Emily's season of eighth-grade volleyball has come to a close. Thursday was the regular season finale for St. Mary's and the Spartans came from behind to win in three sets. It was pretty thrilling and Grandpa and Grandma Weide were on hand to see it, along with Aunt Bridget.Today was the first day of the post-season tournament. Emily's team rolled in straight sets over All Saints to earn the right to play St. Bernadette's Gold squad in the quarterfinals. St. Bernadette was seeded second, while St. Mary's was seeded seventh.
St. Mary's won the first set in a nail-biter, then narrowly lost the second. With no substitutes, they slowly wore down and couldn't come back from a 9-6 deficit in losing the final set 15-8. It was disappointing, but Emily showed incredible improvement from the beginning of the season – particularly in the serving department.
She served underhanded the first two-thirds of the season, but switched to alternating between underhand and overhand and had great success – including four aces in the final two matches.
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