Moose blaze past ACS

PALMER -- There is such a thing as fast volleyball and there is slow volleyball. Sometimes slow volleyball is actually fast and other times fast volleyball can be slow.

Confused?

On Tuesday, the Palmer Moose and the Anchorage Christian School Lions put that perplexing theory to test. In a slow-paced volleyball match, the Moose overpowered ACS and blazed through a three-game sweep, defeating the Lions 25-7, 25-9, 25-7 in a 62-minute match.

Stephanie Houser led the Moose with seven kills in match. Leslie Berberich posted a team-high

27 assists.

Though the Moose did debut a lineup with five new starters, few problems were seen against the 3A squad.

"It's a nice transition to go from practice to a slower pace game," Palmer head coach Steve Reynolds said. "Early on we're just trying to take what we're working on in practice and take it to a game setting -- and that's passing and defense."

Karaline Naegele is the lone starter left from a 2003 team that won the Region III title. The Moose are looking for players to replace a talented group of graduated seniors that includes Jessie Mackinicki, Jayme Irvine, Alicia Berberich, Tiffany Vaughan and Megan Sweeney.