High School Volleyball | Coon Rapids vs. Armstrong

[Music] welcome to armstrong high school for northwest suburban conference volleyball an unseasonably warm evening here in early november it is the rapids cardinals paying a visit here to the falcons and welcome inside armstrong high school i'm jay wilcox along with carl katzenberger the minnetonka head coach and former coach here at armstrong high school back in the day as well as the these teams you see a couple wins for the cardinals the falcons coming in at three and three we will take quick time out we'll come back here with the start of our match here on ccx [Music] [Music] and welcome back here to armstrong and uh carl first opportunity for you to see these two teams this year is the armstrong coming in at three and three they had a couple of reschedules early because of a you know possible copic exposure that turned out to not uh you know affect them too greatly and and for rapids uh they are at two wins and six losses though they've had some four setters i mean i think they're maybe a little bit better than what their record looks like and uh you know kind of a toss-up kind of match coming in it looks like yeah i think both sides definitely have talented players and both sides are going to be well coached and i'm looking forward to it you know hopefully a competitive match on paper you'd think maybe armstrong would have a little bit of an edge with depth but um you know rapids as you mentioned they've had some good results so you know we're really looking forward to seeing how this one plays out [Applause] rapids will be without their setter this evening and uh so a little bit of a you know thing that they have to scramble a bit on an armstrong without their normal starting libero this evening so obviously those are the kind of things uh you know they're kind of things that coaches have had to deal with quite a bit this year carl and you know from covet are just other injuries and that kind of thing too yeah i mean the covet adds a different dimension certainly in the planning and how you you make sure that you have backups and then you know backups of backups in some cases ready to go and i'm really interested to see how both schools tonight kind of deal with the the the fact that they're they're a starter light and um yeah i mean it's it's fun to see a kid that maybe doesn't get an opportunity every night to get in there and and um you know that's that's a that's a really cool opportunity it's part of the fun of high school sports look at the starting lineup starting with the visiting cardinals as you get a look at their starting group and their setter tonight will be bella bresnahan who has done some setting for them and had to fill in last year when there was an injury and uh you know so not totally a rookie to the to the role of on the varsity level but uh sada green who had been setting for them for the most part is out this evening unfortunately for the cardinals and for armstrong a similar lineup with one difference to what we saw a week ago when we had the armstrong park center match on megan daly libby matala kira kebobek kylie ferguson kaya durant their setter is riley fry and then madison fondo the freshman will be in the lineup as the libero tonight is uh abigail darijay not here this evening for armstrong so you will see how things shake up these teams have had you know some common opponents but they haven't necessarily followed the same uh schedule so far either so it's a little bit harder to tell okay who beat who and who's you know capable of beating who i think you got to come out and and and play well consistency is one thing that both these teams are looking for uh coach ends from rapids said you know we've we've had some sets where we look quite good and some matches where we've done okay overall but just that part of you know let's be sharp all the way through a night and and that's what both these coaches i think are looking for here this evening yeah i think i think maybe game plan too is is if if you have a a player tonight that maybe doesn't have the experience or maybe isn't going to be completely comfortable right away playing varsity volleyball maybe one strategy that would be viable is to all right let's let's put the ball on to that player and make her play you know hard and make her you know just uh perhaps get out of your comfort zone a little bit right away and we'll see how both teams treat each other's you know non-regular starter megan daley serving for armstrong and we are underway here in the opening set and that hit is just long [Applause] tried to go deep corner with it there cardinals uh becca masteller didn't miss by much and it was kind of an indecisive signal there i thought for a moment it might have been called in that's one of those 50 50 calls that uh hopefully even out over the course of time durant hitting from the back row there dug up and nearly into the ceiling cardinals able to stick with it [Applause] and this one put away by ferguson as fry delivering a nice set there small thing there by bresnahan but i like the the instinct that she needed to forcibly move a teammate out of the way in that rally and it shows me that she's pretty comfortable playing with these these uh teammates right now if you're moving literally chess pieces around the board and a hitting error there for the cardinals and armstrong will go up now three nothing passing is really important and uh hopefully they can take some pressure off the setter uh by doing you know a great job on service eve that would be one thing to look for on the queen rapid side and ferguson able to put that over pass away as the cardinals struggling a little bit serve receive early daley has rattled off four in a row here for the falcons [Applause] and come right side with it this time and durant probably played a ball that you shouldn't have there and it'll be a point for the cardinals yeah younger volleyball players that positioning is so key there if you can place yourself in the same area on the court while defending that you give yourself a chance to judge if it's in or out audrey anderson delivering an ace here for rapids as they get things going a little bit after giving up the first four points now to within four to two and anderson another tough serve another ace this is an interesting situation where the the libro isn't asked to be on the court in service eve all the time normally i mean that's that's their job but how they affect the match and looks like coach vogel is going to work her into certain situations durant that time got the pass we'll up a free ball over here and an overpass put away oh you got a net violation though against the cardinals so armstrong will get a point out of it i think both teams kind of shown a little bit of uh you know if you want to call it nerves but uneasiness simply just because there's some touches that uh are being made that you know honestly i think the caliber of play here that you would expect your free ball to be passed well and you would expect sir receive to be a little bit sharper for both sides and it has been ferguson with an ace there for armstrong is a cardinals not communicating real well there and kind of both went for the ball and then hesitated and that pass they weren't quite on the same wavelength there yeah that's the old setter thinks we're running one route middle thinks we're running the other route and yeah it's just a communication error unfortunately bresnahan has to come a long way and track that one down here's frye to durant and able to put it away it's a great run a little 31 6 feet extended from the setter there and um durant uh really ran a clean route got a perfect set and you know that's gonna be a high percentage play 8-3 lead here for the falcons as ferguson went to serve resnahan dumping it over fry a long way to get to it and then madelock able to use the blocker well there and it made made that one uh look a little easier than it really was yeah rapids having some some things not break their way they're the hole in the block and it you know just perfectly rebounds off the the inside blocker and out of bounds a little bit of tough luck certainly strong hit there ferguson dug it up but a free ball chance for the cardinals and that one is just long no touch on it apparently well i like that masteller is uh you know really going for it right now i think that's the best way to hit yourself out of a maybe a mini slump is uh yeah you just gotta ignore the fact that you made an error and continue to be forward thinking takes another swing there ferguson able to dig it up [Applause] and rapids going to use a timeout as they have struggled to really get into things so far here 11-3 armstrong lead in this opening set certainly some miscommunication there and i think that's what they're talking about down on the rapids side uh they had an opportunity to earn a free ball which is certainly a time where you feel like you can maybe change the routes you're running either audibly or perhaps coach ends has a different a set of routes on a free ball situation versus a service situation and it just looked like it wasn't clear to every player you know who was running which route and and where the set needed to be and um that'll get better as the night goes on but um that's part of the that's part of the the growing pains and the shuffling of the deck when you do insert new players into the roster and it seems like one wouldn't be that big of a deal but you know there is some cascade effects certainly especially when the the new player is the the setter [Music] see a season ago their last time they met was in a tournament i don't know what a tournament is we don't have those this year but armstrong winning in two in the rapids tournament last year i think if you ask kids around the state what is the one thing they miss most about this year versus that it's that it's the multi-team tournaments that that's the one thing that they would they would uh say is almost universal the thing they miss the most yeah and the teams and something you kind of forget about is the ones that i've asked about it too they don't even say just the matches at the tournaments but the bus rides and things like that and just how much fun and how much closer you get as a team when you go out and you know travel a little bit and play three four matches in a day like that well i think that point is really valid um in the same michael tournament for example it's 32 teams you get teams from out state minnesota you get bemidji to come down and you get you know teams from the southern part of the state and it's it's the experience for the kids it's not necessarily all about the volleyball 12-3 now 12-4 ferguson had a nice serving run but it ends there with a service here and rapids getting inside out here we'll get our first look at it uh looks like the libro for for arm or for armstrong tonight and uh fondao is is new to the lineup and you know looks like coach vogel is gonna see uh what she's gonna do on the court here emma willett came to serve for the cardinals and that one wiped off the block by keeblebeck i think blockers were kind of on the way down as that timing was a little weird on that one and pretty good job by kira to just you know keep under control and not try and take a big swing at it on an out-of-system ball there yeah sometimes you definitely have to make lemonade um yeah and that's a really uh telling kind of attribute for the hitter is it you know you're not gonna get a perfect set every time certainly and that's not a fair expectation no matter how good the setter is and what can you do to improve the touch if if it's imperfect nestle are serving and she'll return the favor with the service here as they go back and forth with that 14-5 lead now for the falcons as kibo air as uh matala will serve here [Music] [Applause] overpass there and durant able to wipe it home yeah i think the early advantage for armstrong has been in the servant pass game obviously couple errors for both sides but the server received for for armstrong has been more steady and yes guinea coach and you know that that's an area where everyone needs to to feel like they're solid in order to have a chance to win [Applause] fry will come outside to durant down the line with that one and that one is going to be too strong rapids been a little erratic hitting as well i mean obviously other things lead up to that with a little bit of struggle of ball control but they've also had some opportunities to put the ball in play and haven't been able to i think madison fondo got her first touch and uh she did a really good job with it maybe not showing the nerves at all maybe she's ready for this opportunity and a strong block put up that time as a double block and i think it was post who got most of that one nicole post for the cardinals yeah it's a really good double block i think the the setter did a tremendous job of of of setting the block and then both kids went up in unison which you know i mean you should receive credit on the stat sheet and in fact you do um in that double block situation um you know when both players do their job it uh you know obviously a situation where you're going to be way more successful if if you have the timing right otherwise one going up and one going down you know that that lends itself to a lot of blocking errors yeah bresnahan did get as much or more that one is pulse they both did a good job there madela's serve is wide so cloon rapids will score the point here but they've been facing an uphill battle here as they fell behind early and they've just kind of struggled to fight their way back into it post has a pretty live arm here and see how aggressive she gets behind the service line comes with a short floater and fry for durant but missed it wide that was a pretty good opportunity durant knows there that she had plenty of space and just didn't hit it see if post goes for the short zone again and maybe that is part of the game plan is we want to we want to make the ninth grader new to this situation uh maybe get outside of our comfort zone a little bit fry's gonna come right back to the rant and this time they get it done yeah kaya duran's on a single block is really high percentage play i imagine armstrong wants that match up you know as many times as they can get tonight uh really good athlete timing was was well done um you know great execution by the falcons [Music] and that'll turn into an ace it looked like it might have possibly been heading out there but rapids played it and i think the other players weren't expecting that and they were kind of caught flat-footed and not that it was a very good pass anyway but yeah there's so many variables in server receive there's your communication there's your teammates communication there's your placement there's the decision who's going to play the ball when it's in a seam there's so much more that goes into it [Applause] pushed over here by durant cardinals coming middle and it's swiped home there by madison fowler as unable to dig that one up maya harrell it's another situation where fowler made a good choice the the approach and the set were certainly not perfect and and she did a good job to do something positive saw the right back defender maybe a little deep and drop coverage and and attack that open part of the court bresnahan to serve good tough serve [Music] and that'll be a point for rapids is fry i think maybe tried to do a little too much with that one she had a long way to go to get to it yeah shoot a big smile on her face after that one she knew that uh she she aired in location there and um immediately apologized they hit her and i like the forward thinking it's don't dwell on a mistake you know everybody's going to make a mistake in the course of a volleyball match let's go forward and get the next one daley unable to get that pass up so cardinals trying to put together a little mini run here another tough serve and that roll shot will find an open spot i like the technique there by wilbur that's an intentional shot you can tell by the spin on the ball because it's not going true end over end 12-6 it's got a little bit of two o'clock to four o'clock or sorry two o'clock to eight o'clock on it and find the line there it's a really really successful shot at just about every level fry for ferguson armstrong getting a little bit fortunate there is ferguson just able to tip it over with the left hand as they were off in their timing but it left a kind of an awkward play for the rapids blockers two athletic middles for armstrong and yeah they have made some plays to to help their setter out on on an imperfect set situation and um as a setter there's nothing you like better than athletic kids uh that are hitting and you know can maybe erase a mistake or two on your end he's there for fry goes down the line with it again fry that ball was good i think we had a first referee yeah first referee overrule here and it's a rare situation where the first referee can reject the the judgment of the of the line judge in in this situation looks like that that's what they've done um yeah you don't see it very often but you know i think if a referee really feels firm um you know like that they will exercise the the ability to overrule there um you know without the aid of instant replay yeah i mean you look at home maybe and you see second hindsight is 20 20 but with without the you know benefit of instant replay um sometimes you just you just have to call them like you see them i think they've got the score on the scoreboard here wrong that'll be an ace for the cardinals well we're just going to always give our guys in the truck the the benefit of doubt here right pretty lengthy conversation between the downgraph and coach ends and maybe that's what they're talking about is is there was a uh you know point that that we missed somewhere along the line or just a call that was you know um you know not not captured accurately [Applause] and a good effort but can't keep that ball alive now they've gotten it corrected so now at 23.13 as daily the serve again here for the falcons [Music] [Applause] and that'll turn into an ace as master unable to get the pass up so armstrong a chance to take this first set they have come out kind of assumed control of this one but uh still plenty of match to go cardinals a little bit sluggish in the early going yeah you saw the assistant coach for rapids get up and adjust the servicing formation um there on the fly and i think they're searching for some answers right now and uh it would be interesting to see how they address service even game two and and um you know that for me that's the elephant in the room they do a little bear job in in service eve and they have plenty of firepower to to play volleyball with armstrong uh armstrong just dominated them and in that aspect of the game i think that's a really fair statement so you see the uh set winning point here as fry coming out to keeblebeck in the block up just a little bit late and it drops in so a 25-13 win for armstrong in our opening set we will come back with set number two here northwest suburban volleyball here on ccx sports [Music] find more prep sports games and highlights at ccxmedia.org and follow us on social media [Music] and welcome back here to armstrong high school along with carl katzenberger i'm jay wilcox and we should point out tonight if anybody watching live tonight thinking okay i didn't think this was with the match we were supposed to be doing maple grove champlain park this evening and got notified in about mid-afternoon that that match would be postponed and uh not certain but seemingly coveted related we don't know that for a fact but that that seemed to be the indication so we thank larry tate the ad here at armstrong and coach vogel and for having us on short notice tonight and we're glad to be here and able to watch another good northwest suburban match up here as rapids and armstrong start set number two yeah i would say the obvious um you know kind of area for improvement would be sir receive on the rapid side i would like to see armstrong be insistent enough to run the middle uh at a higher rate they had a ton of success in the first game and you know let's see if they can continue to capitalize on that they will come to it right there and ferguson able to put it away it isn't just a rant who can score from the middle for them too ferguson coming on having a pretty nice season for them as well and she will serve right now yeah i think both the middles um you know he had a high percentage in the first game and you know in order to run middle you have to have your teammates cooperate you have to have a good pass and you have to have a good set obviously but you know armstrong certainly has had a market advantage in the middle so far in this match and looks like we had a ball handling error called there against the falcons so rapids will get the point and audrey anderson will serve yeah anytime that ball spins on a you know strange axis like that the referee is uh you know always kind of looking for for you know mishandled ball on second contact and you know the ball spinning is certainly a good indicator that one hand touched the ball before the other [Music] sophomore megan daly serving now for armstrong rolled to the middle and fry and matala scrambling and they get it over this one push deep to the corner and it will be a point for the cardinals good effort to get there but just couldn't get that pass up as uh ava brigham went to the floor yeah no it's great effort um you know coach vogel i'm sure is instilling in his players you just play the whistle you work as hard as you can uh one thing on the rapid side i really liked in that exchange is michaela wilbur and sir received she made her platform and then after the ball it even left her she kept her platform kind of locked as as a mechanism of follow through and making sure you're doing the skill correctly all the way through the contact and she had a really good rap after doing that well it with a serving here and that was another thing rapids you know if you want to be battling back in you can't afford to have too many of those matala will serve now for armstrong and nice ball there from bresnahan able to tee it up well for a master that's the value of being in system and you know rapids is certainly going to have to address that seriously but that's right on the money on the setter's head we get a great in-tempo ball to the middle and um yeah i mean just just really smooth offense here rapids continue to struggle to serve though and it's 4-3 armstrong durant will serve now for the falcons [Applause] overpass there ferguson doing her best to stick with it but it'll drop in for a point for the cardinals as they tie things up here good job on service you there by emma walika i think i'm pronouncing that right um she she did a good job with technique is centering the ball and making sure that you know the ball is always going to be on a rebound angle toward the center toward the net scramble there by matala and durant will get it over and then unable to drop that one in over the net there as master was kind of it looked like they kind of got caught up a little bit in trying to get to this ball yeah i'm sure that uh uh congestion in the middle of the the court there maybe caused the setter to change your mind at the last minute and um i think yeah it certainly played a role in the air great effort to get on the floor there for anderson [Applause] president going to the outside and that one dug up frye will come from madeline able to score it it's a good ball out of the back row and in the the falcons you know uh that's a kind of a hallmark of a good offensive team is we can turn a counterattack even though we can't set the front row player we can still put heat on the defense out of the back row fry coming out to the outside there for annika allmstrom was checked in there and that hit had plenty of pace but just too long let's see no it was touched love that play by ferguson there at the net um the free ball came over and a lot of time front row players kind of abdicate the responsibility of playing the first ball on and they just assume that the the primary ball handler is going to come up from the back row and ferguson did a great job of taking responsibility for that and and um love to see that as a coach like the ball maybe did change direction a little bit as it went over ferguson that hit is too strong and rapids to within two now at seven to five yeah let's see if we can uh get a serving run out of rapids here then unfortunately the the all the service runs have kind of ended in an error and um you know let's see if they get something sustained going here good recovery by fowler there durant will give it to frye off the block and down and rapids now to within 7-6 it's a really good set by bresnahan she got turned around and is kind of coming from an awkward angle and i guarantee you in practice we don't put the setter in that position where you have to do a 180 and then and then move and then set the right side of your platform so really good show of athleticism there [Applause] daley swatting that one over and fry a misfire there as the setter doesn't get too many attack opportunities there and uh our eyes kind of lit up lost her form a little bit yeah as a center your eyes do get a little wide when you get a chance to take third contact and um i like that armstrong has stayed aggressive even in situations where they haven't been able to set an in-system front rope route [Applause] overpass there and ferguson able to put it away for the falcons i like kylie ferguson's game like this is a this is a a coached issue right here is hey let's just take the sure point and two-handed block instead of trying to hit the volleyball lots of bad things can happen when you when you swing at an overpass like that and almost all good outcomes when you choose to swipe lock like that wilbur to serve here for rapids [Applause] and give it right back yeah it is not rapids night from the service or the service line so far um you know hopefully just love averages will kind of start to even out and you know it's going to be a big shot in the arm for their competitiveness in game two and three here armstrong following suit though they they serve quite well i thought in the first set but they have struggled also here in set two i'd like to see queen rabbits go after fondo and sir receive a little bit right here um you know just make her kind of earner stripes without a ton of varsity experience fry to durant and armstrong first really good swing they've had in a bit here yeah again really good athleticism i love the set from off the net there um creating opportunities for the middle and yeah i'm sure armstrong would take that you know as many times in the match as they possibly could and matala reaching back for that one it's a good decision by master on the outside um you know that that's certainly not a perfect set combination uh and a perfect approach there together and she chose to to take a little off and and try to hit an area of the court and caught the defender underwear [Music] so a timeout taken here had some issues with the scoreboard here they just now added a point that they forgot to put up for armstrong a few moments ago and i think that's correct now at 11 9. i think it was one of those strange situations were where armstrong called timeout and nobody realized there was a timeout for about 10 seconds probably including the score table uh rapids had done a better job in service eve and that was one of the the obvious ways that they could kind of reassert themselves in this match after game one i would like to see both teams value their opportunity to serve a little bit more um and if that means you're trading aggression for for just the ability to make the other team play um i think that's probably you know close to the message from from both coaches right now is be willing to trade a little bit of aggression just for the sake of of you know uh playing the rally as opposed to gifting the rally by by missing your serve and you i mean you don't ever want to miss but when you do you at least want to make the other team have to make a decision if you're putting the ball that's nowhere near like that then you know it isn't even a question in their mind whether that they're going to think about maybe i do i need to play this do i not need to play it madela to serve here for the falcons trying to even things up here in set two they rolled in the first have made quite a few substitutions here in the second as well and i think that maybe has had something to do with the fact that they haven't been quite as sharp and that one was too strong from madelaw i think coach vogel you know maybe sees an opportunity here just to to to get some players in the game that may or may not have a every night role a team and and you know i i think that's awesome for for players is when they get challenged you know maybe you don't play every night but when your number gets called like you know maybe coach vogel wants to make sure that you are ready um you know in case of uh a situation where the team needed you yeah and in particular this year obviously with uh with the covid situation you might have your number called you better be ready i've seen that a lot more just across the state through all conferences and levels as is you know coaches are going a little deeper on their bench just to make sure that um you know maybe the second string or third string player does have some game experience when it's time for them to go in good idea down the line there but just missed so armstrong maybe a little bit fortunate to get to serve back there fry first time she's gone with the setter dump and pretty well disguised and it's 13 12. that's how one place sets up another they've had a really big advantage out of the middle and you know rapids obviously had to honor that and then the 31 route pulled the middle blocker over seder found a big opening in the middle of the court and had a nice shot nice swing there from wilbur and the cardinals go back up by two i like that change of pace by wilbur she had been using that top quarter line shot in trouble when she didn't have a full approach and this time she decided to go to zone five which is uh you know really good decision mix things up try to find success in other areas of the court besides one pride of matala from the back row and puts it away [Applause] yeah armstrong is definitely you know uh connecting well when they're in system and and their hitters have had had you know good amount of pace on the volleyball i think rappers is trying to score with some tips and role shots and things like that have a little bit more balanced uh you know philosophy behind offense and um you know so far though no complaints about the game plan for for armstrong they've had a lot of opportunities to swing and be aggressive and it's worked out for them well fry's ace ties it up and make it two in a row anderson unable to get there as you mentioned jay just just the value of making the other team play the rally um you know he here's a serve and you know it's aggressive but it's certainly nothing that the libro can't handle it's just the idea of hey you have to play the rally you know to its conclusion instead of just winning because we couldn't get the serve into a playable area so fry a nice little serving run here kind of at a good time here for armstrong as well as they surge into the lead oops well just when we talked her up yeah that was a weird situation there i think the toss was was really low and you know it's it's strange when you see a serve get hit like with the forearm i think that's exactly what happened maybe uh just didn't expect the serve to be out that low and fry didn't really have any recourse other than try to do her best resnahan with the serve [Applause] anderson outside for wilbur and ferguson there for the block yeah wilbur has you know certainly shown a a pretty good offensive game i like her shots and i i do like her aggression when when the ball has been hit a ball um there you know maybe we don't want to challenge the middle blocker maybe we want to challenge the right side blocker is it tend to be a a smaller athlete [Applause] fry will come out to matala cardinals stay with it bailey sending that one over [Applause] fry will come back to the right side and a misfire by daley i like the doubling up opportunities for the right side there that's uh it's something that's not very common and can catch the defense off guard right side had an opportunity hit the ball into the deep zone one and then immediately armstrong went right back to her kind of in hopes of catching the the defense unaware right at ferguson and she's able to put it away the rapids has their hands full out of the middle right now and and i think you know fowler is doing everything she can right there um she's she's just a little out athlete at this point so you know maybe they can come up with a different blocking uh scheme or maybe they can defend it a little bit differently and try to reduce that that big margin they're enjoying out of the middle wrong hit there and unable to dig it up with brigham [Applause] and here we say the uh ninth grader madison fondo re-entering the game i i'd still like rapids to to maybe try to isolate her on super c a little bit fry we'll give it to matala that one denied [Music] [Applause] rondo a nice pass there and here's matala getting a swing well you saw you're in there as a libra to make plays just like that and that's what happened madison doing a nice job yeah she's looked very comfortable honestly you know for for her first go tonight and um you know that that play was exactly how coach vogel wants her to attack it from the outside in and then uh you know perfect in system dig [Applause] but daily a serving error for the falcons again that part of their game has not been nearly as good in the second set as it was in the first so their lead down to a point as emma willitka will serve and that one's too long my goodness if you were a coach you'd uh you turn your palms up and kind of say what can you do at this point you know let's not be focused on the errors that have taken place let's be forward focused on you know what we're going to do well the next time it's our opportunity to serve and there's durant up for the block for the falcons yeah armstrong has a really enjoyed advantage out of the middle and i i think that um you know that that's certainly something that they want to press at the end of game two in game three if we get a chance to run middle in system and then you know they did a really good job of iding the 31 there on the rapid side and they had a really well formed united block and um yeah i've been really impressed with with how armstrong is is you know scheming that position and and the game plan surrounding the the middle blockers we remind you of our ccx sports play of the week as each monday you get a chance to uh vote on a new set of plays go to ccxmedia.org click on sports and play of the week kaya durant is actually one of the choices for this week from kill she had in the match against park center a week ago on ccx yeah durant and and the the the setter for armstrong they have an obvious connection you can tell when when two kids are kind of maybe uh a half second ahead of the play so to speak and they're seeing the potential the the play unfold even before that that actual moment in time comes mata let's serve her team up by three good tough serve again oh and a great effort to get to that one by willitka [Music] a tip here but fry will come outside for durant on the slide and nice job a good pass by armstrong too to kind of control that ball get it to fry yeah too much kaya durant going off of one foot here and and you'll see the replay standard slide she gets that ball all the way outside past the blocker and there's just nothing you can do about that as a defense matala delivers an ace and armstrong turning it up again here late in this set after they kind of floundered for well now leading by five [Applause] to the right side but timing wasn't there in post with the server or hitting error there so 24-18 set point chance for libby matala good aggressive swing there uh by wilbur holy cow and you know maybe uh you know she's acquitted herself really well madison fondo uh playing libro for the falcons tonight i'd like to see you know rapids maybe try to to give her more opportunity hopefully get her out of her comfort zone a little bit um she's playing so well though i don't even know if that's a possibility quite honestly but uh you know let's see if we can uh change their tactic on serve and certainly on sir receive too and armstrong coming up with a block to secure the win in our second set falcons win it 25-19 as they pulled away late some good defense as well there so armstrong goes up now two sets to none as you get a look at the ending of this second set fry getting up for the block for the falcons it's two nothing armstrong we'll be back with set number three here on ccx ccx media is the first place you go for local news and sports but did you know you can sign up for those stories to go straight to your inbox on our website simply go to ccxmedia.org click on the subscribe button and from there choose which notifications you want to receive then we'll send your favorite ccx media news sports and city events straight to your inbox sign up now at ccxmedia.org [Music] armstrong taking the first set rather easily the second set was definitely more competitive but down the stretch they got into a good rotation and just kind of put them away so a two nothing lead here for the falcons as we head to set number three and uh for rapids i mean you hate to oversimplify carl but i think serve and serve receive they've to have any chance to kind of fight their way back in those things need to improve for sure yeah for me that's that's got to be the the change that that rapids commits themselves to i think armstrong has really done a good job of pressing their advantage in the middle um i you know i'll mention madison fondo one more time i thought she's had a number of really good touches i'm a little surprised that rapids hasn't attempted to give her more opportunity and try to isolate that player a little bit but they've had so much you know other issue with servants or receive i i you know can't imagine step two on the game plan you know being executed well if step one you know servant service eve isn't pride of ferguson and armstrong starts the third in style here so they go up one nothing been really impressed by fry and finding the middle when she's you know pulled off to maybe five six feet she's done a really nice job of locating and durant did just enough to get that pass out but it wasn't pretty but kept it alive another fast twitch play there by by fry is you're certainly not expecting that dig to come right at you and she she did a really good job of making that ball hittable for the outside hitter [Applause] [Music] fry will come right side keebleback pushing it over and then hoffman i think kind of took her eye off that one as she was looking where that ball was gonna go and didn't get a good full swing on it i was maybe a little bit low maybe a little inside and yeah i didn't look like a comfortable approach though that's that's for sure oh and that one will crawl over madela stayed with it and then people back able to put it home yeah isn't it it's it's funny that how a net serve can cause that much chaos kind of on both sides that that whole rally seemed to be it you know just a little bit panicked on on all of the successive touches rye with a good serve breast mana go a long way to get to that one here's mata a looking deep corner [Music] and the cardinals will win that battle at the net as sticking with it was uh fowler yeah heads-up play by fowler it's hard to expect over on two by the middle there and you know they're told front the middle front the middle front the middle and she did a really good job of uh executing that idea fry will come out to matala madela gets another swing and just missed we talked about in game one uh armstrong had a chance to play an overpass and and i think it was uh one of the middles that chose to sweep block that with two hands um sometimes you just get so uh wide-eyed for an opportunity to hit that overpass and and you forget about maybe the risk-reward combo cardinals backed within a point now fowler of the serve and a misfire there after a couple pretty good ones so armstrong will lead at 5-3 as harrell coming back in [Applause] here's frye coming to libby matala off the block and that one is wide there was a lot of open court but master unable to hit it yeah i like the decision making for the rapids outside most of the time they haven't been trying to do too much um and they've exhibited some good shots yeah sometimes you just miss i mean that's just how volleyball goes harrell a little too strong with that serve so the cardinals will get it back and becca masteller will serve nope hoffman sir fry coming right side with it from adela and now ferguson and that one's smoked home by master for rapids yeah that whole play starts with audrey anderson um really good get in the middle back there and that's just a reaction play um she showed a lot of athleticism and continuing that rally with a very nice take pride of ferguson denied by post so i think rapids is is very keenly aware of if armstrong is in system they're going to try to 1-1 middle and look at that well-formed block there you got four hands up at the same time really nice job by queen rapids and then hoffman missing with the serve yeah it's really a shame that that the serving has been such a bugaboo for rapids i think their talent you know certainly would give armstrong a a good match tonight unfortunately they haven't put themselves in a position um just because they've had so many errors on serving and that one drops into the middle of we get a net violation it looks like here um on the center for rapids um i'm i was watching the ball obviously i wasn't watching the net but i think that was probably part of the hesitation on the armstrong side is is they saw a net violation and they decided uh you know it is strange that maybe it wasn't being called and they kind of gave up on the play [Applause] fondo will serve here for armstrong so [Music] [Applause] and that one misfired that was probably the first opportunity tonight that i would say one of the outsides for for rapids is maybe try to bite off a little bit more than than they should um it wasn't a very good in system delivery the set and the approach were off and and normally they're going for a shot there and that was a really good one into zone five as opposed to trying to win with pure pace so rapids to within two now as master to serve it'll wind up as an a it says she scrapes the tape there that's a good short serve and um let's see where uh she goes with with number two here fry will send a free ball over here anderson getting to it [Applause] across court missed it so this is the first time that rapids has been able to challenge uh fond out a couple rallies in a row and see if they go right back to her armstrong has been out of system on both of those rallies [Applause] [Music] fry for durant it was blocked [Music] and bresnahan a good decision there super response by fondo and sir receive she's up to the challenge on that one let's see if they continue to kind of go after her zone and serve receive they have moved her to the far side of the court now [Applause] and daley i'm able to get that pass up and for one of the first times armstrong is looking a little bit out of sync here and rapids has put together a nice little run they go up 11-9 here in our third set well that's the trap sometimes as a high school volleyball team is if you win the first two sets and one of them certainly very handily is how do you continue to maintain and or increase your your intensity towards that third game there's a look at some of the uh action we have coming up for you on ccx as we'll be friday night champlain park and totino grace tangling on the football field and then volleyball next week with champlain park ossio and then a good football match up midweek with maple grove and champlain park and then we've got brooklyn center football coming up and the bottom line there is fairly important subject to change we had a change as we said mid-afternoon today and that was not the first time this fall and obviously a lot of teams whether it be volleyball whether it be football or earlier with some of the other sports have kind of had to be pretty flexible and change on the fly and that's just kind of the reality of the situation for this fall i think it's one of the first things we talked about tonight when i sat down and i hadn't seen you in a while and i think that if in this day and age if you're walking around and you allow yourself to be annoyed or or really upset by by small changes that are outside of your control i i got bad news for you you're probably going to be annoyed and walking around kind of grumpy for for the foreseeable future resnahan trying to get to it but couldn't quite do so so armstrong to a thin one now that was a good service run and it did not end with a miss serve for rapids i think that's got to be kind of like the the mantra for them is you know it's okay to lose your service as a team it can't be on a miss serve for for the rest of the match madala to serve some question now on cable by getting lined up here's fry missing deep corner that was a good shot um she did miss by a ball but i mean she had the line open good strong approach um and like i said that's that's volleyball sometimes you dismiss anderson with the serve here for the cardinals durant tipping over the block and gets it done she has been efficient tonight yeah i i i lots of good about um her game and and the different facets of that it's not just setting in system you know she's been attacking there she she's lining up on the outside um as it looks like they're they're running a two-setter offense right now coach vogel changed over to that out of the timeout [Applause] madela coming to durant but missed it tried to go out to the line so i wonder if this is something that the falcons just have in their back pockets for situations and and then they want to try to to uh you know get some reps in that configuration um it's certainly unusual but not unheard of to have the setter come out of the right back and then when the front row hit outside here's durant putting it away yeah too much kaya durant tonight um you know if you're a rapids fan she has certainly uh had some some good setting and some some good play by it they're her teammates for ball control but she has certainly taken her her end of the uh equation that third contact uh really seriously and had a fantastic night hitting little miscommunication there by the cardinals so a point for armstrong that's one of those defensive plays in the left back is you want to read tip and you want your athletes to to think ahead if you read is one thing but over committing is another and they just got stuck advancing queen rapid saw that decided to go ahead and shoot the ball down the deep line that pass into the net madlow was a little unsure where how to try and play that would have been tough either way so 16-13 lead for the cardinals as wilbur with another serve and it was good so it's an ace i like the arm on wilbur he's one of those players you look at her and how are you going to generate pace and she does such a good job of it um you know both hitting and serving have been kind of impressed by that aspect of her game service error there though and it's 17-14 lead now for the cardinals as fry will serve fry coming to matala and plenty of open space there she puts it away yeah it's it's it's i think i ran this offense black with the the blake bears almost 20 years ago and you know we we had two athletes that would take turns both setting out of the right back and then hitting in the left front um and it's certainly unconventional especially in this day and age in volleyball but um you know i like that coach vogel is kind of stretching his his offense to fit the players as opposed to superimposing his offense and and and not taking the players strengths into consideration fowler the serve here for the cardinals keebleback had that one blocked by post rapids serving has certainly picked up and you can see like it kind of gets to your point that you know when they've been able to serve they've been right there with armstrong yeah certainly some talented players on both sides of the net the the obvious difference in the game has been servants are received and it's been very lopsided to this point um you know and yeah you never know what could happen if if you make an adjustment mid match and and i think rapids has done a very good job of that 20 to 15 lead now for the cardinals a quick shoe tie time for their for kibo beck and a serving there there but 20 to 16 lead now for rapids armstrong's margin for error has gotten smaller here as the cardinals were first to 20. will come in be interesting to see um you know what rapids does out of this rotation here they're kind of reliant on the outside because they haven't been in system very much and see if they can maybe get this one across the finish line um you know out of this configuration fry missing the deep corner [Music] [Applause] okay so you're going to see number 12 for armstrong come off the tee in a route we call it drift she's going to be coming right across the front of the setter and attempting to push the ball back into zone one on the opposing side fortunately that serving uh issue is is crept done again and uh you know rapids probably wishes they had that one back mondo to serve here fry to durant and able to put it home yeah she's done such a good job and you know obviously athletic and and i think she's finding the the block too um you know just the tiniest of seems and she did such a good job at either hearing or or seeing that herself and it's almost unfair when you're not only taking advantage of hitting balls around the block but then finding that that tiny hole shot um you know just really really well played that hit is too long and armstrong is crept back within two now as the freshman fondo serving and it's a good one cardinals though able to recover bresnahan sending it over madela and another one sprayed long here for the cardinals and armstrong creeping back within one and john and will use a timeout here on the cardinals bench yeah armstrong is playing drop coverage against the outside which means that the setter is defending at about 12 feet here and we'll get we'll get a good shot of it after the save maybe okay um rally continues armstrong hits outside great pickup by the libro for rapids and you see the right back setter number 14 there for armstrong is playing what we call drop coverage and that's deep behind the 10 foot line which will create an opportunity to tip off the outside and and make her do something really athletic going forward to a tip of about three four five feet in there and so maybe that's an opportunity they're discussing right now in the rapids huddle is is a way to score even though it's not scoring with pace and i know that's you know players first instinct is they see a good set and they want to make sure that they they get a great arm swing that's a really good mentality to have but this is a spot where rapids just needs to score and it doesn't matter how it'd be interesting to see if they were able to employ that uh taking advantage of the fact that armstrong is playing drop coverage with their right back defender rondo to serve here again out of the timeout and it's an ace she has come up big with the serve here down the stretch yeah i've been really impressed with the way she played volleyball tonight um you know debuting at libro as i understand and that's a lot of responsibility and you know she she's certainly answered the bell and durant able to get the block for the falcons as they surge into the lead now 22-21 [Music] and that serves gonna be too strong though and we're even at 22. [Music] okay so rapids is one of their their better servers back there in masteller and then wilbur has rotated the front row and see if they can string a few points together here and extend this match fry coming to madela had that one blocked fry will tip [Applause] pretty good read there is able to drop that one in yeah rapids really was was uh expecting you know them to be in system and run middle and the setter just went over on two and you can tell just by their body language that was about the last thing in the world they expected um you know the defenders kind of standing straight up and down and just very surprised by by the over on two tactic there by armstrong [Music] so these are uh these are the the times when as a coach you really want your players to kind of fall back on their training i would imagine rapids number one idea here is let's get the ball settable on service eve it doesn't matter if it's perfect but let's give our team an opportunity here i would think if they're in system they might want to go to post um you know on a route we call the drift and that's when the the middle is in service eve here on the t and then they're coming across the face of the net uh and hitting a quicker tempo ball in the middle and then wilbur's had a lot of success on the outside and i think you know she's been mixing it up going lying across a little bit i do think there's still an opportunity for for rapids to take advantage of that drop coverage defense by armstrong and take a good approach to the outside tip the ball short and see what happens matalo back to the service line here and wait too long the timeout kind of broke the rhythm i think a little bit 23 all i imagine both teams might be doing a little serving at practice uh tomorrow that would be that would be my guess [Applause] here's fry with the swing resnahan able to get it over and the cardinals go back in front 24-23 as durant tried to time that one up super play by anderson to to extend that rally back there and now she's serving for match point or sorry excuse me set point and come back to matala and wilbur too long with that one and armstrong lives on yeah good opportunity there counterattack anderson made another really nice dig and and you know rapids got what they wanted they wanted one of their outsides and taking an aggressive swing at the ball and unfortunately just a little too much pace and and missed the zone one corner will serve or even up at 24. [Applause] wilbur tipping here's keeblebeck and that'll be a ball handling here on queen rapids so 25 24 falcons two great touches by mastel are there one in service team and one defending see if um they can get the center in system on serve receive here wilbur off the block fondo able to get to it here's fry and that one will be down for a point and armstrong able to come back and pull out this third set after rapids it had him on the ropes there with a set point chance so the falcons will prevail in three the third one was definitely not easy though carl no really good match i thought both teams showed some some uh excellent uh execution and and you know smart volleyball players for both teams i think uh rapids bugaboo was a serving tonight um and armstrong showed their depth i think they hit they have a a really complete kind of lineup you know top to bottom and i think maybe that was the difference you know especially given both teams were missing a starter so the falcons win for the fourth time this season they'll be on the road for a couple of matches next week at anoka and at andover rapids will be hosting elk river on tuesday and then they go to champlain park on thursday of next week we hope you've enjoyed this one here tonight from armstrong high school it is armstrong sweeping rapids 25 13 19 and then 26 24 in the third for karl katzenberger and all of our ccx crew mj wilcox goodnight from armstrong [Music] you

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