Show Volleyball Team Suffers Tough Loss By David Douglas Staff Writer The Women's Volleyball team has rolled through its inaugural season like a steam locomotive They went into Wednesday nights game at atthe atthe atthe the LAC their last before the Region Tournament begins this weekend ranked seventh in the nation and undefeated in their division The Bruins faced the Wolverines of Utah Valley State College ranked in the nation Math 99 suggested suggest suggest- ed that this would be yet another victory victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory for the Bruins But Amtrak's nightmare quickly became the Bruins Bruin's as they were derailed by the Wolverines in four games The Bruins started the first game with plenty of steam leading 5 1 including a service ace by Jeanette Graves worked themselves back into the game with good blocking blocking blocking block block- ing bringing the game even at 9 The Bruins couldn't find anything that would stop the momentum as the Wolverines went on to take the lead With the Bruins down 9 11 Coach Tom Peterson called a time out The Bruins showed a spark as they won an intense volley that had players flying all over the court like a busy day at the airport For their efforts both teams received an ovation ovation ovation ova ova- tion from the crowd But it was not enough as the Wolverines went on to take the first game 15 The Bruins looked stunned as they began the second game It showed as quickly ran the score to 9 Then the Bruins heated up as Rosa Torres Jeanette Graves and Rocky Johnson helped the Bruins blister the Wolverines for ten straight points With the Bruins serving for game point mounted a powerful attack but it was silenced by two exceptional digs by Emily Maughan The Bruins won the second game 15 9 The Bruins looked confident as the third game began With the score at 7 3 it appeared as if the Bruins were in control They continued to score steadily and with the score lIS 11 lI- 5 S took a time out Good blocking for the Wolverines helped to knot up the score at 12 The Bruins took the lead at 13 12 but that would be the last point they would score as the Wolverines won the game 15 Game four started back and fourth as the Bruins and Wolverines traded five and six point runs But was just too strong snatching the last game from the Bruins 15 Poor blocking and 12 service errors helped contribute to the Bruins Bruin's demise as they lead in almost every other cate cate- gory Notable performances were turned in by Rosa Torres who had 23 kills and two blocks Jeanette Graves with 20 kills and three blocks and Rocky Johnson with 13 kills The Bruins play their first Region game this Friday at 4 pm at the College of Southern Idaho Few N s 5 ter ei 4 P a 1 Photo by Charles Barnard u Rocky Rocki Johnson prepares for the game with Johnson ended up with 13 kills in the game |