On Thursday night, the Mississinewa overcame a first set defeat to win their sixth straight match and achieve their ninth victory of the season in a four set victory over Grant County rival Eastbrook (23-25, 25-10, 25-13, 17-25).
Mississinewa came out uncharacteristically sluggish, making mistakes that they had not been making in the previous few games. Despite that, the Indians were able to rebound, fix some of their mistakes, and put another one in the win column.
“I would say at first I saw some mental lapses [due to] lack of discipline”, Coach Hope Coons said. “But then we saw them figure it out, fight back, [and] try to clean things up. Things were just off tonight overall, but they continued to fight through it.”
While it is a testament to the Indians’ resiliency to be able to win games when they aren’t at their best, Coons admitted that there is still a lot of work to be done.
“It is exciting to see them get to the point where they don’t break down after a rough set. They continue to fight back and [have shown that] they are tough enough to handle that. [However], it continues to affirm that we still have a long way to go.”
Erika Foy and Halle Planck led the charge for the Indians, each finishing with 11 kills, while Kirsten Lockwood had eight kills and seven blocks in the victory.
