East Hamilton coach Kristy Lenoir altered the Lady Hurricanes’ pregame schedule due to a late start time in their Class AA volleyball sectional against Notre Dame.
She ordered Rosselli’s pizza for the team.
Powered by pizza and what senior Morgan Phillips described as a few prayers, the Lady Hurricanes dispatched the Irish 3-0 and advanced to the state tournament for a second straight year.
“Our team has dropped to rock bottom and come back this season,” said Phillips, who served seven aces. “Today we were here a couple of hours early, we played a lot of music, ordered pizza and prayed a few times.”
They’ll be dining next week in Murfreesboro. East Hamilton (33-18) won by scores of 25-14, 25-11 and 25-17 in the third set, during which both coaches made sure everybody on the team played in the match.