Powhatan Today, November 14, 2012
Lady Indians bid for regional crown comes to an end By Richard Carrier Contributing Writer
The Powhatan High School volleyball squad played chameleon in their Regional match-up with the visiting Heritage High School Pride team last week. The Lady Indians, despite having points taken away due to an error in service rotation, took game one 26-24 and game two 25-22 to establish what appeared to be domination of the visitors. But then Coach Erin Woodson’s charges continually shot themselves in the foot, with nine service errors, to lose game three 22-25. The Powhatan girls began to correct their service problems in game four and, on one of Janey Goodman’s patented deep crosscourt kills, worked their way to a tie at eight. But the Pride’s Sydney Busa’s kill and block/kill quickly broke the tie. Back-to-back aces by Dariel Montanez stretched the lead to four and the PSH girls never got back in the game. Busa’s four late kills and service ace put Powhatan down 20-25. After a solid start in the first two games, Powhatan let the visitors back in the contest and were facing the end of their sea-
son. Like flipping the proverbial switch, the Lady Indians charged out to a 3-0 lead, with Allison Etheridge’s kill, Kazzie Britton’s ace and Goodman’s spike providing the points. Pride Coach Carmel Keilty called a timeout at 5-2 PHS and then saw the Lady Indians reel off three consecutive points on a Britton ace and a kill and block/kill by Goodman. After Nicole Nee’s dink to score at 10-5, another Pride timeout failed to dampen the Powhatan dominance. On the verge of putting the match away at 12-7 the Lady Indians responded with another Nicole Nee kill, a hit – out by Busa and the match-winning point. Late in game one Powhatan actually fell behind by a substantial four points at 19-23, but after a Coach Woodson timeout, Goodman and Cecilia Fleming scored. At 23-24 Britton stepped to the service line and delivered a remarkable four consecutive aces to snatch the pivotal game one away from the visitors. Game two was tight at the beginning, with ties at 8, 10 and 11, before Powhatan scored on four consecutive points. Busa kills brought the Pride back at 21-20 and 22-21 before Goodman hammered one just inside the back line and then went cross-court at 24-22. Julia Goodman slammed the door with a nicely positioned return at
the net. Following a horrendous service game in the third,” and not much better in the fourth,” Coach Woodson told her girls “our backs are against the wall. We have to be more aggressive at the service line.” Her final words before the teams took the court for the final game were “this is our house and we will win this game. Play defense.” With 28 kills, Janie Goodman obviously dominated the contest. But she had somewhat of unusual explanation for the team’s lackluster performance in games three and four. “They were slower than us and we are used to being challenged.” Although she agreed that this was a big win for the Lady Indians, she felt that the Western Albemarle win was more significant; having lost to the Lady Warriors twice. That three game shutout got them into the District finals where it took five games to eliminate Fluvanna; another 2-0 winner during the regular season, and advance to the Regional’s. In Thursday’s AA Region II quarterfinals match against top seed James Woods, PHS fell short and saw their bid for a regional championship come to an end. The Colonels outlasted Powhatan 3-2 (2125, 25-19, 27-25, 23-25, 15-9) to return to a second straight semifinal.
2012 A L L J E F F E R S O N D I S T R I C T VO L L E Y B A L L Player of the year: Janey Goodman, Powhatan, Sr. Coach of the year: Christi Harlowe, Fluvanna County First Team Hannah Miller, Fluvanna County, Sr. Janey Goodman, Powhatan, Sr. Charlotte Devine, Monticello, Sr. Maggie Kooken, Western Albemarle, Sr. Nicole Nee, Powhatan, Jr. Maddy Kline, Fluvanna County, So. Marina Clark, Western Albemarle, Sr. Second Team Elizabeth Reid, Charlottesville, Sr. Laura Bergin, Western Albemarle, Sr. Lauren Reifsteck, Western Albemarle, Sr. Emily Haden, Fluvanna County, Jr. Lyra Payne, Monticello, Jr. Kate Stutz, Fluvanna County, Fr. Trystam Carr, Monticello, Jr.
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