3/14/2021

3 of a Kind Award: Rylee, Annika and Tess putting up our first triple block!
Peg The Setter Award: Rylee for pushing a ball over the net and forcing the opposing setter to take the first ball
Donut Hole Award: Sarah and Addison for tipping into the empty middle of their court
Whiffle Ball Award: Rylee for hitting an effective Whiffle that dropped in for a point
Deep Corner 5 Points Spinny Service Award: Sarah for serving a top spin into the deep corner for an ace
Deep Corner 5 Points Service Award: Sophie for serving deep corner for an ace
1 is good, more is better Award: Jamie for hitting multiple deep corners for aces!
1/Deep Corner 5 Points Attack Award: Jamie for hitting deep corner… FROM THE BACK ROW for a point!
2 of a Kind Award: Rylee and Annika for putting up a double block with Annika putting it back down for a point
Low Bridge Award: Diggy for picking up a short overpass
Single Handed Kung Fu Award: Tess. The pass was shanked and was destined to go out, but your hand shot out and popped the ball up which gave us the opportunity to get the ball over.
Gandalf the Grey Award: Sophie, Tess and Annika for being strong at the net by taking their overpasses and pushing them back for points.
Vengeful Gandalf the Grey Award: Rylee for hitting their overpass for a point!
G Manipulation Award: Natalie. You had one serve where you modified G so it pulled the ball down so fast that it bounced before the libero could get it and it ricocheted off of her head. Then in another point, you hit a ball and turn OFF G so it rolled UP the net and over.
Marathon Serving award: Addison for hitting 10+ serves in a row
Library Award: Diggy for putting up super quiet sets
Deep Corner 5 Points Hitting Award: Addison for hitting deep corner for an uncontested point
Shingle Award: Addison, Jamie, Sofie roofs the opposition
y=mx+b Award: Rylee for hitting deep line for a point. Great shot selection, keep that up!
1/y=mx+b Award: Sofia for hitting deep line from the back row! Wow, just wow!
Ma Bell Award: Sofia for best communication for calling “I got it” to take a 11′ set and putting it away! That’s the way to play!
Best Imitation of a Short Tack: Halle for tack-sharp passing short free balls
Best Court Awareness Award: Rylee. You were in the back row. Our front row outside was in the middle of the court, covering a tip, which was picked up, but shanked to the front left, somehow you saw it happening and raced over there to give our team another shot at the point.
Levitation Award: Sophie, you jumped a smidge too early, and you realized it because as you were coming down from your jump, then they hit the ball… but you floated in air juuust long enough to put up a block!
Unbreakable Award: Sarah for continuing to put up great sets even after the ref called your hands.
Bowling Ball Award: Natalie for serving heavy balls
Opposite Tack Sharp Passing : Tess for putting together runs of perfect passes from the right side
Best Imitation of a Push Tack: Halle for tack-sharp passing of setter pushes
Perfect “My Bad” Pass: Sofia. The 1st ball was shanked and you made a perfect pass, high-middle-middle right to Halle who top-spinned-free-balled it over.
Ace Hardware Award: Rylee for tooling a block for a point
Best Back Sets: Diggy. Your back sets are so good, that I still have trouble following them.
Anti-Freeze Award: Addison: for no matter how many times they tried to freeze you, you were impervious. Runners up Natalie and Jamie.
Effort Award: Rylee was in coverage, the ball was tipped short, which she passed over the net, they thought there was an opportunity to push it deep, but Rylee saw it unfold and picked up the attempt with her hands so we could run our offense. So. Awesome!
Best Imitation of Tacking: Halle. The winds were against us, but your passing kept us going in the direction that we wanted to go in.
Best Off Hand Hit: Sophie for hitting a ball down… lefty inside of 4 feet for a clean winner
Bulls Eye Award: Halle for dropping an ace right on their back line
Best 1-2 Combination: Annika and Sarah: Annika hits back the overpass, but they overpass it again and then Sarah hits -that- one back, and again they overpass it and that’s when Annika had enough and puts it away!
Best H.O.R.S.E. shot: Sarah for racing in to cover a super tight pass, uses her forearms to bounce a ball off of the net and up to Sophie to hit the ball.
Strong Strong Serving: Everyone. Seriously, just freaking awesome!