Hello-
Fun night in St. Paul- We had a 5-set thriller and a win over Macalester! And we had a JV team playing Northwestern to the tune of a 4-set win. Go Cougars!!
The Macalester match saw the Cougars jump out to a set 1 win before... struggling in the second set (we were down 10 almost the whole set!). But a set 3 win and a good start in the 4th set had us thinking we'd be out of there in 4. But a nice run by Macalester erased a 3 point lead for UMM late, forcing our first 5-set match of the season. We were never behind in the 5th set as we jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, winning 15-9.
At Northwestern, the Cougars fell down early in all 4 sets... but were able to come back and win sets 1 and 2 before dropping the 3rd set. But the Cougars rebounded nicely to win the 4th and final set 25-22.
Then, it was on to a fabulous dinner at the Stinchfields in St. Paul, beef and chicken tacos, fruit, Gatorade and cookies! Now we are on the bus... and on our way home after sitting in traffic on the interstate for a while (Who is on the road at 10:45 pm!?). It's going to be a late night... hopefully we will be home and in bed before 1:30 am. Good thing we only have one more of these weekday away matches.
Signing off-- go Cougars!
Coach B
PS~ Special thanks also to the Knotts for a wonderful meal of casseroles, sloppy joes, baked corn, broccoli salad and fruit on Saturday after the Ridgewater Tourney for our JV team that day!
