LEESBURG
- Mount Dora's Eddie Barks and Leesburg's Steve Benson both left the
season-opening volleyball match Tuesday night knowing that their teams
have to do a better job of serving to be successful.
Leesburg (0-1) struggled with its serves throughout the two-game match at Ray Hayes Gymnasium, but it was particularly bad in the the second game when the Yellow Jackets missed four serves in a row and five-out-of-six serves in a 15-0, 15-11 loss to the Hurricanes (1-0).
Leesburg (0-1) struggled with its serves throughout the two-game match at Ray Hayes Gymnasium, but it was particularly bad in the the second game when the Yellow Jackets missed four serves in a row and five-out-of-six serves in a 15-0, 15-11 loss to the Hurricanes (1-0).
In the opening game, Leesburg only had opportunities to serve four times and knocked two of those serves out of play.
But Mount Dora wasn't immune to serving problems either.
``We just didn't play well in the second game,'' Barks said. ``We missed five or six serves. It was terrible.''
Leesburg possibly could have forced a third game in the best-of-three match if it had served a little better.
The Yellow Jackets were only trailing 10-5 in the second game when their serving problems hit.
``Like I asked the girls, Have you ever seen tennis?' '' Benson said. ``It was unforced errors that really hurt us. We had four missed serves in a row.''
Leah Clark, Leesburg's middle blocker, took control of the middle in the second game.
Before Leesburg went on its 0-for-4 run on serves, Clark's blocks earned a sideout and a point for the Yellow Jackets on two consecutive plays.
Her play in the middle forced Mount Dora to shift its offense to more of an attack from its outside hitters. Krissy McKane found success from the outside on sets from Samantha Barks, the coach's daughter, to finally put the second game away for the Hurricanes after Leesburg had climbed to within 6-5 earlier in the contest.
Mount Dora dominated the first game and its serving was much better.
Katie Richards, Marivel Rodrigues and Samantha Barks all had service aces in the game and Leesburg only won four sideouts. The Hurricanes only had onemissed serve in that game and McKane's spikes were particularly effective.
Coach Barks was impressed with the way Leesburg quickly turned around after the first game.
``In the first game, we ran the offense and got some hits in,'' Barks said. ``Maybe it did come too easily, because we didn't play nearly as well in the second game. But, you also have to give Leesburg some credit. They played much better.''
But Mount Dora wasn't immune to serving problems either.
``We just didn't play well in the second game,'' Barks said. ``We missed five or six serves. It was terrible.''
Leesburg possibly could have forced a third game in the best-of-three match if it had served a little better.
The Yellow Jackets were only trailing 10-5 in the second game when their serving problems hit.
``Like I asked the girls, Have you ever seen tennis?' '' Benson said. ``It was unforced errors that really hurt us. We had four missed serves in a row.''
Leah Clark, Leesburg's middle blocker, took control of the middle in the second game.
Before Leesburg went on its 0-for-4 run on serves, Clark's blocks earned a sideout and a point for the Yellow Jackets on two consecutive plays.
Her play in the middle forced Mount Dora to shift its offense to more of an attack from its outside hitters. Krissy McKane found success from the outside on sets from Samantha Barks, the coach's daughter, to finally put the second game away for the Hurricanes after Leesburg had climbed to within 6-5 earlier in the contest.
Mount Dora dominated the first game and its serving was much better.
Katie Richards, Marivel Rodrigues and Samantha Barks all had service aces in the game and Leesburg only won four sideouts. The Hurricanes only had onemissed serve in that game and McKane's spikes were particularly effective.
Coach Barks was impressed with the way Leesburg quickly turned around after the first game.
``In the first game, we ran the offense and got some hits in,'' Barks said. ``Maybe it did come too easily, because we didn't play nearly as well in the second game. But, you also have to give Leesburg some credit. They played much better.''
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