Couch, Willard earn praise from volleyball coach

Published 10:16 am Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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Davie’s work-in-progress volleyball team is heading in the right direction.

Davie got smacked around by visiting Reagan on Sept. 3, but who doesn’t get smacked around by the Reagan powerhouse?

But two nights after losing in three sets to the Raiders, Davie was hitting on all cylinders in a 25-15, 25-20, 25-4 home win over Mt. Tabor.

“The entire team is working hard every single day,” coach Amber Brandon said after Davie improved to 3-6 overall and 2-2 in the CPC.

The biggest contributors in Davie’s 11th consecutive win over the Spartans were Carly Crouch and Emma Willard.

“Carly had a really good game,” Brandon said. “We’ve been working really hard on setter/middle connections and both setters (Isabelle Branham and Cora Nicholson) did a great job of getting her the ball at the right time and in the right place.

“Emma has been phenomenal on defense all year and had another great night.”

Notes: Crouch, Mallorie Brown and Willard had big serving runs against Tabor (2-6 overall). … Reagan, which improved to 13-2 overall, beat Davie for the sixth straight time. All six have been three-setters.