Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Dragons Upset by Cougars.

Written Tuesday September 12th at 10:30 PM

Let downs happen.

This wasn’t supposed to happen but it did to the Orion Girls Volleyball team.

The Dragons fresh off winning the Novi Invitational on Saturday and was ranked third in the State was upset by Stoney Creek in five games 25-16, 21-25, 19-25, 25-16, and 13-15 on Tuesday night in Rochester.

Orion has had the Cougars number in tournaments but it was Stoney Creek that put the Dragons in a hole early in league play. Orion still has to go to Bloomfield Hills, Oxford, and Seaholm during the season.

Stoney Creek had big nights from the Stration sisters and Molly Asmus. Also, it was a strong team effort for former Orion coach Ross Talbott’s team.

What didn't help things was that the Dragons were without Paige Briggs whom sat out with a back injury.

No one saw this coming.

Orion is now 26-4 on the season and will host Troy Athens on Thursday.

Thoughts.

You got to give Stoney Creek credit tonight, Talbott had a great game plan. I don't know what the mindset of the Orion players were heading into the contest. I also think the Dragons were riding high after the Novi Invitational win so a letdown had to be coming and it happened.

This was a really bad loss for Orion because now this puts them behind the eight ball early in the Red but hopefully they learn from this.
 

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