Angels traveled to East Grinstead to play their second team with the help of Trees and Mel. A good start from the Angels saw them take a 10-6 lead before a fire alarm resulted in a long delay and a chance for the girls to check out the local firemen!
The delay suited East Grinstead who restarted stronger than the Angels who struggled to get going, however a strong serving run from Amy saw then take control and win the first set.
The second set saw both teams trade points with neither team able to build a lead until the end of the set when the Angels edged ahead to make it 2-0. It was good to see the Angels win a tight set and the turning point was a long rally that saw Tanya make the recovery of the match when it looked like they were going to lose a very keenly contested point.
East Grinstead have a young team, but show improvement each time we see them and should eventually turn in to a very good team if they stick together and keep developing. Serving was always a struggle for the younger EG players, but by the third set they were starting to play with more composure and the Angels had to work hard in back court to pick up their hits and dumps.
This set went to the wire with Angels again managing to hold their nerve to win 3-0. Special thanks to Mel and Trees who helped us out after a marathon weekend of volleyball.
This was a good performance from the Angels with strong hitting and back court coverage from Katie, great serving and variety of hits from Amy, some good blocking from Tanya and middle hitting from Aly.
Birthday girl Aly got the MVP vote from EG and all returned to Worthing with our first win in a while!
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