A Packed Hawk Nest. Way to GO LAKE!
Canyon Lake took care of business sweeping into an Area Round playoff next Tuesday in Seguin against Cuero after disposing of Legacy Ranch Wranglers, 25-19 ~ 25-10 ~ 25-18.
“The first playoff game was electric! We had the home court advantage, and a huge credit goes to our fans with all our families, students, teachers., and staff for bringing the energy that helped us gain and maintain momentum throughout the game,” Head Coach Daniella Villarreal started. “The first set was full of playoff nerves, as none of our girls had experience this level of competition in volleyball. However, we have multi-sport athletes with playoff experience in soccer and softball, so I knew they would overcome their nerves and rise to the moment. By the second set, we took control with strong serving and passing, playing a much cleaner, more confident game as we settled into the environment. I’m really proud of how they handled the playoff atmosphere and improved as the game progressed.”
Starting the first set, The Lake could not shake these Wranglers before forging a 3 point lead, 15-12 and then hitting their stride stretching that lead to, 24-15 before seeing these Visitor’s 4 point rally.
That momentum continued into that 2nd set when Chloe Gray opened with a 4 serve rally with the help of a Preslie Owens’ kill with some added unforced errors coming from the Wranglers.
Let’s Go Lake~Beat Cuero
Legacy would still hang around getting back to a 2 point deficit, 10-8 before Paisley Fahrney would unleash, serving a 4 ace 9 point rally, that gave CLake all they needed tying up this Wrangler team winning, 25-10.
It was Chloe Gray’s time behind the line serving another 3 point barrage that had an ace and three different Hawk’s with a kill, Goff (finished with 7), Kylie Rodriguez (finished with 8) and Te’a Gonzales (finished with 3).
Those 9 points also added a kill for Kylee Goff along with a kill and block coming from Gabby Fory.
Fahrney finished the night leading the Hawks with 5 of CL’s 13 aces.
Canyon Lake’s depth proved to be too much for Legacy Ranch keeping the pressure on with a plethora of players getting into the act.
Kills: 6 different players with 3 or more.
Aces: 4 different players with 2 or more.
Digs: 9 different players recording one or more.
Blocks: 4 different players with Goff leading this category with 3.
Assists: 6 different players with Chloe Gray, the setter, with 25.
Bi-District Champions~~ Cuero is next. GO LAKE!
A lot of action from the starters and bench giving Head Coach Daniella Villarreal many options to take control of this first post-season opportunity in six years.
That last set had Legacy’s back against the wall which had their first lead of more than one point as Legacy led, 10-9 before Fahrney took over serving another 4 point rally that had (wait for it) another ace Chloe kill.
The Hawks would continue their dominance finishing their third set by outscoring these Wranglers, 17-8. CLake scored 6 straight times on their serve to finish this match.
Coach Villarreal shared Canyon Lake’s next battle, “On Tuesday, we face Cuero at Seguin High School at 6:00pm. We’ll be preparing strategies to set us up for success while maintaining confidence and team chemistry. Each playoff round gets tougher, and anything can happen, so our focus in on improving as a team and keeping our momentum going.”
This is CL’s 8th year to play during the post-season with 7 of those invites having the Hawk’s winning a Bi-District Trophy. The Lake has an, 0-7 record in that second round and getting over that hurdle has been hard to accomplish….is this the year?
The Resporter thinks that Coach Villarreal would mention one more ingredient needed for this next round….ANOTHER HAWK NATION TURNOUT FOR A WIN!
Let’s GO LAKE!
Game Stats: 25-19, 25-10, 25-18.
Kills: Kylie Rodriguez 8
Preslie Owens 8
Kylee Goff 7
Gabby Fory 6
Blocks: Kylee Goff 3
Te’a Gonzales 1
Preslie Owens 1
Gabby Fory 1
Aces: Paisleigh Fahrney 5
Chylea Gray 3
Izzy Fory 3
Chloe Gray 2
Digs: Izzy Fory 7
Kylie Rodriguez 7
Bella Biasatti 5
Chloe Gray 5
Assist: Chloe Gray 25
Kylie Rodriguez 2
