Sports Roundup: Volleyball Beats SJP
David Creed •
This Whaler sports roundup includes an update on the volleyball team and the field hockey team.
Volleyball Beats SJP, Losses To Mashpee
The Whaler volleyball team was able to beat the St. John Paul II Lions 3-0 at home on Monday but lost to the Mashpee Falcons 3-0 on Tuesday. Whaler head coach Makaila Lyons attributed Tuesday’s defeat to self-inflicted errors while praising her team’s energy and cohesiveness in the win on Monday.
"We were successful at the net blocking. We were successful at the net tipping. We were successful covering tips on defense today. So that was really nice," Lyons said following Tuesday's match against Mashpee. "Places where we needed to be better or room for improvement, self-inflicted errors. (Mashpee) has some strong hitters, but most of the points that they got were things that we did to ourselves, not things that they did to us. So like service errors, being in the net, just silly things that we can be better at.
"(Against SJP), we played consistent. (SJP) was not more difficult skill wise,” Lyons continued. “They also had a couple really good hitters. We played more together (Monday) than I think we did today. I think towards the end of the third, we started to see what we were doing yesterday. Playing more cohesively, playing together, not letting the ball die, not having as many errors, those things that we did really well yesterday, we didn't start to do until closer to the third, the end of the third today.”
The sets in Nantucket’s victory over SJP were:
Set One: 25-23
Set Two: 25-22
Set Three: 25-22
The Whalers, now 4-10, will be back in action on Wednesday, October 22nd when they play a doubleheader on the road against Nauset with the first game at 2 p.m. and the second game at 4 p.m.
Field Hockey Loses To Falmouth, Ties Nauset
The Whaler field hockey team lost to the Falmouth Clippers on the road 3-0 Monday afternoon and then tied the Nauset Warriors 1-1 on the road Tuesday afternoon.
The Whaler’s lone goal was scored by senior Aliza Mansfield, and the tally was her first career varsity goal. Nantucket is now 10-5-1 this season and are currently #12 in the latest MIAA power rankings that were released Tuesday morning.
Nantucket has two games left on their regular season schedule. Their next game will be Wednesday, October 22nd at home against the Sturgis East Storm at 4 p.m. and their regular season finale will be Saturday, October 25th at home against Martha’s Vineyard at 1 p.m.
In others Whaler sports news, the boys cross country team beat the Monomoy Sharks 27-30 Tuesday afternoon. Times from the meet were not immediately available.
SCHEDULE AHEAD:
Wednesday, October 22nd:
The girls soccer team will be at home playing the Sandwich Blue Knights at 4 p.m.
The field hockey team will be at home playing the Sturgis East Storm at 4 p.m.
The volleyball team will be on the road playing Nauset in a doubleheader with game one at 2 p.m. and game two at 4 p.m.
The boys soccer team will be on the road playing Sandwich at 4 p.m.
Thursday, October 23rd:
There are no games currently scheduled for this date.
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