lady eagles spiked by improved bearettes

seymour volleyball drops match to sevier county, falls to 2-3 on young season

Seymour Herald/Chris Silcox

Seymour volleyball coach Ed Irvin talks to his players during a match last season. Irvin and the Lady Eagles fell to 2-3 in 2008 after a loss at AAA Sevier County Tuesday.

By Staff Reports

published: August 27 2008 11:31 AM updated:: August 27 2008 12:59 PM

The Seymour Lady Eagles dropped to 2-3 on the season after Tuesday’s loss at much improved Sevier County.

The Bearettes appear to be a team on the rise under head coach Billy Ward.

Seymour head coach Ed Irvin took his two-time defending district champion Lady Eagles to face the Bearettes on Tuesday and, to say the least, the veteran prep volleyball coach came away from the intra-county match impressed with AAA Bearettes.

Seymour, an A/AA volleyball program, was handed 25-12, 25-19 and 25-21 losses in the best of five match. The Lady Eagles held on for their only win, 25-23, in the third game of the match but Sevier County rallied back to win the fourth and final game 25-21 to take the match.

“Coach Ward has done an outstanding job of bringing the Sevier County volleyball program from the bottom of the district to where they are now, A team that the upper-echelon of (District) 4-AAA will not be able to take lightly,” said Irvin. “Their primary offense is a back row attack, which is a style that is hard to simulate in practice without good back row attackers on your squad.”

Sevier County jumped in front of Seymour early in the first game and cruised to the 25-12 win. The Lady Eagles took early command of the second game but the Bearettes clawed back in front and won the second game 25-19.

In the third game, the teams were tied at 13-13 but the Lady Eagles took charge of the game and pulled away for the 25-23 win. The fourth game was a see-saw battle all the way with Sevier County pulling away at the end for the 25-21 victory to end the match.

Seymour senior All-State candidate Morgan Peterson led the Lady Eagles with 39 spikes, 17 kills, 49 sets and 11 assists. Courtney Ervin provided a solid effort for the Lady Eagles as well, totaling 26 spikes and 29 digs in Tuesday’s match.

A young team in ’08, Irvin says his Lady Eagles will be a work-in-progress through at least the first half of this season.

“Our inexperience will keep us struggling until we can learn to play together and eliminate the unforced errors we seem to make at the most inopportune times,” Irvin commented. “Hopefully, that will happen sooner than later.”

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#1 ???? commented, on August 27, 2008 at 8:07 p.m.:

There are other girls on the volleyball team who had kills, spikes, sets, and digs and even blocks. It wouldnt hurt to include all th girls who had points in that game or helped with points! The girls are a team and there is no 1 or 2 players that do everything!

#2 Wrong commented, on August 28, 2008 at 4:26 p.m.:

Obviously you haven't seen our team play then if thats what you think.

#3 Res commented, on August 28, 2008 at 9:13 p.m.:

Yeah...don't you know. You always have to say good stuff about their kids or they get so bent out of shape. It doesn't matteer that there are only 4 or 5 of them pulling the whole team You have to write good things about all of them.
You know...Like a horse and pony show.

Or they won't buy your paper!

Then again...why should they have to when you give it away for free here!

#4 fan commented, on September 5, 2008 at 9:24 a.m.:

Girls you are doing a great job, and working very hard. Congrats to the ones that shine, But remember it takes a team to win. So work together not apart. You have alot of people behind you supporting you all the way!!!!