Cowgirls defeat the Lady Eagles in district match
Coppell High School senior defensive specialist Ava Racz sets to junior Amarachi Osuji at the Coppell High School Arena against Pearce on Tuesday night. The Cowgirls defeated the Lady Mustangs, 25-21, 25-23, 24-26, 25-14, in their first home district game.
September 16, 2017
The Coppell Cowgirls swept the Richardson Eagles in a dominant performance winning all three sets (25-18, 25-19, 25-20) last night in the CHS arena in District 9-6A volleyball action.
At the beginning of the the set, the Cowgirls (24-3 overall, 3-0 in district) continuously gave the Lady Eagles several points, due to a slow offensive start. Coppell quickly responded and never looked back, the offense was scoring and Richardson couldn’t handle the Cowgirls offense. The Cowgirls dominated the first game winning 25-18.
The second game started with the Cowgirls scoring first, leading the Lady Eagles 5-1. Eventually the Lady Eagles answered and both teams kept scoring back and forth. The Cowgirls picked up the momentum at the end and managed to win the second game, 25-19.
Looking to sweep the Lady Eagles, most of the third set resulted in both teams continually kept scoring and the Cowgirls struggling a bit on defense. The set was tied at 17-17, and the Cowgirls made one last push to put away the Eagles, 25-20.
Coppell coach Julie Green is confident that the Cowgirls will improve.
“The was a big win for us today,” Green said. “Richardson is a very good team in our division, and we are gonna get better as the season moves on”.
Coppell plays at Lake Highlands on Tuesday.
