East Midlands Volleyball League
Friday 15th November 2019 Loughborough Students 1 Leicester Athena 3 Athena's regional league team were made to work hard by Loughborough Students but managed to record their second successive away win of the season. Athena started with Ioana setting, Adela as opposite, Joy as libero, Tereza and Amanda as middle and Julia and Edyta as outside hitters. They started strongly too. Taking advantage of the Student's slow and uncertain start, they quickly pushed into a strong lead through a combination of solid serving and great middle hitting from Tereza. Athena won the first set 25-16. Loughborough began the second set much the stronger, serving well and defending resolutely. Loughborough's serving, in particular, put Athena under pressure and their pass become very erratic. With Ioana being starved of good ball, Athena could not create any attacks and they lost the set 25-16. Sarah replaced the visibly tiring Ioana as setter for the third set and it was a very close fought set. Both teams were playing their best volleyball with many long, hard rallies. Loughborough led, then were pegged back by Athena. Athena crept into a 22-17 lead, but Loughborough roared back to 24-24 but, eventually, Athena toughed out a crucial 28-26 set win. That changed the balance of power and Athena strode away in the final set. Loughborough looked lost and could not contain the serving and hitting from Edyta. Athena sealed the win 25-14. Well done to Edyta for being nominated MVP and special mention to Tereza for playing through the pain of a sprained ankle.
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