By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media
The long ride up from Santa Fe didn’t seem to bother the Lady Horseman from St Mikes as they simply dominated the Lady Tigers in two of the three games Thursday evening in Tiger Gym as they went 3-0 for the win.
While the JV match wasn’t as lopsided as the varsity match the Lady Tigers couldn’t get a handle on the ball and make the points. In game one Raton tied the game at 4, 5 and 6 but the Lady Horsemen took over and lead 19-9 before closing the game by 10. Game two saw Raton take the early lead 5-1 but St Mikes came back to tie at 9 and 13. St Mikes then took over the game and won it by six.
JV
St Mikes 25 25
Raton 15 19
Game one and three were simply ugly for Raton as mistakes and strong play by the Lady Horsemen simply dominated Raton. Game one saw St Mikes pull out to a 17-7 lead and hold Raton to only two more points in the game.
Game two was the turnaround game as Raton took the lead and pulled out to an 11-8 lead. In this game the Lady Tigers Cyrena Ayon, Giana Marez and Samantha Phillips played a great game at the net making the blocks and spikes they needed to maintain the lead. St Mikes, however, came back and tied the game at 20 and 21 but pulled out in from and shut Raton down for a four point win.
Game three was, well it was ugly, as St Mikes’ Marisa Sandoval-Moya was credited with 17 straight points while she was at the service line for all 17 serves, before Raton could mark the scoreboard. It was 17-0 when Raton finally got a point on the board. But Raton could do little more and ended the game down by 20.
Varsity
St Mikes 25 25 25
Raton 9 21 5
