The question after San Dimas was what Kayla Kreimann would do the next time the serve came looking for her. Los Altos answered it for her: they kept sending it.
Alta Loma's freshman took 15 serve-receive attempts Wednesday night at home, the most she has handled in any single match this season, as the Lions fell to Los Altos 2–1 in a three-set rematch. HUDL graded the night a 2.13 on the 3.0 scale. Eight of the 15 were perfect passes — 53 percent — and 10 of the 15 kept the Lions in system. One was an error.
Fifteen serves came her way. Eight went back to the setter perfect.
The bounce-back
Seven days earlier, at San Dimas on Sept. 30, Kreimann saw four serves and passed one of them cleanly — a 0.75 that was the lowest single-match number of her season. Wednesday's line is the reply: nearly four times the volume, one error instead of three, and a rating that pushed her season mark back over 2.00 — from 1.99 to 2.01 on 117 attempts.
The volume is the part a coach will notice first. Before late September, Kreimann averaged fewer than five receive attempts a match from the back row. She has now taken 13, 13 and 15 in three of her last four matches, and the per-ball quality has held at the higher load: 2.00, 2.15 and 2.13 in those three.
The photo with this report is one of them — low, platform out in front, eyes on the ball at contact.
The rest of the line
At the service line it was a working night rather than a weapon night: seven serves, five in, one ace and two errors — her 23rd ace of the season. She added two digs and handled five second-ball sets without a ball-handling error, and took five free-ball receptions.
The season, through 19 matches
Through 19 matches and 39 sets, Kreimann is passing a 2.01 on 117 attempts — 49 percent perfect, 66 percent in system, 16 errors. She has 23 aces on 124 serves (90 percent in play), 67 digs with no dig errors, and 30 out-of-system setting attempts without an error.
STAT LINE — K. KREIMANN (Fr., DS) · vs Los Altos · Oct. 7 · L 1–2
- Serve receive: 15 attempts · 2.13 · 8 perfect · 2 good · 4 ones · 1 error
- Serving: 7 attempts · 5 in · 1 ace · 2 errors
- Digs: 2 · 0 errors
- Setting: 5 attempts · 0 ball-handling errors
- Free balls: 5 received
- Season through 19: 2.01 passing (117 att) · 49% perfect · 23 aces · 90% serves in · 67 digs
WHAT'S NEXT: Alta Loma JV closes its season at home against Colony and on the road at South Hills. Full match film and HUDL exports are available to coaches on request through kaylakreimann.com.