At 26-25 in the 4th set, Corey Ryan stepped back behind the end line to serve for match point against #19 West Florida. As Coach Dan sat on the bench whispering "come on Corey, give me an ace," we watched as her serve went up... tipped the top of the tape... and dribbled down onto the floor on the Argos side. ACE! Set and match point Saint Leo! "It was an accident!" Corey screamed as she ran to her team and to 'shake' hands with the opposing team, leading Danielle to come dangerously close to peeing herself from laughing so hard.
What a match! The coaching staff is extremely proud of our team, the poise they showed today was beyond impressive. If this is the direction we will continue to head (for the sake of this coach's prematurely gray hair I hope!), then we are going to have a lot of fun!
Tomorrow brings two more tough matches. At 10:30am central, SLU takes on another pride of Lions from North Alabama, who just today swept Nova Southeastern in 3 sets. Following lunch, the ladies will play their final match of the weekend against Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, a small team that is very scrappy and one who we have watched take several talented teams to the brink! That match will be at 3:00pm central, and then it's back on the bus for another 8 hour bus ride...
...at least this time we'll be heading home!
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That's my baby...ice water in her veins...great job Lions &
ReplyDeleteCorey Marie Ryan!