This is the day! State Final Four! Below is a video recorded after yesterday's win. ALSO! Today you can listen to the match on Glenwood's 107.1 FM both on the radio and on their website. It's high time for our B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team to shine on the big stage!!!! THEY caN DO THIS! I can feel it.
POST-match with Coach Hunter and players at Xcel Energy Center:
Match updates against top-seeded Minneota to follow. The Vikings are 32-3 overall after winning 3-1 in their quarterfinal match. Pre-match player introductions are starting at 12:56 p.m. for the Court 1 teams (consolation bracket) before our side will be introduced. **Our match will start at about 1:03 p.m.
MATCH UDPATES:
GAME ONE and we are tied 15-15!!!! *Later in the match, Minneota has a 24-21 lead. The Jaguars were ahead 19-17 but have fallen flat since. FINAL score: Minneota 25, B-B-E 21. The Vikings ended the game on an ace block. That first set ended at 1:28 p.m., which made it a 25-minute long set. For not going into extra points, 25 minutes is a long time in volleyball for one set! That suggests the points were long, drawn-out battles. This is state-level competition! This is what the Jaguars signed up for!!
GAME TWO updates:
The Jaguars are ahead 13-12 in game two. Later, their lead expanded to 19-15 on three straight kills by Ava Mueller! *UPDATE: the Jaguars have committed three straight hitting errors to fall behind 21-20. Coach Hunter has called a timeout. We need to pull out this set!!! FINAL: Minneota 25, B-B-E 21. The Jaguars went quietly down the stretch. The Vikings scored the last 4 points of the set on ace attacks. This game ended at 1:58 p.m., so this has been going for a full 55 minutes with just two games played.
GAME THREE updates:
Minneota has a 13-6 lead in game three.
More will be posted in a NEW blog post with the final outcome.
THANK YOU to Bonanza Valley State Bank for sponsoring this Jaguars Sports state tourney update!
