Lady Grizz Suffer Tough Home Losses

The Lady Grizzlies hosted a pair of top teams last week.  Grace started the week taking on the Murtaugh Lady Red Devils.  The evenly matched teams put on a good show for most of the night.  The Lady Grizzlies were able to take the lead in set one and maintain it to a victory in the set.  In the second set the two teams battled back and forth with the game staying close throughout.  In the end the Lady Red Devils squeaked out the win in set two tying the match at one set a piece.  The third set was once again a tough battle.  The Lady Grizzlies made just a couple more mistakes in the set that gave Murtaugh the upper hand winning the set and taking the lead in the match.  Set four was disastrous for the Lady Grizzlies.  Compounding errors and perhaps some fatigue took its toll handing the set and the match to the Lady Red Devils.

Forty-eight hours later the Lady Grizzlies were back in action.  This time they would play host to the states top team and their district rivals the Butte County Lady Pirates.  Whenever you face a top team you need to be at your best.  Unfortunately for the Lady Grizzlies in Thursday’s match they looked a little out of sorts.  Several missteps hampered the Lady Grizzlies efforts and saw them drop three consecutive sets with very little fight.

Grace will have a more relaxed week this week.  The Lady Grizzlies faced some lower level teams on Tuesday in Grace Lutheran and Alturas Prep.  At the time of the writing of this article those games had not yet taken place but the Lady Grizzlies were heavy favorites going into them.  Following that tri-match Grace will get the rest of the week off to regroup and get ready for some more tough competition next week.

Grizzlies 25 23 19 13

Red Devils 20 25 25 25

Grizzlies 12 12 8

Pirates 25 25 25