NGU Skyliner

Darius L. Brown
Staff Writer

The Lady Crusaders dropped both matches on homecoming weekend. North Greenville faced off against the Lady Hawks in this past Saturday’s game at Hayes Gymnasium.

The Lady Crusaders were defeated by the Lady Hawks (23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 21-25). Sophomore Kaitlyn Pierce was out for today’s match. The Lady Crusaders were missing Pierce’s leadership and skills on the front line. The match against Chowan College was not in the Lady Crusaders favor.

“The lady’s played a hard fought game, but just could not manage to come out on top,” Lady Crusaders coach Lauren Axson said. “The ladies played with integrity and confidence, but had some downfalls throughout the game.”

“One of our major competitors and leaders Kaitlyn Pierce did not play today, but I told the ladies there would be situations like this, where one of our major competitors like Kaitlyn wouldn’t play due to injuries,” Axson said.

The second match was at 4 p.m against Lincoln Memorial. The Lady Crusaders were overpowered by Lincoln Memorial, losing in three straight sets (18-25, 14-25, and 19-25). North Greenville showed weaknesses in miscommunication against Lincoln Memorial. The ladies played a very intense game against Lincoln Memorial.

North Greenville had some young players that showed some positive skills to build on for the future starting with Charity Koschel, freshman sport management, who had three kills in the match and several well-struck attacks.

The other young players Crusader who played well today was Haleigh Gilbert, freshman early childhood education, who had two solo blocks in the second match of the day. Sara Beth White, freshman mathematics education, also contributed, she continued to mature for the Lady Crusaders playing phenomenal throughout each set.

“The younger ladies played a phenomenal game. I was proud of the young ladies,” Axson said. “This has been a long, but fun season.”

The Lady Crusaders will face King College Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in Hayes Gymnasium.

Tags: Fall 2009, Vol. 109 - Issue 6

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