LCCC Golden Eagles Volleyball Group
Storey Gymnasium is feeling extra like dwelling for the Laramie County Neighborhood Faculty volleyball group after they swept Western Wyoming 25-15, 25-16, 25-19 on Saturday afternoon for his or her second straight win in Area IX North play.
The Golden Eagles survived early strain from the Mustangs within the first two units, breaking a 6-6 tie within the first set with a 4-0 run and a 5-5 tie within the second set with a 6-0 run on their solution to securing victories in each units.
The Laramie County offense was practically flawless within the opening units too, committing just one error to 16 kills within the first set and three errors to 12 kills within the second set.
“We’ve to maintain our unforced errors down,” Head Coach Zach Shaver stated of the significance in these numbers. “Unforce errors simply give the opposite group free factors and often flip into extra factors due to momentum swings in order that’s all the time a aim of ours to maintain our hitting errors and repair errors low.”
The third set was a lot nearer all through as Western Wyoming was in a position to rally their blocking sport to quiet a number of the Golden Eagle hitters for a time, however a group effort which led to 5 hitters with greater than 5 kills within the match helped LCCC previous the Mustangs, closing out the set 25-19.
Freshman Demi Stauffenberg was the main hitter for the Golden Eagles on the day with 13 kills, however the actual story got here from sophomore McKenzie Earl who stepped into the setting roll and had 34 assists instead of Brooke Parker who was sidelined with an harm sustained on Friday night time.
Stauffenberg stated communication was large through the match with out having their regular beginning setter.
“Communication has helped us a ton, particularly immediately with Brooke out and other people enjoying totally different positions,” she stated.
The win strikes LCCC into third within the Area IX North standings at 2-1 with a brief highway journey to Japanese Wyoming on Friday, October 7th to wrap up the run by means of their convention schedule.
“We wanted these two wins (in opposition to Casper and Western Wyoming) to place ourselves in rivalry for the Area IX event and to perform our first aim of the season,” Shaver stated.
They may return dwelling on October 14th and 15th for matches in opposition to Central Wyoming and Northwest Faculty.
“Clearly it’s necessary for us to qualify for the Area IX event,” Stauffenberg stated. “To do this we simply must hold specializing in our sport play and the way we’re enjoying in opposition to the opposite groups. We’ve some more durable matches arising and I feel it’s simply necessary for us to concentrate on us and the extent of play that we’re at.”