Out & About: Apple Valley/Sioux Falls Lincoln

#9 posting 10.13.2007
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
3rd Place
APPLE VALLEY eagles 2, SIOUX FALLS LINCOLN patriots 1
(22-25, 25-17, 15-8)

AV had to rally from a 1-0 deficit to claim the third place title.

SFL had a seven point run in game one to make it 15-8. At that point AV had missed three straight serves. AV crawled back into the game with five straight points on Lauren Wigen's serve. But the damage was already done. SFL never trailed after that. AV was able to close to 24-22 after a SFL hitting error which forced a time out by the Patriots. SFL took game one on a kill by Sarah Kohler.

SFL led early in game two 7-5, but AV kept battling and chipping away. A key factor in this game was AV was able to squeeze points off their serve 8 of 11 times. (or to put it another way SFL FBSO was 3/11). Kelli Earp finished with four straight serves for AV including an ace for the deciding point.

In game three Wigen started things off right for AV with two straight aces. Then, on the next AV service Emily Suemitsu served up five points again with two aces to make it 8-2. SFL took their first time out, but it was too steep a margin to climb if the final number is 15.

photo: #1 Apple Valley's Kalin Stenhaug gets ready to hit a set from Lauren Wigen as Bentley Mancini also jumps freezing the SF Lincoln defenders. #2 Sarah Kohler of Sioux Falls Lincoln about to take a swing. photos by kja

APPLE VALLEY
1 Lauren Wigen, S 3-0.5-4----7.5
2 Emily Suemitsu, DS 2-0-0---2
2fr Jenny Quam, OH 0-0-2----2
3 Lisa Ruff, L 0-0-0----0
3fr Kalin Stenhaug, MH 0-3-2---5
4 Samantha Brandl, DS 2-0-0---0
4fr Bentley Mancini, RH 0-1.5-8----9.5
5 Kelli Earp, OH 2-1-4---7
6 Melissa Racz, MH 0-0-6---6
totals: 9-6-26----41 points, 21 points on SF Lincoln errors

SIOUX FALLS LINCOLN
1. Vanessa Dolge, RH 2-0-1---3
2. Emily Schiltz, OH 0-0-6----6
3. Sarah Kohler, MH 1-2-5----8
4. Ashley Engel, S, 1-0-1----2
5. Emily Palmer, OH 1-0-5---6
6. Becca Jarratt, MH 0-1-2---3
totals: 5-3-19----27 points, 23 points on Apple Valley errors

TRENCH PLAYER

Lauren Wigen

BY THE NUMBERS
Apple Valley 18/29; .621; 62; .661; .460
Sioux Falls Lincoln 15/31; .484; 50; .540; .339
3+ runs: AV 6, SFL 4
missed serves: AV 6, SFL 4

ROTATIONS
APPLE VALLEY
1 Lauren Wigen 14-9 .609
2 Emily Suemitsu 14-12 .538
3 Lisa Ruff 5-6 .455
4 Samantha Brandel 10-8 .556
5 Kelli Earp 9-4 .692
6 Melissa Racz 10-11 .476
totals: 62-50 .554

SIOUX FALLS LINCOLN
1. Vanessa Dolge 13-13 .500
2. Emily Schiltz 8-14 .571
3. Sarah Kohler 12-5 .706
4. Ashley Engel 6-10 .375
5. Emily Palmer 7-10 .412
6. Becca Jarratt 4-9 .308
totals: 50-62 .446

Next up: Jordan vs Minneota