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Arcanum
junior Kellie Ritz blocks a kill attempt by National Trail senior
Tiffany Jordan (13) Tuesday during a Cross County Conference match at
Arcanum. The Lady Trojans won in three games but was forced to fight a
scrappy bunch from Trail. CNO Photos by George Starks
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Lady Trojans
overcome push from Blazers
By George Starks
ARCANUM- It was once said that anything worth having is worth fighting
for. If that's the case, then nothing good comes easy.
Tuesday, the Arcanum Lady Trojans had the fight of the season on their
hands with CCC rival, National Trail.
In what turned out to be a true slug fest, Arcanum held off a stubborn
bunch of Lady Trail Blazers to get game wins of 25-17, 25-23 and 25-17
to take a much needed conference victory and remain undefeated in the
CCC.
It was also a night when a team came together, led by seniors Brooke
Allen, Allison Dill and juniors Abby O'Donnell, Brooklyn Baker and
Cheyenne Aikman.
"This was not an easy night," said Arcanum coach Terri Day as she was
able to breath a sigh of relief. "This team is very flexible. They
don't hesitate to change it up a little bit. I thought it was a great
match for them."
On a night when nothing came easy for the Trojans who had to scrap for
every point, the Blazers made their presence known.
In the opener, the Trojans held leads of 12-4 and 19-10 but was never
able to put the Blazers away before the 25-17 victory.
Game two brought out the Beast Trail could give as the Blazers held the
lead on four different occasions with the last coming at 21-20 late in
the contest.
Arcanum took the lead back 24-23 and got the 25-23 win on serves from
Aikman.
In the end, it was the play of Baker at the net and the Libero, Dill,
that made the ultimate difference.
"Baker can get up for a little girl," Day said with a laugh. "Allison
got two big kills from the back row. She is a great passer too. She
gets to a lot of balls that many can't get to and she is much
appreciated by those girls on the front row."
Passing and the front row play made the difference after a hard fought
battle on Monday with Ft. Recovery."
Monday we could make a pass against Ft. Recovery," Day pointed out. "I
think that was in the back of their minds knowing that had to change if
they were going to be successful. Ft. Recovery had the height but we
have the height as well. In this conference this year, you had better
be ready to play every night."
Now 5-3 overall and 2-0 in the conference, the Trojans will travel to
Miami East tonight to do battle with the Vikings.
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Junior
Abby O'Donnell gets a kill against National Trail Tuesday.
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