Xavier Prep’s volleyball team has four matches remaining in the regular season, including road matches against Phoenix Desert Vista on Wednesday night (Oct. 21) and Phoenix Sunnyslope on Thursday night (Oct. 22).
Gators coach
Lamar-Renee Bryant would like to have her team finish as strong as possible, in
order to get the best seed possible in the upcoming 6A Conference state
tournament.
Where the
team lands remains to be seen. Simply put, XCP has not been playing well of
late, having been swept in its last two matches, including the one against
visiting Gilbert Perry on Tuesday night (Oct. 20) on Senior Night.
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| Xavier Prep's three seniors and their parents, honored on Tuesday night. From left, Phoebe Lewis, middle, Kaori Robertson, and right, Zaira Reyes. (Photos by Sr. Lynn Winsor). |
Xavier
slipped to 6-5 overall, while Perry remained unbeaten at 9-0. Perry has 3-0
sweeps in seven of its nine wins.
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| A classy addition to the ceremony: life-size signs in the Activity Center lobby. |
The scores
indicate that the Gators actually were more competitive in the first match
against Perry (also a sweep) at Perry on Sept. 29. The margins of victory by
the Pumas were by six, two and five points. In the latest meeting, Perry won by
nine, nine and seven (25-16, 25-16, 25-18).
From the
looks of things at the beginning of Tuesday’s first game, it appeared that
Xavier might have a chance to steal a win. The Gators had an 11-6 lead, but the
alarm clock went off for the Pumas and they ran off nine straight points.
Perry had a
comfortable lead most of the way in the second game. Xavier attempted a late
rally with a 6-1 run, but was in too big of a hole when the charge began and
ran out of time.
Xavier was
competitive for awhile in the third game, but another 9-0 run by Perry matched
its effort in the first game and was never seriously challenged after that.
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