Day 2: Volleyball regionals

This is my first LHSAA volleyball tournament. One immediate thought comes to mind -- it's a crazy, wild couple of days of volleyball. It wasn't more exciting than the night session, when Ben Franklin, Mount Carmel and Dominican were going at the same time.

Franklin won easily, Mount Carmel made things more interesting than it should have and Dominican fell apart some point between the second and third games.

Newman looked good, as did Fontainebleau. McGehee came through with a big win over Pope John Paul II. And Ursulines beat De La Salle in a spirited match, its third win over the Cavaliers this year.

Anyway, I look forward to helping y'all out again with some healthy doses of recaps.

Here's the schedule for local teams. Full briefs are below that from all the day's action.

10 a.m.: Northlake Christian vs. Ascension Catholic

11:45 a.m.: John Curtis vs. University; Newman vs. McGehee ; Country Day vs. Episcopal of Acadiana

1:30 p.m.: Ursuline vs. E.D. White ; Cabrini vs. Sam Houston

3:15 p.m.: Mount Carmel vs. Fontainebleau ; Notre Dame vs. Ben Franklin

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10:25 p.m. UPDATE -- FINAL FOR THE DAY
For two games, Dominican's players had life in their faces. And then St. Joseph's won the third game. And then St. Joseph's won the fourth game.

By the time the fifth game rolled around, Dominican appeared to have nothing left in its tank, letdown and trying to figure out what happened.

But when Dominican finally figured it out after a timeout, it was too late. St. Joseph's took a 15-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-16, 15-12 win over Dominican, ending the New Orleans school's season.

"We knew it was going to be a tough match. We knew it was going to go five games," said Dominican head coach Jessica Chatellier, whose team fell to 24-12. "We came out and did everything we needed to do in games one and two. Then momentum went down."

For Dominican, Amy Randazzo had 42 assists, while Taylor Reuther recorded 22 digs and four aces. Kelsey Castle added 18 kills and two blocks.

But according to Chatellier, this year's team accomplished more than most expected. "I had people tell me at the beginning that this is going to be a rebuilding year," Chatellier said. "And yet, we made it as far as we did last year."