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After a flat start, the Montezuma-Cortez volleyball team dropped its opening set of the season against Ignacio on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came out a little timid,\u201d said head coach Dave Robinson. \u201cI think it was those first-game jitters. We had seven or eight missed serves in that first game. And I hate to say it, but you can\u2019t win games when you make that many errors.\u201d<\/p>\n
But following the initial 25-17 loss, the Lady Panthers rallied to take the second set 25-20 to even the two teams at one game apiece.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the girls got those jitters out,\u201d Robinson said of his team\u2019s play in the subsequent sets. \u201cBut we were playing against a good squad. Ignacio is definitely a well-coached and pretty fine-oiled machine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bobcats jumped back on top with a 28-26 win in the third set. But trailing 2-1, M-CHS pulled together to win two consecutive sets (25-17 and 15-8) to take the match three games to two.<\/p>\n
Robinson said that the Panthers made adjustments after their loss in the third set, and that the play of Ashley Wood, Michele Coyote and Tyra Pinnecoose on the back row really solidified the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked to them about winning the smaller parts of the game,\u201d explained Robinson. \u201cLet\u2019s beat them to five points, let beat them to ten points and try to break the game down.\u201d<\/p>\n
M-CHS travels to the Glenwood Tournament this weekend, where its first three games will be against Steamboat Springs, Grand Valley and Rifle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got two practices to get ready for this and get ourselves organized,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cWe just want to minimize mistakes on our part and make teams beat us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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