Volleyball: Coaches Corner with Nicole Creek
Canyon Lake Volleyball team continues to play over .500 ball this season.
Head Volleyball Coach Nicole Creek
That is good news as Head Coach Nicole Creek has scheduled some tough teams in tournament action.
The Hawks won in Blanco last Friday night in four games and then finished the San Marcos Tournament with two losses on Saturday.
The ReSporter caught up with Coach Creek for some Coaches Corner questions.
The ReSporter: The second game against Blanco your team was behind 19-13 and then proceeded to score 12 consecutive points. Is that the best run you can remember in the short history of CL Volleyball?
Coach Creek: “Yes, in game two Halley (McKnight) served and we scored 12 points in a row! Yes that I can remember it was the best run we have had.”
The ReSporter: Amber Ramsey looks like a beast on the nets the last couple of games, what is the record for kills in a season and does she have a chance to best that record at this pace?
Coach Creek: “Amber has been attacking well, but it correlates to our passing game. The record is 28 kills, by Tira Chalk in five games against Fredericksburg. She is getting close to that and if we are going to beat some of the teams in our district, she (Amber) needs to get close to that.”
The ReSporter: You have four more games before District 27-3A play, what are you hoping to accomplish in the games to be ready for the district foes?
Coach Creek: “We need to work on getting the jump on teams early instead of trying to play catch up. Against Blanco and the two teams we played in our tourney on Saturday, we were behind each game by at least five and sometimes seven points.
The better the teams get the less likely you can come back and win from a deficit like that. We don’t have time to play catch up on teams in district.”
The ReSporter: District 27-3A, has to be one of the best (every team has a winning record) what are you thinking as this season gets into high gear?
Coach Creek: “Just getting more consistent each day in practice and games. Be able to pass and run our offense as best as possible. It’s going to be an extremely competitive district, probably the best evenly matched teams ever in district.”
