Show Bruins InS Destroy es fO Vikings I In S By Carson Stakes s r iI sc t Staff Writer ii J S CC women's volI volleyball pl played Ricks College on Saturday October 13 and defeated ted them 30 p 21 27 2130 30 27 30 2718 30 18 30 18 15 f This was their second game in a arow arow f row after defeating North Idaho r the day before They beat North t l Idaho 30 25 30 25 30 27 30 22 L- L f. f in in four f games Ricks College forced them to five games but Ife made some changes VJ and squeaked l f T i l out the final inal victory i Our girls would have been foolish to come in here and think that we were going to dominate dominate domi- domi 0 nate Ricks in three games head coach Julie Morgan said I told them they needed to expect to togo togo togo go five and battle until it was over because Ricks wasn't going to lay down and die Outside hitter Anais Tr- Tr TV l led the team in kills and an digs with 15 ea each h while middle hitter Michelle Hoerman also had i. i a good game with 11 1 kills eight digs three assisted blocks and a ak 1 k hitting percentages percentage f During the third and fourth games we didn't have a lot lotof games have of energy Hoerman said In In the thel l i- i timeouts in the fifth game Coach 1 Morgan said we needed to play more as asa a team It looked like individuals on the couri court to her took this advice to heart and showed real teamwork and bonded together to attain the win In a seesaw battle that showed excellent defense and tremendous heart by the Bruins they finally emerged with the win There was a point in which they had the game in their hands said We just picked it up and took over I Coach Morgan feels the key to winning any game is adjust adjust- ments She noticed the adjustments Ricks made after the first two games and they ended in good results So Coach Morgan decided to make some adjustments of her her- own Ricks is such a good team that they're capable of making making making mak mak- ing adjustments that forces the theother other team into a sl slump mp Coach Morgan said They changed their lineup and our and our team got a little frustrated but I still think we showed great patience We brought in our other othe setter Coach Morgan said We let Kayli Hillyard hit and brought t in Jillian Ruff to set In Inthe Inthe the fifth game we brought Michelle in the middle because we weren't executing our middle attack Michelle's a great middle and Kristi Randall is just a little littlemore littlemore more inexperienced u E J 0 t r a f din t I f c s K x N 4 S' S r Rc J r 1 j a c w l u I a MW- MW s I n l I 11 5 r i ys r Nl 1 J. J i. i Il f.- f. 4 r r 1 4 Ii r. r I i 1 i 4 1 w d I I r Ii j r J i f. f r i Jt i J t- t j fi 1 r r I r Jf d It I P 1 1 r r I 1 t t J i 1 J l. t 4 eYt k Jf I r j If ii i It S y s J v k Y IF ill I l. I or t 11 mf t. t N k t oS I w fW l- l J LJ Il Ii fI o I f J 4 V r r I c 0 I 1 r rv ap f fn n 4 r jj 11 rg s 1 r t d r Jo lo r Bruin Volleyball By Tai Chi-Tai Hung These adjustments were just what the doctor ordered as the Bru Bruins ns beat the Vikings 15 13 in the final game I Im m just happy for the players because they're the ones to do the work Coach Morgan said The last time we Ricks them played we played tough at their place but we just came up short Since then we weve we've ve come back and in the last couple weeks the players got gol it done in in n practice We Ve were a better team teamon on the thc floor today We can stop them Hillyard said It s. It not like they can dominate all over us And stop them they did They showed real intensity and emotion as they were rallying for forthe the win As they met in the center of the court after each point their excitement and emotion fied They began to play with more heart and more hustle and played more like a team instead of the individual play that was becoming apparent They knew Ricks like the back of their hands Coach Morgan said seen their videos and their lineups We t know now they are capable and that tha T they area are a good team It just came came down to who was going to fight Previous to the game freshmen Hillyard and Jillian Ruff participated in a breathtaking rendition of The TIle Star Spangled Banner that set the mood for the evening They were phenomenal Coach Morgan said It was was really breathtaking and it started us off in ina a good emotional place and I felt that our team really persisted and battled until the match was over But I felt that that was the highlight highlight highlight high high- light of the evening The next games are road games this weekend On Friday they will play at College of Eastern Utah as they look for revenge after having been beaten by three games to one Then on Saturday they will travel to Colorado Northwestern College and on Sunday they will be at Utah Valley VaHey State College The next home games will be pe the weekend of October 26 and 27 facing two of the top teams in the conference Snow College and Dixie College Then Thenon on November 3 they will travel to Coll College ge of Southern Idaho and play their currently undefeated squad z A |