

Souderton’s Teya McConnaha (20) looks to hit past the blocks of Central Bucks West’s Alexis Barklage (21) and Mackenize Lund (28) during their match on Thursday, Oct.

“I don’t know, we don’t know why we’re hitting the brakes but if we do make it into playoffs, we need to really work it out and hit a clean slate.”
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“It’s so unexpected so I think that’s why everyone didn’t know how to act because we were doing so strong this season and we don’t know why we’re hitting the brakes,” Mazzeo said. The first round of the District 1-4A tournament begins Tuesday. After the loss, Souderton still had its playoff hopes alive as it remained at 23 rd. Prior to the match, the Indians were just inside the 24-team district field sitting 23 rd in the rankings. “But that’s what was lacking in the first two sets, we all were just very upset but by the third set we were ready to rumble but it was too late still.” “By the third set we were not ready to let this be our last game and go out that way so we really started being positive, we said ‘Fake it ‘til you make it.’ And that’s when we started kicking it up. “Two days ago we had a big loss against Central Bucks South, which was so unexpected so we set two goals for ourselves – to be positive and communicate a lot and then we came out failing to do those,” Indians senior libero Alexa Mazzeo said. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: takes the 1st set from Souderton 25-16. This is the first time we’ve made it this far, at least our (group) – I’m a junior, (Taylor) is a senior – so we’re really excited we knew that if we won this game we’d be playing at home, so we are going be back at our school on Tuesday for the first round of playoffs.” “We’re really excited obviously,” Hu said. 11 – as they place second in the Continental behind champ Central Bucks East and are set to play in districts for the first time since 2019. But the Bucks have lost one match since – to Central Bucks South in five sets Oct. Alexa Lee added nine digs and five aces, Amber Woodring had nine digs an ace with Hollis Walton posting six kills, two digs a block and an assist.Īfter going 6-15 in 2021, Central Bucks West began this year 9-1 before back-to-back defeats to Souderton and North Penn. “It’s never helpful if we’re down on each other, it’s not fun for us, it’s not good for the play.”Įrin Ferello totaled 16 assists, nine digs and a pair of aces for CB West while Elisa Kremser had 15 assists and two digs. “I just think that the more we play together and the more we have fun, the better we do,” the Bucks’ Rachel Hu said. Rachel Hu finished with 17 digs and 12 digs, Alex Barklage collected 12 kills and a block while Taylor had 16 digs and an assist for West (14-4, 9-3), which capped its regular season with a fourth win in a row. And we just have more energy that way and that’s what really makes us come together and trust each other more.”Ĭentral Bucks West’s Rachel Hu (16) looks to put the ball past the blocks of Souderton’s Lauren Vince (13) and Allison Sauerwald (5) during their match on Thursday, Oct. “We play the best when we have the most fun.


“I think something that really worked for us tonight was just coming in here and having fun,” Taylor said. The Bucks, however, erased a 13-11 deficit by winning seven of the next nine points and held on from there to claim a 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-20) victory. “But it’s just coming together as a family – we’re all super-close and we love playing with each other.”ĬB West rolled to victories in the first two sets against Souderton in the Suburban One League Continental Conference match Thursday night before the host Indians kept things tight in the third. “Just making each other laugh and encouraging each other even after the tough points that are just really rough to lose,” Bucks senior libero Caroline Taylor. FRANCONIA > The Central Bucks West girls volleyball team is keeping things fun on the court and keeping the wins coming as it heads into the District 1-4A playoffs on an upswing.
