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Arcanum
sophomore Brittany Kinney battle at the net against a player
from Southwestern Thursday.
Arcanum hosted a four way scrimmage that
included Greenville. CNO photo by George Starks
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Lady Trojans
shine in first scrimmage
By George Starks
ARCANUM- In the first scrimmage of the season, Arcanum coach Terri Day
was very pleased with her team.
In a four way scrimmage with Greenville, Northeastern and Southeastern,
all teams were afforded six scrimmage matches and Day was very positive
about what she witnessed.
“I liked a lot of things I seen tonight,” said Day. “I was happy with
our net play tonight. We have some good hitters and some big blockers.
We attacked the net and the ball well so I’m very pleased with those
aspects.”
As with any scrimmage, there are things that are exposed that a coach
knows that will need to be worked on.
Day is no different.
“What I didn’t like was the weakness in our coverage,” Day admitted. “I
have a lot of kids working on jump serves and we made some mistakes but
this is the time to do it. We have a couple of very nice jump servers
and my plan for the season is to serve hard and pass well. I really
think everything else will fall into place.”
With only one senior on the team, Day will look to her under classmen
to step up this season and lead the way.
“My only senior is out with a injury right now,” said Day. “We need to
get her healthy but I’ve seen a lot of good things out of my younger
players. There are things we need to get better at but I’m excited with
what I seen in my team tonight. I think the one thing that really stood
out to me tonight was Deao (Rebecca) hitting the ball hard with
regularity. The last couple of years, it was hit and miss with her but
now, she’s getting more consistent.”
One player Day touched on was her sophomore setter, Brittany Kinney.
“Brittany played well tonight,” Day pointed out. “She had some double
hits on her set but she will clean that up but she is a very good
player.”
Arcanum will open the season at Parkway on August 23 in the Panther
Invitational but will have three more scrimmages, August 12 at home
with Bradford and Springfield.
The Trojans will go on the road for their final two scrimmages with the
first on the 14th at Eaton and a 9 am scrimmage at Twin Valley South on
August 16.
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