Saturday, September 22, 2007

Out & About: Eagan/Marshall

#8 posting 9.22.2007
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
3rd Place game
EAGAN wildcats 2, MARSHALL tigers 0
(25-20, 25-20)

Eagan topped Marshall with identical scores for 3rd place. Marshall lef 9-8 when the second Eagan run kicked in. The Wildcats had a 9-4 run to go up 17-13. Marshall took the first time out then and their second at 22-17. Another Marshall time out got the side out and the Tigers added points to 23-20 Eagan. A wide serve doomed Marshall chances. Katie Hofstad ended game one with a kill.

Both teams were a bit looser in game two. Eagan led early 4-0. Anna Full had four points in a 6-1 run for Marsshall. That 6-5 lead didn't last. The next server up in the Eagan rotation, Malia Paleafei served up three to put the Wildcats back up 9-6. But here is the kicker. Marshall helped Eagan out with four straight missed serves. So two Marshall three point runs ended by their own hands. Kelsey Sparks had three straight points on Taylor Bohannon's serve. That made it Eagan 15-9. The runs weren't over as Marshall had one and Eagan two more up their sleeves. Eagan led 24-18, when Rachel Westby staved off the final point with a kill. The game ended on a Tiger violation.
photos: #1 Eagan #10 Laurel Sanford up for an attack. #2 Marshall's Anna Full with an attack. photos by kja.

EAGAN
1. Kristin Ammerman, S 0-0-3----3
2. Leah Ehret, DS 0-0-0----0
2fr Taylor Gerr, OH 0-0.5-2---2.5
3. Kelsey Sparks, MH 1-3-7----11
4. Malia Paleafei, OH 1-0-2---3
5. Andrea Willems, DS 1-0-0---1
5fr Katie Hofstad, OH 0-0-1---1
6. Taylor Bohannon, L 0-0-0----0
6fr Laurel Sanford, MH 0-0.5-6---6.5
totals: 3-4-21---28 points, 22 points on Marshall errors

MARSHALL
1. Shay Birath, L 0-0-0----0
1fr Tina Tauer, MH 0-1-0----1
2. Kellie Ellefson, DS 0-0-0----0
2fr Kayla Wallerich, S 0-0-4----4
3. Hope Weilage, OH 0-0.5-4---4.5
4. Anna Full, MH 2-0.5-7----9.5
5. Karli Vaneputter, DS 1-0-0----1
5fr Kelsey Deragisch, S 0-0-1----1
6. Rachel Westby, OH 1-0-6----7
totals: 4-2-22-----28 points, 12 points on Eagan errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kelsey Sparks

BY THE NUMBERS
Eagan 15/26; .577; 50; .560; .300
Marshall 13/26; .500; 40; .700; .440
3+ Runs: Eagan 8, Marshall 3
missed serves: Marshall 8, Eagan 4

ROTATION POINTS
EAGAN
1 Ammerman 5-5 .500
2 Ehret 11-8 .579
3 Sparks 8-9 .471
4 Paleafei 8-6 .571
5 Willems 11-6 .647
6 Taylor Bohannon 7-6 .538
totals: 50-40 .556

MARSHALL
1. Birath 5-7 .417
2. Ellefson 8-10 .444
3. Weilage 9-9 .500
4. Full 6-9 .400
5 Vanedeputter 5-11 .313
6. Westby 7-4 .636
totals: 40-50 .444

next up: championship game.