Massachusetts High School Volleyball - Taconic overwhelmed by Belchertown
November 2, 2023: Pittsfield, MA 01201 The Taconic Thunder volleyball team (Pittsfield, MA), went down 3-0 in Thursday's non-league challenge with the visiting Belchertown Orioles (Belchertown, MA)
Match Summary
In our second post season meeting with Belchertown we struggled once again to maintain our highest level of play. We started the night playing a little too conservatively and our defense wasn't aggressive enough. The first set was a huge let down for us at 8-25 vs a team that we have proven to be able to compete with. We turned it up in the second set and our game plan began to pay off by having sophomore Angelese Ward-Green block line on our right side to protect our setter and force Belchertown's top hitter to swing cross court to our top defender Natalia Dos Santos. Natalia did a great job of digging up the best of what they could dish out, and Angie kept their hitter in check by blocking and getting pieces of the ball when she tried to avoid Natalia. We lost the 2nd set 17-25, but stuck to our game plan and led the 3rd set right up until the score was 21-21. Taking us down and handing us a 25-27
