GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: H.-W.'S FRONT LINE PUSHES TOLOGS BACK UNDERSIZED FSH CAN'T DEFEND WOLVERINES HARVARD-WESTLAKE 3, FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART 1.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News For a girls' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team that prides itself on passing, Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. of La Canada Flintridge struggled to earn a passing grade in that area Tuesday night. As a result, the Tologs' usually reliable defense found itself on the defensive for the majority of its Mission League battle with Harvard-Westlake of Studio City. The Wolverines benefited from lengthy service runs in the first and third games, and withstood with·stand v. with·stood , with·stand·ing, with·stands v.tr. 1. To oppose with force or resolution. 2. To be successful in resisting. See Synonyms at oppose. v.intr. a late surge by Flintridge Sacred Heart in the fourth to record a 25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 25-23 victory to take a big step in the race for the league title. "Our defense is a major part of what we're good at and (Tuesday) it just broke down," Tologs coach Shelli Orlandini said. "We stayed in it because we had some heart. Katie (Condon) wanted it and our middles wanted it and Sam (Orlandini) wanted it and you saw that a little bit in the second game. "But we didn't execute in serve-receive. I have a freshman (Camille Coffey) and a sophomore (Mary Schroeder) in the middle, but most of my defense is juniors and seniors and they just weren't getting it done." An undersized undersized see dwarfism, runt. Flintridge Sacred Heart lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. faced a tough challenge trying to contain Harvard-Westlake's imposing front line, as setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. Katherine Sebastian effectively involved Megan Norton, Cathryn Quinn, Emily Waterhouse, Marin Dennis and Krystle Higgins to frustrate the Tologs (14-3, 2-1). "Our goal is to make them pay every single time the ball comes over the net," said Sebastian, who had a match-high 50 assists, in addition to dumping several timely sets in the heart of the Tologs' defense. "When we get frenzied fren·zied adj. Affected with or marked by frenzy; frantic: a frenzied rush for the exits. fren , we start to fall apart and that's kind of what happened the second game. But as long as we kept our cool and stayed focused, we were able to get runs of two and three points and that's what helped us pull ahead." Katie Condon led Flintridge Sacred Heart with 17 kills, nine coming in the second game to help the Tologs rally from a 12-7 deficit. But the senior outside hitter found it difficult to maintain any rhythm as Flintridge Sacred Heart struggled to string consecutive passes together to setter Sam Orlandini (33 assists). "If we had a good pass, the ball went down," said Condon, who added 16 digs. "But it was difficult because the passes weren't as they normally were. It was hard because I felt like we all could've done a little more." Flintridge Sacred Heart nearly forced a deciding game, rallying from a three-point deficit midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the fourth to tie the score on three occasions, the last coming at 20-20. But Harvard-Westlake (13-4, 3-0), led by Megan Norton (17 kills and 12 digs), didn't let the Tologs score back-to-back points the rest of the way to win its second straight match in the rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. following six consecutive losses. "Flintridge kept chipping away at our lead and if the score was closer early (in the fourth game), we could still be playing volleyball right now," said Harvard-Westlake coach Adam Black Adam Black (February 10, 1784–January 24, 1874) was a Scottish publisher. He founded the A & C Black publishing company. Black was born in Edinburgh, the son of a builder, and educated at the Royal High School. , who received 10kills from Quinn and nine from Waterhouse. "But I'm very happy with what my girls did. They're always out there working hard." erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Harvard-Westlake's Cathryn Quinn reacts to a point during a girls' volleyball match against Flintridge Sacred Heart on Tuesday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: LOCAL HEROES |
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