NOAH Advances To Quarter Finals; Falls to #1, Parker-Tarrant
The varsity Jaguar volleyball squad made a deep run, into the championship bracket of the National Christian Homeschool Championship Volleyball Tournament, this week. Pool play started the event on Thursday. NOAH's 3-1-1 results in 5 matches was enough to earn one of 8 spots in the 6A Championship bracket.
The first hurdle of the Gold Ball Bracket was to defeat the #1 Homeschool Volleyball team in the nation, from Weatherford, TX.
NOAH continues competition in the 5A consolation brackets on Saturday. playing Kansas City Metro Mavericks at 9:30am, Saturday. Baptist Bible College is the host venue. The other 5A match features Noblesville, IN vs Huntington, IN. Winners and losers will play final matches at noon.
The Tournament organizers commissioned the following recap:
PT Warriors-Fort Worth, TX vs Tulsa NOAH Jaguars, OK;
Set 1: The Warriors jumped out to a 7-4 lead; NOAH used a run to close the gap at 11-9. PT Warriors closed the first game with an impressive run of their own 25-11.
Set 2: Noah and PT are off to a great start 8-7
Warriors; 9-10 Warriors; The Warriors are on a nice run 13-9; NOAH goes
on a run cuts the lead to 16-13. PT Warriors show their strength and
take a commanding 20-14 lead. The Jaguars fight back cutting into the
lead again 22-18 PT leads. The PT Warriors advance to the National
Semi-Finals with a 25-18 victory.
Here is a quick review of the Pool Play Results:
The #1 PT Warriors & #2 Illinois Crusaders both went through their pools without a loss.
The #3 Cornerstone Warriors won all but one set in their pool, they split their match with the #5 Texas Tornados (the Tornados also split with OKC Stormin Mustangs).
The #4 KC Metro Mavs split with both the Impact Volleyball & the #6 Little Rock Flames (the Flames also split with the Impact.)
The #7 Huntington Eagles lost both their sets with the PT Warriors and split with CPRS Golden Eagles
The #8 Tulsa NOAH Jaguars lost both their sets to the Illinois Crusaders and the Jags split with the CHSA Wolverines.
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