After defeating Ranger in an exciting match on Saturday, we had to play Temple Saturday evening. The winner of this match would advance to the conference championship game and would only have to win one more match. The loser would have to play again Sunday morning and then win 2 more times in order to go to nationals. Needless to say, this was an important match.
We made a couple of small adjustments to match up with Temple, just as they did from the last time we played them. They came out ready to play in game 1 and took that from us 25-18. Game 2 we made a little rally and tied it up near the end, but Temple made some good plays and won 25-23. Unfortunately for us they carried that momentum into game 3 and won 25-17. In my opinion, it was the best they had played against us all season and the scores proved that.
Sunday morning we played NCTC for the fourth time this year. Previously we had lost to them in 4 (but scored more points than they did), lost to them at their place 16-14 in the 5th, and beat them at our place in 4. Needless to say I thought it would be a competitive match. I don't know if there was a carryover effect from our loss the night before, but combine that with NCTC's excellent play and we lost in 3.
Our season ends on a disappointing note. I know that none of us pictured going out this way at the beginning of the season. Now we just have to look forward. Our off season program will make our players ready for next season and our sophomores ready to compete at whatever schools they transfer to. We will continue to recruit players that realize what it takes to be successful and combine them with our returning freshmen. There is a lot of work to do and we are all looking forward to it!
Good luck to Temple, Blinn, San Jacinto and Western Texas who will be representing the state of Texas at the national tournament!
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