one of those
matches where they need to package this and build on it. Absolutely outstanding job girls and goodbye clichés. Oh yes, I got my Empress Chili as I pulled in
to the lot 5 minutes before they closed.
The Neers play in a tourney this weekend at Scott. They are in a pool with some very tough
competition. Come out and support the
girls.
A few sample pics over on Photography by Fig Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.614420335276385.1073741841.368288529889568&type=1&l=6891f5d15e
