A little surprise wasn't about to stop the South Hagerstown volleyball team.
It took a game for the Rebels to decipher Catoctin's defensive scheme, but once they did, they coasted to a 23-25, 25-15, 25-18, 25-19 MVAL Antietam victory Tuesday night.
"Catoctin's defense caught us off guard in Game 1," said South coach Chuck Weaver, "but by the end of the game we had it figured out, and the girls played strong from there."
South (7-4, 3-1) showed no ill-effects from the loss in Game 1, taking full advantage of every Cougars error.
"We lost our momentum," said Catoctin coach Dana Bender. "We missed a couple key serves, and we couldn't pass the ball to our target. We're a very strong serve-receive team, so that's really out of character for us."