By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
The Seaman Lady Vikings opened the home portion of their 2025 volleyball season by hosting the Jefferson West Tigers Thursday night. After four games, Jeff West was victorious with scores of 25-21, 25-17, 20-25, 25-11.
Tatiana Dowling's Seaman volleyball team fell to 1-2 on the season Thursday night with a four-set loss to Jefferson West. [File photo/TSN]
Game 1 saw Seaman jump out to an early 6-2 lead, causing Jeff West to take a timeout. Jeff West battled back to tie the game at 14 and continued on its run to pull ahead 20-17. Following a couple of timeouts by Seaman, the Tigers were able to close out a 25-21 win.
Jeff West continued its inspired play and jumped out to an early 7-3 lead in the second set, forcing Seaman to call a timeout. The Tigers stretched their lead to 15-7, but the Lady Vikes responded with a 7-3 run to trim the lead down to just four, 18-14. But Jeff West closed out Game 2 with a 7-3 run of its own to win 25-17.
“I think we came out a little bit sluggish and thought it would just be given to us,'' Seaman coach Tatiana Dowling said. "It was a good wake up call to go down 0-2 because it forced us to find a little fire within ourselves.”
Seaman did find that fire and began the third game by attacking more offensively and jumped out to a 15-10 lead. The Lady Vikes continued their inspired play and built the lead to 22-16, causing Jeff West to take their final timeout. The teams traded points and Seaman took game three, 25-20.
“I liked our fight in Game 3 and we were aggressive when we were up. We talked about needing to be the aggressive team, but when we were trailing, we would just be tipping,” Dowling said.
Both teams played evenly to begin Game 4, but some of the errors that occurred in the second game for the Lady Vikes returned and Jeff West took an 8-4 lead. The Tigers continued their dominance and extended the lead to 13-6 which led to the Lady Vikes taking their final timeout. The Tigers finished the game on a 12-5 run to win game four, 25-11.
Seaman, now 1-2 on the season, will travel to Shawnee Heights next Thursday for a quadrangular with Manhattan and Silver Lake.
