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Standing Tall: Ballard's Brooklyn Baumgardner Becoming A Force At Middle Blocker 

In a real sense and metaphorically, sophomore Brooklyn Baumgardner has stood tall on the volleyball court for Ballard in 2021. 온라인카지노

The 6-foot-2 center blocker has turned into a power at the net for a Bomber group that just leveled its Raccoon River Conference record at 3-3 and improved to 5-9 by and large with a four-set triumph over Gilbert Thursday at Huxley. 

"Brooklyn has truly moved forward," Ballard lead trainer Morgan Bennett said. "When she gets on, she's ablaze." 

Senior all-RRC outside hitter Ava Ashworth has earned the majority of the consideration of Ballard's resistance so far. Furthermore, all things considered. 

Ashworth had 114 kills in only 36 sets entering the Gilbert match. 

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Yet, Baumgardner is beginning to settle on Ballard's rivals pay for that choice. Entering Thursday's match she had arranged 51 kills and had the Bombers' best kill-proficiency rate at 25.2%. 

"Clearly with a major center we can change up our sets," Ashworth said. "It loses different guards so they don't expect it going to me each and every time." 

Baumgardner is a much greater bad dream for Bomber rivals on safeguard. Entering the Gilbert match she had a group high 43 squares, including 20 performance squares, and drove the RRC in blocks per set at 1.1. 

"We truly work on that by and by," Baumgardner said. "I simply go up there with certainty and I realize that I can do it." 

A solid offseason got Baumgardner in the position where she could turn into a correlative go-to player at the net close by Ashworth. 

"Last year I truly wasn't content with how I was playing," Baumgardner said. "I truly endeavored to get more sure about my swings and putting my squares up. I've worked on my development and getting my squares shut on each corner and arriving quicker." 

Baumgardner is likewise showing glimmers of being a solid player in the back line. She has 30 dives in 40 sets in the wake of recording only seven in all of 2020. 

Baumgardner gives Ashworth acknowledgment for aiding make her life simpler on the court this season. 

"She's constantly been a particularly extraordinary good example and somebody to admire," Baumgardner said. "I'm so appreciative to be in her group."