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Faith Christian Eagles Volleyball 2011 Season
The Lady Eagles finished their regular season 11-7, 5-4 in league play, and ranked 12th in the 3A division. They look forward to a re-match with 3A leader Eaton at districts, which will be challenging, but they are preparing for a win. The top two teams in the four team district tournament will go on to regionals. In addition to Eaton, they will also face Clear Creek and Platte Canyon. They have spent the week working on defense, serve receives, and committing fewer errors. In addition, they must execute hard-hitting zone serves, finding the “sweet” spot in their opponent’s defense. Their focus is to control what they can control.
Faith vs Parker Lutheran - Oct. 20th
Faith vs Colorado Academy - Oct. 18th
Coming into the final two games of the season, the Faith Christian Eagles volleyball team expected tough matches against the #3 and #8 teams in the 3A division. On Tuesday, October 18 they went head to head with the Colorado Academy Mustangs, ranked #3 in the division and #19 in the state with a 17-0 record. Losing in three, 12-25, 16-25, 24-26, the Lady Eagles stayed in the game with consistent hitting from senior middle Abby Hegarty, but as a team struggled against wicked serves, which made setting up their plays difficult. The Mustang’s libero and outside were particularly difficult to defend.
Faith vs Kent Denver - Oct. 12th
Faith vs Holy Family - Oct. 11th
Freshman hitter, Simone Gibeau played very strongly and was critical in the second game win. She had already missed two serves and the Eagles desperately needed to get something going. Gibeau served three aces which turned the momentum to win that game. Junior hitter, Heather Lossaso also had some really good hits, and senior Kayla Keiter got into the game as well.
Faith vs Machebeuf - Oct. 6th
Faith vs St. Mary's Academy - Oct. 4th
In a convincing 25-13, 25-18, and 25-5 sweep against the struggling Wildcats, the Lady Eagles weren’t particularly challenged but played very cohesively as a team. Faith has been struggling in the middle, but on this night, with strong hitting from both senior middles, Courtney Sanders and Abby Hegarty, the match was a turning point for the team. Good setting choices and the strategy of having the middles hit the 31 in transition, caused the Wildcats team to suffer. The outside hitters, Freshman Simone Gibeau and Junior Heather Losasso, combined for an exciting duo, leading all attackers with 28 and 17 attempts respectively and 16 and 8 kills. Senior Anna Curtis had the top serving stats of the night with 16 attempts, 4 aces and 2 errors. Faith vs Engelwood - Sept. 27th
The Eagles really focused on using the middle hitters to a larger degree in this match, with the strategy that every perfect pass will run to the middle hitter. Senior middles, Courtney Sanders and Abigail Hegarty, rose to the challenge and consequently increased their hitting averages (kills). The team’s defensive passing was also really effective, which enabled the team to run the plays to the middles. The team’s commanding performance allowed for a greater use of personnel during the match, and senior Kayla Keiter checked in during the second game as an outside hitter. Holly Hardcastle, starting senior libero, was extremely efficient on defense and as a serve receiver. However, the serving is what really put the Eagles over the top, as the players scored on many services, delivering a number of aces, with senior Janae Hall (setter) serving 19 in a row during the last game. In spite of the dominating win, the highlight for the team came after the match was over. The teams met at the center to pray after the game, and one of the Englewood players mentioned that she wished they could pray after games at their school. Their coach replied, “We can if you want.”
Faith vs Eaton - Sept. 24th    Faith vs Jefferson Academy - Sept. 22nd
Faith vs Peak to Peak - Sept. 15th
Faith vs Platte Valley - Sept. 8th
Faith vs Strasburg - Sept. 1st
A Special thank you to Kathy Cornell for taking the pictures of the girls volleyball team! |
Just two days after Colorado Academy, they faced the #8 Lutheran Lions holding a 13-4 record. An even closer match, Faith Christian hung in there but lost in three, 23-25, 19-25, and 20-25, despite solid hitting from Anna Curtis (senior middle). A hard fought game at home with intense participation from the Lutheran crowd left the Eagles searching to make adjustments for the district tournaments being held Saturday, October 29 in Clear Creek.
Playing their fourth match in nine days, the Lady Eagles roughed up the Kent Sundevils tromping them 25-10, 25-15, and 25-12. It was a great serving game. Senior Anna Curtis made some terrific kills. Junior hitter Heather Lossaso ran the two in the middle very efficiently. The team had some impressive blocks. In a game that wasn’t as emotionally charged, the team was successful pulling off the win. Heading into the the final two games of the season, the Lady Eagles are 11-5 overall, and 5-2 in League play.
Though suffering a tough defeat against the Holy Family Tigers on October 11th, losing three close games and picking up one hard-fought game, 23-25, 27-25, 20-25, and 27-29, the Lady Eagles played well as a team. The biggest struggle was hitting past the defensive block, but the girls started to figure it out and began tooling against the Tiger blockers – forcing the ball out of bounds off Tiger hits. Both Janae Hall and Anna Curtis (seniors) dumped effectively. Senior libero Holly Hardcastle played consistently well, as always, and did an amazing job, flying in from the back court like Superwoman, sliding across the floor to pick up several short balls that looked like they were going to drop and making great passes out of them.
The October 6th outing against the Bishop Machebeuf Buffaloes produced the season’s best play as a team. Crushing the Buffaloes 25-13, 25-21, and 25-10, the Eagles dug the ball well and spread it around generously. The team excelled and everyone contributed, from Taylor William’s senior-crazy-free ball that couldn’t be returned to Courtney Sander’s senior-middle-hit, clobbering the ball to the right side of the court straight down and inside the 10 foot line: this hit also induced a side-line dance by Coach Powers!
Currently, ranked 10th in the 3A division, the Eagles’ volleyball team has found their stride. The October 4th game against the St. Mary’s Wildcats started the month off on a 3-1 run to date, with their only loss coming from 7th ranked Holy Family on October 11th.
On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 the Faith Christian Academy varsity girls’ volleyball team took to the court against the Englewood Lady Pirates and controlled the match, winning in a decisive 3 games (25-10, 25-13, 25-4).
