Crosby rolls over Lady Bulldogs

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Crosby rolls over Lady Bulldogs

By Jerry Michalsky

Port Arthur News Correspondent

Baytown- Getting out to a slow start in each game was too much to overcome for the Nederland Lady Bulldogs Tuesday night at Lee College, as Crosby ended the Nederland season 25-18, 25-14, 25-19, in a Region III 4-A Bi-District match-up.

The Lady Bulldogs ended there season at 17-16 while Crosby moves on with a record of 30-6.

Game one was a perfect example of what Nederland would face on the night as the Lady Cougars jumped out to a 7-1 lead to force a time-out. The Lady Dogs would come back and get back-to-back aces by Logan LeBlanc to cut the lead to 7-3.

Two more points by LeBlanc on serve and the lead was down to two. Crosby quickly built the lead back to 11-6 thanks to an ace by Courtney Nutt.

Nederland would battle back with a kill by Ashley Quintela and a nice tip by Savannah Desmarais and the lead was down to 12-9. Two points later and a kill by Krista Mayer the lead was only one by the Cougars.

Alese Pinner would then get into the act with a block and the game was tied at 16 apiece. Mayer then won the next point on the serve and Nederland had its first lead of the night at 17-16.

Crosby then went on a 9-1 run to finish out game one to grab the early advantage.

Just as in game one, it was the Lady Dogs trying to battle back from being down early on. The Cougars jumped out to a quick 6-0 advantage before a tip shot by Pinner got Nederland on the board. Down 14-4, the Bulldogs would go on a 4-0 run thanks to a kill by Desmarais and an ace by Mary Beth O’Neal.

That would be as close as Nederland would get in game two as Crosby would go on a 6-0 run and then coast to a game two win.

Game three saw the Lady Bulldogs go on a nice run during the middle of the game to make things interesting.

Like they have had to all night long, Nederland had to bounce back from an early game deficit. Down 10-3 to start the final game, it was a kill by Desmarais and another kill by O’Neal that started a nice run for the Lady Bulldogs. Quintela then started firing up some hot serves and the lead was down to 18-16. A kill by Mayer and the lead was down to one.

Crosby would then end the match on a 7-2 run to move to second round of the playoffs where it will face Magnolia. Nederland was led on the night in kills by Desmarais, O’Neal and Pinner.