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Arcanum
junior Abby O'Donnell strikes a kill for the Trojans against
Troy Christian Monday. The Eagles gave the Trojans all they could
handle before losing in four games.
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Arcanum withstands push from Troy Christian
By George Starks
ARCANUM- If Arcanum coach Terri Day was looking for a battle, she found
it in Troy Christian.
It took everything Arcanum had to overcome a tough Troy Christian team
Monday.
After dropping the first game to the Eagles, 25-23, the Trojans won the
next three games, 25-18, 25-23 and 25-6 Monday in non-conference action.
"This was very scrappy bunch," said Day. "They had a couple of nice
hitters and the one was very hard to gauge on where to block. It
frustrated my blockers. They gave us a big test and we have big tests
the rest of this week."
In the second and third games, Arcanum had the ability to get the
Eagles down by five and six points at time.
They could never put them away but would eventually prevail in the end.
"We were very flat and ugly in the beginning," admitted Day. "We were
making a lot of unforced errors and you just can't do that. When you're
giving the other team points, you know what's going to happen and you
just can't do that."
Game four brought out the best the Trojans had in a 25-6 whipping of
Troy Christian.
"I thought in that last game, the girls played up to their potential,"
said Day. "We had to dig deep and that was very encouraging to see your
team come from behind like that."
With sectionals right around the corner, the Trojans will face Anna in
that opening round.
The Eagles would prove to be something that Day would appreciate.
"We need to face teams where the kids have to adjust to different
things that teams have to offer," said Day. "We have a serious week
this week and it started tonight."
On Tuesday, the Trojans brought Franklin Monroe and will travel to
Tri-Village tonight and will be at Bradford Thursday.
"This is going to be a tough week," Day admitted. "Usually, we have the
Thursday off before sectionals and I hate that because there's too much
down time."
With the win, the Trojans improved to 13-6 overall.
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Arcanum
senior Allison Dill saves a bad serve-receive.
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