Out & About: Chaska/Shakopee

#3 posting 10.31.2006
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6AAA Semifinals
CHASKA 3, SHAKOPEE 0
25-11, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23

I got to this game late due to traffic. It took over 40 minutes to inch along from the Crosstown to over the Minnesota River Bridge on 169.
Chaska led 9-7 in game one when I arrived with my black and red pens. keep that in mind when checking the numbers. they will be short.

Once I sat down Chaska took off from an 11-10 lead to a 22-11 lead after Kimber Kuhl's 11 straight service points. Allie Oehlke provided six of the points with 4 kills and 2 blocks. Shakopee did try to stop the carnage at 16-10 with a time out, but Chaska kept rolling.

Shakopee led early 6-4 after Maggie Geske's serve. Then Oelke stepped to the service line for Chaska and served up three points to make it 7-7 when she was finished. Chaska took the lead on their next server Bekah Saugen's two points. Chaska maintained the lead up to 17-16. Shakopee briefly took the lead at 18-17, but Chaska had a 4-1 run to lead 21-19. Shakopee got the side out on Maggie Geske's kill and then Jessica Menden served up four points with two more Geske kills to make it 24-21 Shakopee. Chaska called a time out and Oelke got the side out. They added one more on a Schroers hitting error. Geske got the sideout and the win on her kill coming off the right side off the serve.

Chaska jumped up out to an 11-5 lead after Tawny Dahmes four points on her serve. Shakopee took a time out at 8-4, but it didn't stop Chaska. The Hawks continued to add to their total with an 18-12 margin after Brittany Wenzel's serve. Shakopee did take their second time out at 17-11 and soon after put together five straight first ball side outs. With that string Shakopee cut the margin to 23-22 on Ashley Wittman's serve including an ace on point 22. Oelke and Wenzel combined for a block on Geske to halt the Shakopee run and Oelke finished it with a kill out of the middle for a 25-22 win.

Shakopee had an early 7-3 lead after Geske served up four straight points including an ace for point 7. Shakopee continued to hold the lead at 12-8 after Jessica Menden blocked an overpass kill attempt by Kuhl. Oelke got the side out on Mollie Geske's serve. Leah Saugen served up four straight to get right back in the game. Saugen had two points off aces and two off Maggie Geske Hitting errors that were just inches off. Shakopee took the lead at 18-17 after Kaitlin O'Brien's serve. Shakopee got a side out on Maggie Geske's kill to make it 23-22 Shako, but on Maggie Geske's serve Oelke pounded a kill to tie it up at 23. She then served the final two points of the night with a Shakopee hitting error, and a Dahmes kill.

rotation, player, position, ht, year, aces, blocks, kills-totals
CHASKA
1. Kimber Kuhl, MH, x, 2007, 2-2.5-6---10.5
2. Leah Saugen, OH, x, 2007, 2-.5-11---13.5
3. Brittany Wenzel, S, x, 2008, 0-1-2---3
4. Allie Oelke, MH, x, 2007, 0-3-17---20
5. Tawny Dahmes, OH, x, 2007, 0-0-17---17
6. Bekah Saugen, RH, x, 2010, 0-0-0---0
Totals: 4-7-53---64 points; 25 points on Shakopee errors

SHAKOPEE
1. Ashley Wittman, OH, x, 2010, 1-0-14--15
2br Mollie Geske, L, x, 2010, 0-0-0---0
2fr Megan Theis, MH, x, 2007, 0-0.5-4--4.5
3 Jessica Menden, S, x, 2008, 0-1.5, 2---3.5
4 Maggie Geske, OH, x, 2008, 2-0.5-16--18.5
5 Brittney Schoers, MH, x, 2007, 1-1.5-6---8.5
6br Kaitlin O'Brien, RH, x, 2007, 0-0-1---1
6fr Sam Erath, RH, x, 2007, 0-0-1---1
Totals: 4-4-44---52 points; 22 points on Chaska errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Allie Oelke

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Chaska 29/47-.617; 89*; .719; .297
Shakopee 30/49-.612; 74*; .703; .281
Both teams played were fairly close in their skills and talent. Chaska was bigger in the middle, but the FBSO #s and points allowed and earned were pretty close.

ROTATION POINTS
CHASKA
1 Kuhl 22-10 .688
2 Saugen 16-21 .432
3 Wenzel 15-15 .500
4 Oehlke 15-7 .682
5 Dahmes 11-11 .500
6 Saugen 10-10 .500

SHAKOPEE
1 Wittman 16-12 .571
2 Mollie Geske 10-15 .400
3 Menden 15-17 .469
4 Maggie Geske 15-15 .500
5 Schroers 9-17 .346
6 O'Brien 9-12 .429

Kuhl's rotation ripped it up in game one. Oelke in the front row helped out that rotation. The two middles for Chaska had strong rotations.

Next up: Eden Prairie/Bloomington Kennedy