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Volleyball Makes History Before 3rd-Round Loss
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| The War Eagles celebrate a berth to the third round, an unprecedented moment. |
Davie didn’t have one of its stalwarts in the third round. Pratapas was out with bronchitis. The sickness came on a day when Davie was facing a 23-4 team on its home court. Furthermore, one of Pratapas’ replacements, Moriah MacDonell, was playing sick. Add it up and Davie looked nothing like the team that made history by advancing to the third round.
“It’s a disappointing way to end your season,” coach Becky Miller said. “It’s hard enough to take a loss. It’s even harder when we should have played better. I think we could have been competitive with them had we had Carly.”
Miller couldn’t have been more pleased after the War Eagles bashed visiting East Forsyth in the second round (25-20, 25-14, 25-16). It was their second shutout in the playoffs, and it was an unprecedented moment for Davie, which was 0-2 in second-round matches. It lost to Chapel Hill in ‘03 and to Northwest Guilford in ‘06.
It was also a rerun of two regular-season romps over East Forsyth, which finished 10-15.
“We let everybody play and took care of business,” Miller said. “Our motto was ‘Go Beyond’ and that one made history.”
East scored seven of the game’s first eight points. Undaunted, Davie scored 24 of the next 37 and kept motoring in the next two games. The major factors were Katelin Wensley (11 digs, seven kills, five aces), Amber Parrish (19 assists, five kills), Pratapas (11 digs, five kills), Chelsea Reynolds (13 digs), Alex Folk (two blocks) and Ashley Green (two blocks) ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.