By: Heather Kittle
Delta women’s volleyball hosted a game against Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Delta, who ranked third in the country in Division III volleyball, put up a good, hard fight against GRCC, who ranked eleventh in Division II but ultimately saw a 1-3 loss in the end. The first set saw Delta taking a leading 25-18 win but by set two they lost with a 23-25 score. The last two sets saw a decline in final points from the team, with a respectable 20-25 in set three and 16-25 in set four.
Angie Compton, head coach for the women’s volleyball, had this to say about the game. “We came out really strong, so great. So much energy. And then we won the first set and we thought that was almost good enough.” She goes on to say that the second set started well and that “If we would have taken that one, the night would have been totally different.”
As the game went on, she says that the team started making mistakes and errors and that it became “Frustrating volleyball. Ugly volleyball.” Compton ended it by saying “Our girls are so great. They do some great things.”
This game was also a white out night for friends, family, and fans of the team. Everyone was asked to wear white in support, and one of the biggest supporters of the night came from the Deltas men’s baseball team, who all wore white and cheered loudly and vigorously throughout the whole game. Many times sporting the same expressions of nervousness and excitement the women of the team felt.
Local high school and middle school volleyball teams had also been invited to the white out game. High school JV and Varsity teams from Hemlock, Garber, Bridgeport, Swan Valley, and Merrill seventh and eighth grader volleyball teams showed up wearing their white as well in solidarity with Delta’s white and green jerseys.
Deltas volleyball season ends mid-October and have several home and away games until the end of the season. They will also be hosting a regional championship game on Oct. 24. The teams competing in that game will be Delta Community College, Owens Community College, and Lorraine Community College. The second seed will play the third seed at 4 p.m. The winner of that game will then play the first seed 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game. Details on the matter will be available closer to the actual game day.
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