The Powell High School volleyball team went south to Riverton over the weekend, playing six two-set matches in two days. The Panthers went 2-4 in their season-opening weekend, defeating Big Piney and …
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The Powell High School volleyball team went south to Riverton over the weekend, playing six two-set matches in two days. The Panthers went 2-4 in their season-opening weekend, defeating Big Piney and Worland but falling to Riverton (twice) and Lander Valley.
Head coach Lesli Spencer thinks the busy weekend will benefit her team going forward.
“Spending about 35 hours together between bus rides, gym time and hotels can be good or bad,” she said. “I think, for this team, it was great. We left 16 strong and we came home 16 strong.”
Both of the Panthers’ wins were sweeps. They defeated Big Piney 21-19, 21-16 on Friday and beat Worland 21-12, 21-16 on Saturday.
Of Powell’s losses, both Riverton defeats came in three sets (21-9, 15-21, 15-11 on Friday, 21-18, 14-21, 15-8 on Saturday), while the Panthers were swept by Lander Valley (21-14, 21-14) and Kemmerer (21-20, 21-19).
Smooth offensive play stood out as a positive from the weekend.
“As a team, I saw some really great things,” Spencer said. “They are pushing each other to run plays and run a quicker offense, something we have been working on.”
Going forward, Spencer wants the girls to focus on having a next-play mentality.
“Volleyball is a momentum sport so this team is working on focusing on the next point and letting go of what just happened,” the coach said. “We need to be able to control our negative emotions so those momentum swings aren’t so strong.”
Powell plays in another tournament this weekend, the MT-WY Border War, hosted in Cody on Friday and Saturday.