On Thursday Oct. 20, Great Bay Community College defeated NECC Knights three sets to none in Portsmouth N.H.
The Knights lost set one and set two identical 25-23, and they lost the third and final set 25-21.
After a long intro ceremony of Great Bay senior Anna Layfield of Portsmouth N.H. final regular season game it was now time for volleyball action.
The game officially started at 6:13.
It was back and forth game in the beginning of the first set.
Caroline Burns of Haverhill scored the first point of the game, a spike by Kaithlene Perez-Flores tied at five.
The Knights made a few more points but they were trailing. A tip by Burns tied this game at 8 a piece.
The Knights were up by two the score was 10 to 8.
Great Bay came back to tie the game at 12.
The Knights were up by two when they had a 16 to 14 lead over Great Bay.
It was a good match up in the first set, either team could’ve won it, it could’ve gone either way.
The Knights were up 20 to 18 and needed five more points to win the set.
The game was tied 22-22 after assistant head coach, coach Marissa Reardon called a timeout.
After the time out Great Bay went on a 3-1 run to defeat the Knights 25-23 on set one.
The Knights’ momentum in the beginning of the sets was good but in the middle and the end of the set the momentum shifted into a negative way.
“Yep, that happened throughout the sets, we had enough stamina through the beginning and by the end we kinda keep losing it and I think that definitely affects the score,” Coach Reardon said.
In the second set Great Bay started off a little hot.
Great Bay was out of order, the point was awarded to the Knights, Great Bay was up by three, the Knights were losing 9 to 6.
The Knights scored the next three points, including two of them from Heather Walsh of Harwich.
The game was tied at nine and at 10 apiece.
The Knights took a one-point lead over Great Bay and they increased that score by three.
The Knights had a 13-10 lead.
Great Bay scored a few points to inch even closer.
Great Bay then took advantage of some miscommunication for the Knights.
The Knights were up 23-18, two points away from winning the set.
Great Bay went on a 7-0 run to beat the Knights and had commending two sets to none lead.
“I don’t think we were in the correct position I think that definitely affected the scoring,” Reardon said.
In the third set the Knights were down 4-0, which means Great Bay had a 11-0 run going back to the end of the second set that Great Bay finished 7-0.
Ashley Martinez of Lawrence scored the first point of the Knights.
The Knights started a run on their own, the Knights went on a 5-0 run to take 5-4 lead over Great Bay.
Great Bay bounced back and was up by two.
Burns hit the ball to made it 9-8 as the Knights were losing by a point, Perez-Flores tied and Martinez give the Knights the lead.
Just like that the Knights had a 10-9 lead.
Eventually Great Bay was up 14 to 13 when coach Reardon called a timeout.
Great Bay then increased that lead to five.
The Knights cut Great Bay deficit by two as they were losing 22-18.
The Knights lost in set three 25-21 and lost in three straight sets.
I asked coach Reardon what happened during the game — the Knights beat this team back in the Sport and Fitness Center on Oct. 13, three sets to one.
“Yeah, I guess you have good games and you have bad games and I think this is the game that we could’ve won but I don’t think we played the best that we could’ve,” Reardon said.
