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All
Mississinawa Valley coach Scott Brewer could do was watch as his
Lady Blackhawks
were falling apart at the seams Tuesday against
Covington.
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MV eliminated in
three by Covington
Versailles-Ansonia remain alive
By George Starks
Sports Editor
PIQUA- Before the start of the match, Mississinawa Valley volleyball
coach Scott Brewer had just one question on his mind.
“Which team would show up?”
It didn’t take long for Brewer to find out as his Lady Blackhawks lost
the three straight sets to Covington Tuesday, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23,
eliminating his team from the OHSAA sectional tournament.
“The team from last Monday night is the team that showed up tonight,”
said Brewer in reference to the match with Twin Valley South just over
a week ago. “Our whole key is to make a good pass, and get a good set.
Tonight we just weren’t passing.. The setters were having to come way
off the net and setting 10 balls to girls that don’t hit 10 balls. We
just weren’t making good passes.”
After dropping the first two set by identical scores on 25-20, the
Hawks started to pick things up in the third. Mississinawa Valley built
a 21-17 lead only to watch it slip away.
“We got some nice passes up, played our game and we were in control,”
Brewer said. “Then we just made too many errors and we handed the game
to them on a platter. Don’t take anything away from Covington, they
played well. We started the night out like a ball of fire and then we
hit a wall.”
Senior Mallory Livingston finished the night with 15 kills, 14 digs and
five blocks. When Livingston was on the net, the Hawks prospered. With
her in the back row, the Buccs made hay.
“When she was in the front row, we made some nice hay,” Brewer stated.
“We played nice defense on the Crawford (Caitlyn) and the Kihm (Shelby)
had a lot of kills that were just dumps tonight and it just took us out
of our game.
“At this point, every game is a season,” Brewer continued. “If you win,
you come back and if you don’t, it’s over.”
Hope Neargarder had 12 assists, 6 kills, 9 blocks, while Victoria
Humphries had 12 assists and 2 aces. Maddie Murphy chipped in with 6
kills and 10 digs.
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A
dejected bunch of Hawks walk off the court after being eliminated by
Covington in the
second round of sectional volleyball plat at Piqua.
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