Devils were back in East Grinstead for the second Monday evening in a row. This week against their second team. We had Mel back on setting duties, but Trees, Sabrina and Agata were bunking off. Sintija was captain, but couldn't maintain Trees' run of 7 correct calls on the trot.
The first couple of points went to EG but once Devils got the serve Amy stepped up and took us to 14 - 2 with some accurate fast serving. The communication on court improved as the set went on and with good first balls in Mel was using all her attacking options. Gemma was running the middle well and Em was covering a lot of space back court. The set finished 25 - 14.
The second set started well Em pulled off a text book pancake unfortunately the rest of the team had given up on that point! Amy again was our most consistent server, with two runs of five points, but she was also covering the tip well and getting good balls into Mel. Chantelle was hitting well with hits down the line and cross court and the team had a 100% side out rate in this set, winning 25 - 8.
All was looking good in the third for a comfortable 3-0 at 11-6 but Devils relaxed a little too much and EG rallied. Mel though organised and motivated the Devils, along with putting in a couple of great passes when forced into the serve receive helping Devils hold their nerve at 23 - 23. Gemma kept cool and served into the hole and deep down the line to win the game 25 - 23 and secure the first 3 - 0 victory for the Devils this season. Let's hope we have a few more now!
Robyn took advantage of playing through opposite and four and maybe next time will get her wish to play through the middle.
Amy deservingly was awarded MVP.
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