Cate Rams Prevail in Five-Set Thriller Against Villanova Prep

September 20, 2024

Strong Team Play & Standout Performances Lift Cate to Victory in Decisive 5th Set

Team photo celebrating the ‘W’!

Cate came out hot in the first set, gaining momentum off of tough serves and a consistent sideout game. Aces and clean volleyball led to a commanding win in the first set 25-15. The second set was a repeat of the first, quality serving and controlled sideout from the entire team. Cate won the second set definitively 25-14. Villanova bounced back in the third set and got off to a huge lead, Cate caught some momentum late in the game but ran out of time losing 20-25. The fourth set was a toss up with a close back and forth until Villanova closed out the game 25-22. The fifth set was tight from start to end, with Cate down 8-10 but going on a 4 point run before reaching victory with a 15-12 win.

Coach Comments:

“We were excellent tonight. Overall great team effort. Our serving was incredible, our setting improved and our overall efficiency as a team was impressive. Really fun to be a part of a great team win. Everyone contributed and we got better as a team. Hat’s off to Junior Oyin Opawumi who had 29 kills off of 59 attempts. Oyin put the team on her back especially in the biggest moments of the game. Junior Fallon Erickson set a great game from the first point to the last and Junior Coco Kliman made some major plays towards the end of the match. Junior Elise Tsai had 5 aces and changed the game from the service line. Junior Evangeline Little played a steady game as libero which was a new role for her. Junior Emerson Evans had some key kills throughout the match when we needed her to score. Hoping we can build off this win and keep getting better each day.” said coach Jordon Dyer.

Scores:
Game 1 25-15
Game 2 25-14
Game 3 20-25
Game 4 22-25
Game 5 15-12

The Rams next match will be vs Thatcher Tuesday, September 24th at 5pm.