Central Dauphin trotted into Gene Evan's Gymnasium Thursday night.  The undefeated Rams were ranked 10th in the state coming in.  The Herd were not desperate, however, played a great match against the Rams.  They lost in a 5 game match, where they had the lead 13-11 in the fifth game and weren't able to finish.  The scores of the match were 24-26, 26-24, 26-28, 25-22, 13-15.  Team leaders for the Herd were Billy Davis with 25 digs, Justin Beachy with 20 kills and 19 digs, Terry Davis with 55 assists and 2 blocks.  Eric Love had 14 kills and 3 blocks, while Josh Black had 4 blocks.  Daniel Anderson had 14 kills.  The Herd plan on coming back with a victory against CD East on Tuesday.  Hoping to build momentum for an upcoming match with Lower Dauphin that has plenty of playoff implications.

(JV won in 2 games improving to 4-3.  Good swings Stevie and great all around play from first year player Nate Towery.)

Carlisle traveled into Cedar Cliff on Tuesday night and won a three game match in an easy fashion.  The Herd were able to play almost everyone on the varsity roster at some point during the match.  The scores were 25-12, 25-22, 25-12.  The Herd were led by Terry Davis who had 32 assists, 5 blocks, and 2 aces.  Billy Davis had 9 digs and Justin Beachy had 2 aces.  Eric Love had 4 blocks and 2 aces.  Daniel Anderson had 13 kills and 2 aces.  Josh Black had 3 sweet aces, while Dalton Bowser had 11 big kills.  The Herd are home on Thursday night as the play host to undefeated Central Dauphin Rams.  (They will probably heading down 81)???

 (JV wins in 2 games going 3-3 on the season.  Some great play all around!) 

Carlisle traveled to Redland last night and lost 3-2 in a close match.  Scores were 25-21, 26-28, 23-25, 25-22, 11-15.  Carlisle struggled to get off to a good start in all of the matches often times having to play catch up.  I will try to provide better stats then what the sentinel provided at a later time.  The herd beat themselves last night though making 34 hitting errors and 14 serve errors.  Hitting for the Herd was led by Justin Beachy who had 13 kills and 18 digs.  Daniel Anderson also added in 13 kills and 2 blocks.  Eric Love had 7 kills and 2 blocks.  Dalton Bowser had 7 kills and 13 digs.  Josh Black had 5 kills and 3 blocks.  Billy Davis had 15 digs and 4 aces.  Terry Davis had 43 assists, 7 kills, and 2 blocks. The Herd Host Chambersburg Tuesday night.  This is going to be a BLACK OUT game.

(JV wins going 2-1 on the season.  Great work newcomers, good job sticking together!)

SENITINEL NEWS REPORT

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/03/27/sports/local/doc49cc697b83ed2718977868.txt

Carlisle played at home tonight for the first match of the season against the Elizabethtown Bears.  The Herd looked to improve their record to 2-0, but faced a scrappy Bear team.  The Herd struggled early in the first game, but were able to overcome errors and win.  They won the second game and finally clinched the third game.  Scores were 25-16, 25-20, 26-24.  This marks the second year in a row the Herd have started 2-0.  Daniel Anderson had (9 kills, 5 aces, 3 blocks), Justin Beachy had (12 kills, 8 digs), Eric Love had (6 kills), Terry Davis had (32 Assists, 2 aces, 9 digs), Josh Black had (4 blocks), Billy Davis had (9 digs).  The Herd take on Redland and Turko Thursday night.

(JV lost in a 3 game match.  Nice job guys, keep improving!)

SENTINEL NEWS ARTICLE

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/03/24/sports/local/doc49c8815e41225492476436.txt

Carlisle traveled to Hershey on Friday to face the Trojans.  This was the first match of the 2009 season.  Carlisle dominated all night on the offensive and defensive side of the ball winning the match in 3 games. the scores were 25-11, 25, 16, and 25-16.  The Herd managed to shut down Scott Eartherton as they sailed to victory.  Hitting was led by Justin Beach (10 kills, 5 digs), Daniel Anderson (9 kills, 2 aces), Eric Love (6 kills, 2 blocks), Josh Black (3 blocks), Dalton Bowser (5 kills, 8 digs).  Terry Davis had (4 kills, 32 assists), and Billy Davis's solid floor play led to (10 digs).   The Herd play Elizabethtown on Monday night for the first time hoping to continue their win streak!

(JV wins their first match 2-0.  Congrats guys and nice composure and nice performance to the new guys!) 

SENTINEL NEWS ARTICLE

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/03/20/sports/local/doc49c44e3d9f64f472118762.txt

Carlisle begins its season tomorrow against Hershey.  Goodluck to both JV and Varsity as they look for their first win and many more to come.