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Waubonsie puts away Streamwood
Updated: April 26, 2011 11:16PM
Playing Waubonsie in volleyball is a tall task on many levels, especially for team like Streamwood.
For starters, you are playing the defending Upstate Eight Conference champions and second you are facing a team that features seven players that are at least 6-3. Streamwood on the other hand only has one player over the 6-3 mark and Waubonsie used it to their advantage in a 25-21, 25-16 conference crossover match Tuesday.
“I just told our setters to put the ball high up in the air and have our guys go and get it,” Warriors coach Al Lagger said. “We knew we had the height advantage but I think we still came out flat. It doesn’t matter what is written on the front of the uniform, you still have to come out and respect everybody and play as hard as you can. At the end of the (second) game we did that.”
After leading from start to finish in game one, it looked like the Warriors (18-5, 2-0 UEC Valley) were poised for an easy victory as they opened up game two on a 4-0 run. However Streamwood recovered and scored seven of the next eight points, forcing the Warriors to burn a timeout.
“We got off to a slow start and that’s seems to be our problem at times,” said Warrior outside hitter Will Gautschi. “A lot of it, though, was our errors and I think they (Streamwood) at one time only scored one point, the rest were errors against ourselves. This game wasn’t pretty but it will help us in our conference standings and seeding.”
Gautschi led all players with nine kills and he jump-started the Warriors after the timeout with a blast that was deflected off a Streamwood defender out of bounds for a point. Waubonsie would go on to outscore the Sabres (7-15, 1-3 UEC River) 20-9 the rest of the game.
“It is definitely difficult to play a team like Waubonsie because of their height, but I think the guys did a good job of coming out swinging and going around the blockers,” Sabres coach Lisa Vazzana said. “A lot of teams see the big names like Neuqua and Waubonsie and immediately consider it a loss. My boys don’t think that way, and it showed how we didn’t give up early in game two.”
Vikas Tailor led the Sabres with five kills and five blocks. Luke Furman led Waubonsie in both assists (34) and aces (three).
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