Lady Steers defeat C-City Lady Wolves in three sets, extend winning streak to three
COLORADO CITY— The Big Spring Lady Steers (6-6) put together a superb night of volleyball on Tuesday where they were able to defeat the Colorado Lady Wolves in three straight sets (25-15, 25-11, 25-5).
Every Big Spring player that saw the court appeared to bring their ‘A' game on Tuesday night. Overall, the Lady Steers improved as the game progressed and they were able to outscore the Lady Wolves 75-31 through their three-set matchup.
“I thought we did really well,” Big Spring coach Kaitlyn Braswell said. “Anytime we can beat a team in three sets shows that we were all playing well and playing together.”
The first set of the match was the closest one and C-City even jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. Big Spring followed Colorado's hot start by scoring nine quick points of their own before the Lady Wolves were forced to take a timeout while now trailing 9-4.
There were a couple of big plays made in the first set and it mostly showed how the rest of the night was going to go. Big Spring's Tristan Smith recorded one of her several ace serves that she was able to notch last night in the first set. She was a force serving the ball all night long and the Lady Wolves had no answer for her quick and accurate serves.
Ryen Terrazas was also an unstoppable force on the court on Tuesday night. Terrazas used her tall frame to make play after play at the net and was also able to include some violent spikes that impressed the crowd almost as much as they intimidated her opponents.
Following the Lady Wolves best attempt at making it a close game, the Lady Steers were able to score the last five points of the first set for a 25-15 win.
The second set went even more in Big Spring's favor as they picked up right where they left off and continued to put together an impressive performance. A long scoring streak by the Lady Steers forced the Lady Wolves to take a timeout when they were trailing 9-2. Big Spring came out of that break and immediately were jumpstarted once again by an ace serve by Smith.
Jocelyn Gonzales also was in on the action and made one misdirection play over the net that had three Lady Wolves on the ground as they scrambled to reach the ball before it touched the ground. Kortney Moore had her own success while serving the ball and added a couple of ace's to her stat sheet as well. The second set was ended by another ferocious Terrazas spike and Big Spring came away with a 25-11 victory with one set left to play.
The Lady Steers' awareness level on the serve-receive portion of the attack was notable during the entire game. Whenever a ball was headed out of bounds, the communication was prevalent and it was unlikely any Lady Steer was going to chase the ball.
“We've spent a lot of time focusing on that, so being able to show that and prove that on the court made a huge difference. We made a lot less mistakes because of it,” Braswell said.
Big Spring was able to control the third set and made quick work of the Colorado volleyball team by stomping them 25-5 in the third and final set. C-City was unable to match-up with and defend Big Spring's size and power that seemed to increase as the game went along.
The Lady Steers are now on a three-game winning streak and will be looking to keep that alive this weekend when they take on Lamesa.
“I always expect great things from us and I know the potential that we have,” Braswell said.
The Lady Steers will try to continue building on their big performance Tuesday night and get better every time that they step onto the court.
UP NEXT: The Lady Steers (6-6) will travel to Lamesa to take on the Lady Golden Tornadoes (10/11/12).
Shawn Moran is the sports writer at the Big Spring Herald. To contact him, e-mail sports@bigspringherald.com or call 432-263-7331.