<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3FzPox_1Gs2JX9z00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3FzPox_1Gs2JX9z00" width="1763" height="1175" ></figure>An uncharacteristic and error-filled performance led the Shoshoni Lady Blue (17-20) to their demise Thursday in their state quarterfinal match up against the Southeast Cyclones (26-7) in Casper, as they lost in three sets, 25-11, 25-10, 25-20.Against the strong attack and relatively clean performance of the Cyclones, the Lady Blue jumped out to a 5-4 lead in the first set before committing five attacking errors en route to a one-set deficit.While Head Coach Jamie Maddock acknowledged Thursday’s showing was far from her team’s best, she pointed out the cumulative age of her team, which includes two seniors.“After we kind of talked about it as coaches and [in] reflecting on it, even though we have two seniors, we have a very young team,” Maddock said. “Only two of them have been with us at state before, and they didn’t play much, so there’s only a couple that have had this experience.“Sometimes we know they might come in a little nervous,” Maddock continued. “The floor is always different, the light is different, the noise is different, and I think that kind of got the best of us today, but by the third [set], we started kind of showing up as the team that we usually have. Unfortunately, just a little bit too late for that, but a lot of learning and growing from that.”After the runaway second set, a struggling Lady Blue attack received a boost from two consecutive blocks, which made the score 9-7 in favor of Southeast, early in the third.A more controlled performance led to Shoshoni going up 12-11 in the third, their first lead since 5-4 in the first.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2N6qnO_1Gs2JX9z00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2N6qnO_1Gs2JX9z00" width="1763" height="1175" ><figcaption>Shoshoni senior Kaylor McConnaughey eyes the volleyball during a match earlier in the season.</figcaption></figure>Citing a few of her athletes struggling to adjust to the lighting inside of the Ford Wyoming Center, Maddock added, “A lot of the first couple [sets] was just [timidity] – hitting really soft and not hitting as hard as we could – but then they started figuring that out and having more confidence.“Yeah, I wish we could’ve had a couple more sets of that, because I think they were really coming out of that and starting to trust each other better,” Maddock explained.Junior Mayce Jarvis agreed with her coach, saying, “For most of us, it was our first time [at state], so getting the first jitters out was a little hard for us.“Like she said, in the third set we started working harder and the results were showing we could do better than that,” Jarvis concluded.At the time of this article’s publication on Friday morning, Shoshoni had yet to face the Wright Lady Panthers (14-20) in the first round of the consolation bracket.Wright beat Shoshoni in the in-season match ups between the two squads, with the first victory being a 2-1 and the second being 3-1.“I feel like just having that reflection on the last game, we know we can do better,” Jarvis said of the pending game with Wright. “I feel like we just need to use that to our advantage and know that we can come out stronger than that.”</div></body>

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An uncharacteristic and error-filled performance led the Shoshoni Lady Blue (17-20) to their demise Thursday in their state quarterfinal match up against the Southeast Cyclones (26-7) in Casper, as they lost in three sets, 25-11, 25-10, 25-20. Against the strong attack and relatively clean performance of the Cyclones, the Lady...

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An uncharacteristic and error-filled performance led the Shoshoni Lady Blue (17-20) to their demise Thursday in their state quarterfinal match up against t

Lady Blue stumble in State Quarterfinal

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