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Lady Dolphins aim for playoff berth
If they are, that means the Lady Dolphins will have already clinched a playoff spot and are playing in tonight's District 1- 4A championship match, most likely against Navarre. Gulf Breeze, the number two seed in the six-team tournament, played in the semifinals Tuesday, most likely against Washington. Chances are they played that match without two of their starters (Lacie Brothers and Tobie Bass, both of whom have injured ankles. Gulf Breeze (12-6) is looking to reverse their late season swoon, where they lost two matches last week, winning only one game in the process. Catholic 25-25-25, Lady Dolphins 17-22-18 Randy Pounders would have been all smiles after the Lady Crusaders swept a match from Gulf Breeze Oct. 16. Catholic honored its former coach, who passed away several months ago, with a bench with his name inscribed on it. It will be placed in front of the school. The lead in game one switched hands four times in the early going before Catholic went ahead to stay 6-5. Celia Eddy, who had 10 kills, forced a sideout with a kill before two Eddy served got Gulf Breeze within five at 20- 15. But Catholic (17-6) scored five of the last seven points to take game one. Brothers scored the first five points of game two before Catholic tied the game, then took the lead at 12-11. Brittany Wheeler, who had six kills, forced a sideout with a kill before Jasmine Crowell scored four straight points for an 18-15 GBHS lead. After a Catholic timeout, the Lady Crusaders scored 10 of the next 14 points to take game two. The run, which included several calls that went against the Lady Dolphins, was compounded by Brothers' ankle injury. Tristan Powers, who had 20 assists and nine digs, scored three straight serves for a 6- 3 GBHS lead in game three. Robyn Davidson, who was a perfect 8-for-8 on serves, scored two to tie the game at nine, but from there, Catholic scored 16 of the last 24 to finish off the match. Crowell had seven kills for Gulf Breeze, while Deannette Zuniga had 13 digs and Lauren Alverson had seven. Gulf Breeze resident Samantha Freeman had 15 kills for Catholic. Pine Forest 26-25-21-25, Lady Dolphins 24-20-25-23 The Lady Dolphins blew a game point in game one as the Lady Eagles beat Gulf Breeze for the second time this season. Crowell, who had a career-high 16 kills, recorded one to force a sideout. She then scored four points on serve for a 16-9 lead. Pine Forest, who defeated Gulf Breeze in four games earlier this season in Pensacola, scored eight of the next 10 points before three Eddy serves made it 22-17. A pair of Pine Forest aces and a pair of kills tied the game at 22. Gulf Breeze had a game point, but Pine Forest staved it off, then scored two aces to win the game. The Lady Eagles made it 8-4 in game two and stretched it to a nine point lead (16-7). Four serves from Eddy got Gulf Breeze within three at 23-20, but a sideout, then point, gave Pine Forest game two. Pine Forest look poised for a sweep, leading 17-11, before Crowell recorded four kills to spark a 14-4 run to give the Lady Dolphins game three. Eddy, who had 20 kills, 11 digs and seven blocks, got Gulf Breeze within a point at 12- 11 in the fourth. The Lady Eagles went up seven (21-14) before a sideout and seven straight serves from Davidson put Gulf Breeze up 22-21. But the Lady Eagles scored the final four points to keep the match from a fifth game. Powers had 29 assists and six digs, while Zuniga had 23 digs. Davidson added nine digs, while Alverson had eight. Wheeler had seven kills in the loss. In the six games Pine Forest has won this season over Gulf Breeze, the average score was 25-22. Lady Dolphin JV 25-25, Pine Forest 14-8 Kara Cederquist had nine points on serve, while Cheyenne Chapman and Kelly Hayes had six each and Kylie Conner five as Gulf Breeze won its season finale. Hayes added 10 assists, while Casey Crenshaw had five kills. Catholic JV 26-13-15, Gulf Breeze 24-15-12 Conner had nine points and nine digs as Gulf Breeze lost a tough three set match to Catholic. Hayes had seven points, 13 assists and eight digs, while Dabney Abbott had five points and six digs. Chapman had seven kills and five blocks, while Lindsey Hawthorne had seven digs. Lady Dolphin ninth grade 19-25-15, Catholic 25-20-10 The GBHS freshman got seven points from Adrian Culpepper and six from Katie Stanhagen as they finished the season unbeaten against fellow freshman competition. |
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