The crowd is filling into our side of Court 1 of Xcel Energy Center! The 11th-ranked B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team (26-7) is on the court warming up as they prepare to take on No. 5-ranked Mabel-Canton (35-3) in the Class 1A state tournament third-place game. They are locked and loaded! There is no pressure at all on today. We know the season ends with this match, and the Jaguars are gonna go out and make the most of this well-deserved and hard-earned opportunity!
*Here's a video from game 2 yesterday against Minneota. This begins with the set tied at 10-10, but then Abby Berge earns a kill:
In the Class 1A fifth-place match on this same court today, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River closed out a 3-1 win with a come-from-behind 26-24 win in game four to take the consolation championship title. Great job, Gators!
**Keep this in mind: tonight a welcome-home ceremony will take place after 5 p.m. at the high school. The estimated time of arrival back home for the team is in the 5 to 6 p.m. window. Updates will be posted as soon as I hear them on this blog post.
Match updates to follow. TIME TO CHEER OUR HEARTS OUT for our Jaguars!!!!
The match will start at about 12:38 p.m.
GAME ONE UPDATES:
GAME ONE: the Jaguars are in a timeout and trail 11-8.
UPDATE: in game one, the Jaguars trail 18-12 after they had regained the lead at 12-11. Coach Hunter called her final timeout of the set. Final: Mabel-Canton 25, B-B-E 20.
GAME TWO FINAL: B-B-E 25, Mabel-Canton 16. The Jaguars played SO WELL in that set, and I am SO NERVOUS as we see who gains the upper hand in the upcoming third set!!!!!!!!
GAME THREE update: the Cougars are ahead 20-19. Tension is in the air!!!!
UPDATE: the Cougars are ahead 24-23 late in game three. FINAL: B-B-E 26, Mabel-Canton 24.
Game four: the Cougars are ahead 13-11. **Now the Cougars hold a 22 to 19 lead. *Final: M-C 27, B-B-E 25. Game five will start at 2:29 p.m., the last leg of this crazy roller coaster. The Jaguars had them, ahead 24-23 after Allie Dingmann's ace block. The game was tied on a hitting error, and then the Cougars earned an ace block to put them ahead 25-24. Mueller's kill tied it at 25-25, but then the Cougars got back to match point with an ace tip. Game four ended on a hitting error.
More to come in a new blog post.
Regardless of today's outcome, we love our Jaguars!
THANK YOU to Dani Davis (B-B-E Class of 2008) and Coop's Corner for sponsoring this exciting Jaguar Sports state tournament update! She proudly wore the Blue and Silver as a Jaguar student-athlete and is a proud and loyal sponsor of all B-B-E activities!
