Dauphin tops Neepawa in Interzones

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Published on Thursday, November 17, 2016

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The Neepawa Tigers junior varsity volleyball team’s strong efforts couldn’t overcome the Dauphin Clippers on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in inter-zone playoff action.

First ,the JV girls squad faced off against Dauphin at the NACI gymnasium, losing a close battle in a full five sets (25-15,  20-25,17-25, 25-22, 10-15). The Tigers opened up the first game with an imposing 25-15 victory. The second set began with a solid back and forth between both sides, leading to a 14-14 tie. At that point, Dauphin took over the tempo of the game, by scoring the next six points and eventually leading to the 25-20 win.

The third set was once again controlled by Dauphin, jumping into the lead early and holding on to the 25-17 win, to give them the 2-1 set lead. After falling behind early in the fourth set Neepawa bounced back and tied things up with the 25-22 win.

For the fifth and final set, Neepawa was able to secure the 10-7 lead, with the first team to hit 15 taking the set and game. But at that point, Dauphin turned the tide and picked up the next eight points for the three sets to two victory.

On the boys side, Dauphin impressive serving prowess proved to be Neepawa’s undoing, as the Clippers won in three straight sets (25-15, 25-13, 25-15).

The first set was close early, before the Clippers were able to pull away late 25-15. In the second set, a 8-0 start for Dauphin was powered by some great serves, which kept the Tigers on their heels. The Tigers fought back but couldn’t undo the early deficit, losing 25-13. In the third and final set, the Tigers once again fell behind early, by an 11-3 margin. NACI chipped away at the lead, but would fall 25-15.