Away at Dolphins 1 was a tough start to the Devils campaign to retain the Ladies Division 1 title, especially with their first National League game this weekend on everyone’s mind. They were without Mel and Agata, but had two new squad members. Sabrina has stepped up from Demons and Robyn has joined from Ashcombe. The first set started a little scrappy, with the teams trading points until Gemma had a strong run of 6 serves supported by some good blocking from Sabrina to carry Devils to a 27-25 win.
In the second and third set the Devils were getting good first balls in and Robyn continued to vary the sets allowing strong attacks through the middle and by Amy and Chantelle through four, but the Dolphins defence kept recycling the ball and they slowly pulled ahead. Devils had a spirited come back from 23 – 14 to 25 - 23 in the third set but left it a little late to steal the set and went into the fourth set needing a win to stay in the game.
From the start of the fourth set the energy and tempo picked up on court, with Sintija, Trees and Chantelle finding their range the Devils closed the fourth set comfortably 14 – 25.
In the final set the Devils kept the momentum from the previous set and benefited from Emma’s organisational skills along with strong serving from Chantelle to finish 3 – 15 winners. Robyn took the first MVP of the season in her first game for the Devils.
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