<div><p>The Barnesville Trojans suffered a tough 3-2 (24-26, 27-25, 13-25, 25-23, 15-10) home court loss to Staples-Motley on Tuesday night. “We were on a little bit of a roller coaster with the Cardinals going back and forth in each set,” reported Barnesville head coach Megan Askegaard. “We can play so well and then we get a little complacent and wait for the opponent to come attacking us. Tonight was a perfect example of either settling for an easy point or out working the other side of the net.” </p><p>Askegaard recapped the match as follows, “The first set we really controlled the tempo and served at the Cardinals tough, taking them out of their offense and allowing them to run their big hitter when she was up in the front row. I was really pleased with how well we served the ball tonight. Abby John (10 kills, 25/26 serving, 6 aces, 19 digs, 5 solo blocks) had a great night behind the service line putting in many aces and really making their passers work to put up a nice ball to the setter. Defensively Macie Pauna (23 digs) and Abby had many great pickup in the back court reading the offense and anticipating where that 3rd ball was going to. Our offense tonight was a little slow at times and when we found our hitters they were killing the ball very well. Lexi Hoeft (13 kills, 14/15 serving,6 digs) did an outstanding job from the outside pin and Aubryn Hinsz (3 kills, 19/19 serving, 1 ace, 6 digs, 1 solo block) had a great night from the right putting a couple balls over into position on the Staples side that took out their setter. </p><p>Other contributions came from Addy Rasmussen (16/17 serving, 2 aces, 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist), Emmalynn Bergman (19 set assists, 16/16 serving, 2 aces, 7 digs), Allison Axness (16/16 serving, 3 aces, 3 kills, 5 digs,3 solo blocks, 1 block assist) and Sophie Frederick (8 set assists, 4 digs).</p><p>“We definitely had our chances tonight and need to find that determination to push ahead when we have the momentum on our side after coming off a big win like we did tonight in the 3rd set,” noted coach Askegaard. “I was really hoping that we were going to take that momentum and roll into the 4th set and avoid going to the 5th set tonight. This game is truly a marathon and at times we need to dig a little deeper and compete to put team away when we can. As coaches we are seeing so many great things happening on the court at times. Moving in to Thursday against DGF we need to have a strong start and Never Settle out on the court.” </p></div>

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Trojans Fall in 5 Sets to Staples-Motley

The Barnesville Trojans suffered a tough 3-2 (24-26, 27-25, 13-25, 25-23, 15-10) home court loss to Staples-Motley on Tuesday night. “We were on a little bit of a roller coaster with the Cardinals going back and forth in each set,” reported Barnesville head coach Megan Askegaard. “We can play so well and then we get a little complacent and wait for the opponent to come attacking us. Tonight was a perfect example of either settling for an easy point or out working the other side of the net.”