SAN MARCOS - Jordan Kotara stood with her arms folded, a
perturbed look on her face. Micah Weaver simply buried her face
in her hands, crying until teammate Kelli Kolodziej arrived to
console her.  For the Poth Pirettes, it wasn't supposed to end
this way. This was going to be another coronation, a day in
which they added another jewel to their crown.  Instead, an
uncharacteristic performance on Saturday led to another rarity -
the Pirettes lost in the Class 2A state final.  White Oak's
Abbey Bybel had 19 kills and three aces as the Ladynecks
defeated Poth 25-21, 25-23, 14-25, 25-23 before 1,386 fans at
Texas State's Strahan Coliseum.  The title was the first for
White Oak (46-1), which avenged last year's three-game semifinal
loss to Poth (43-7), which was seeking its eighth state title in
the past 16 seasons but instead suffered just its third loss in
10 state-final appearances.  "Obviously, it didn't go the way we
would've liked it," Poth coach Patti Zenner said after her team
lost despite outscoring White