2008 Woodie Awards
Yuba Volleyball Improves Too Late in the Game
Amanda Mays
Issue date: 11/12/04 Section: Sports
Yuba won their third game of the season on Friday, November 5, against Los Medanos College. Yuba won the match in three games (30-9, 30-18, 30-12), giving Yuba their second win of the week.
On Wednesday, November 3, Yuba faced Solano College for the second time and won. Yuba took the match in three games sweeping Solano 30-23, 30-27, 30-25. "We are moving better, hitting better and our whole game is just better," said Head Coach Thea Post.
Yuba College's Ashley DeMello had a team high eleven kills and eight digs. Setter Rachel Norton dished out twenty-five kills. Deanna Straolzini had seven kills and Captain Krystal Gualco had seven digs and was 100 percent from the service line.
Unfortunately, Yuba's sudden improvement has come too late in the game. Yuba has only two games remaining in Bay Valley Conference competition. Their record stands at 3-18 overall and 3-10 in Bay Valley Conference.
Yuba faced Santa Rosa for the second time on Friday, October 29. Santa Rosa took the match in four games (30-20, 25-30, 30-18, 30-12). Gualco and DeMello each had eight kills and Straolzini had eight digs.
On Wednesday, October 27, Yuba hosted the American River Beavers. The 49ers managed to win one game, but weren't strong enough to take the match. The Beavers won the match in four games (24-30, 30-14, 30-20, 30-26). Yuba College's Kristen Jensen led the team defensively with eleven digs while Captain Lyndsay Nelson added eight. DeMello had with eighteen kills and Norton finished the match with thirty assists and seven digs.
Yuba faced a strong Sacramento City College on Wednesday, October 20. DeMello had eight kills and three blocks while Deanna Straolzini added six kills. Captain Krystal Gualco finished with four kills and five digs, and Norton had nineteen assists. However, in the end the 49ers' effort wasn't enough to defeat Sacramento City, which is one of the three teams that control the Bay Valley Conference. Sacramento City won the match in three games (30-18, 30-19, 30-19).
On Wednesday, November 3, Yuba faced Solano College for the second time and won. Yuba took the match in three games sweeping Solano 30-23, 30-27, 30-25. "We are moving better, hitting better and our whole game is just better," said Head Coach Thea Post.
Yuba College's Ashley DeMello had a team high eleven kills and eight digs. Setter Rachel Norton dished out twenty-five kills. Deanna Straolzini had seven kills and Captain Krystal Gualco had seven digs and was 100 percent from the service line.
Unfortunately, Yuba's sudden improvement has come too late in the game. Yuba has only two games remaining in Bay Valley Conference competition. Their record stands at 3-18 overall and 3-10 in Bay Valley Conference.
Yuba faced Santa Rosa for the second time on Friday, October 29. Santa Rosa took the match in four games (30-20, 25-30, 30-18, 30-12). Gualco and DeMello each had eight kills and Straolzini had eight digs.
On Wednesday, October 27, Yuba hosted the American River Beavers. The 49ers managed to win one game, but weren't strong enough to take the match. The Beavers won the match in four games (24-30, 30-14, 30-20, 30-26). Yuba College's Kristen Jensen led the team defensively with eleven digs while Captain Lyndsay Nelson added eight. DeMello had with eighteen kills and Norton finished the match with thirty assists and seven digs.
Yuba faced a strong Sacramento City College on Wednesday, October 20. DeMello had eight kills and three blocks while Deanna Straolzini added six kills. Captain Krystal Gualco finished with four kills and five digs, and Norton had nineteen assists. However, in the end the 49ers' effort wasn't enough to defeat Sacramento City, which is one of the three teams that control the Bay Valley Conference. Sacramento City won the match in three games (30-18, 30-19, 30-19).