The Green River Lady Pirates hosted the Grand Lady Devils in their first home match of the season on Aug. 23.
Green River won the first set, 25-18 and dropped the next three sets, 13-25, 19-25 and 22-25. Despite Green River losing the overall match they played very well against a much larger 3A school.
Starting for the Lady Pirates this year, Maribel Escalante, Miranda Johnson, Rebecka Shaffer, Jocelyn Brady, Talynn Lovato and Daniela Mendez.
Green River also lost their first match on the road losing to Tabiona in five sets. The Lady Pirates kept it close the entire match. They lost the first set, 10-25.
Green River was able to get some momentum going in the next two sets winning, 26-24 and 25-19.
The Lady Pirates couldn’t hold on to their winning ways and dropped the next two sets, 22-25 and 9-15.
Green River will travel to the Wayne tournament over the weekend and will travel to Grand on Sept. 30. They will host Escalante Aug. 31 and Monticello on Sept. 5.
Monticello will be their first region match of the year. This will good be a good test of how Green River will stack up in the region.
Lady Pirates volleyball start season
green river volleyball IMG_7032