Volleyball, Soccer and Swimming - Tuesday

Let's start with the good first.

The OH swim team again swept first place in all swimming events on the way to a 131-50 victory over visiting Bellingham. The girls are having a great year, and should be sending plenty of swimmers into the post season.

The Girls soccer team just can't seem to get on track, falling to Marysville 3-0. The girls work hard in practice and have great team chemistry, but for some reason just aren't getting it done in games.

Volleyball - Folks, this was just plain ugly. The Wildcats lost the first game 11-25, and that was their best performace of the night. The other two game scores were 7-25 and 9-25. About halfway through the first game, with the cats down 7-15, you could see it in the players - they were resigned to losing. The second game looked like it could be won, as the game was tied at 7-7 at one point, but M-P went on a 7-0 run to put it away.

As a team they were listless, not hustling, and to be honest, it looked like they just didn't care if they lost, and many in the crowd were getting the same impression. In the 3rd game, Coach Molitor pulled most of her starters and played the game with the bench players. Sophomore Jordan Faralan set for sophomores Amanda Blau and Janessa "T-Rex" Ramos at the net, and junior Emily Meagher was on defense, all for the entire game.

The JV played OK, but were outplayed by a superior Marysville team. Their game scores were 15-25, 11-25 and 12-25. Even though they were getting beat, the JV girls kept their heads up and played hard.

The Freshman team took one game from Marysville, and the other two game were very close - only a few points difference. The Freshman girls felt quite good about their level of play during the match.

Volleyball photos are posted HERE. They are mostly of the JV pre-game warmup, and there are photos of each of the JV team members along with some JV team photos, including a couple of goofy shots.