Calvert overwhelms Flyers in second half

TIFFIN — Tiffin Calvert's zone defense wreaked havoc against St. Paul on Wednesday night as the Flyers committed 29 turnovers in a 60-27 non-league loss to the Senecas.St. Paul's defense had the Flyers in the game after one half, but then a big second half from Calvert — which outscored St. Paul 33-13 — put the game away.The Senecas (4-1) kept the Flyers on their toes offensively as they switched from a 2-3 zone, to a 3-2 zone and even deployed a 1-2-2 defense, which enticed St. Paul to get the ball into the elbow, but a lot of passes didn't get through, which led to turnovers and easy looks the other way."They run that zone really well. They extend it out … our wings just wanted to bury themselves in the corner and we told them coming into the game that we can't do that," Flyers coach Steve Frazee said. "Then fundamentally, we were just awful. We can't make a pass from the volleyball line to the low post with three defenders there."I told them I think we digressed from the beginning of the year … I don't know what it is. We're playing some good teams, but it's just like they forgot what they're doing. Maybe it's me, I need to relay what I want from them better. We have to work on the little stuff. Today, obviously we didn't do any of that well."Calvert raced out to a 15-4 lead in the opening quarter as the Senecas were hitting open shots, including three 3-pointers — two from Mya Steyer and one from Sofia Lee.Both teams settled in defensively in the second quarter, but Calvert senior Kaleigh Concepcion drained consecutive triples to give Calvert a 23-10 edge. Concepcion scored all 10 of Calvert's points in the quarter and the Senecas led 27-14 at halftime."I think tonight was overall the best game Kaleigh has ever played here," Calvert coach Aaron Sheets said as Concepcion had a game-high 20 points. "I told her that her dribbling was phenomenal. She's a great dribbler, but sometimes she over-dribbles and gets into trouble, but tonight she was going in and out, zig-zagging."Calvert applied more pressure in the third quarter, ending the stanza with a 15-1 run to gain a 44-19 advantage heading into the fourth."I was happy with our defense in the first half. They were shooting 60 percent on 3s coming in and they hit a bunch of shots and I told the girls that's on me, but at the same time we have to contest them," Frazee said. "We've kind of had a good year defensively until tonight. It just snowballed on us really bad."Carleigh Meier added 10 points for the Senecas. Overall, nine Senecas scored.Aubrie Bogard and Deanna Velasquez each recorded five points for St. Paul. ST. PAUL (4-4)Georgia Crabbs 1-0-2; Morgan Endsley 1-2-4; Raeleigh Friend 1-0-2; Annie Friend 2-0-4; Aubrie Bogard 1-2-5; Ella Kalizewski 1-0-2; Deanna Vazquez 2-0-5; Taegan Mansfield-Bush 0-1-1; Anmarie Nolan 1-0-2. TOTALS 10 6-8 27. CALVERT (4-1) Sofia Lee 3-0-8; Kaleigh Concepcion 8-1-20; Breanna Ronski 1-0-2; Megan Rombach 1-1-3; Carleigh Meier 5-0-10; Addison Sheets 0-0-0; Grace Wood 1-0-2; Kate Coleman 2-1-5; Savanna Faber 1-0-2; Mya Steyer 2-0-6. TOTALS 24 5-8 60.St. Paul 8 6 5 8 – 27Calvert 17 10 17 16 – 603-point FGs: (SP) Vazquez; (TC) Concepcion 3, Lee 2, M. Steyer 2.