Out & About: Delano/Orono

#3 posting 10.16.2007
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DELANO tigers 3, ORONO spartans 0
(25-10, 25-16, 25-14)

The Delano Tigers beat the Orono Spartans in a Wright County conference game tonight. Delano used balance, defense, and ball control as the ingredients to victory.

Right from the get go Delano staked their claim on the match. The Tigers were able to squeeze points on their first four serves. Orono took their first time out at 11-4. At that point seven of the Delano points were via Orono errors. Four times in the first game Delano had runs of three or more while Delano held Orono to no runs. After the first cycle through the serving rotation Delano finished with a 11-2 run.

Game two started off similar to game one with Delano up early 5-2 after the first pair of servers. Another late run by Delano (9-2) forced Orono to use two time outs. Kayla Koenecke had five kills in game two.

Game three opened with 8 straight combined first ball side outs. Delano broke free on Kylie Crofutt's serve with a run of three (including the side out) and added another run on the next service by Briana Royer. In fact Delano had four runs of 3 points or more in their next five servers. All in all a 14-4 run put Delano in the drivers seat. Orono had their only 3+run late in the contest.

There was a good crowd, a band, and even Delano brought a baritone (the game was at Orono). But the Orono crowd was soon somber. The Delano faithful were boisterous throughout the night.

One factor Orono controlled was the blocking game with 8 points off blocks compared to Delano's 1.

Every Delano rotation won their battle.

DELANO
rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills----points
1 Cicily Checkal, L 1-0-0----1
1fr Kayla Kassulker, MH 0-0.5-2----2.5
2 Kayla Koenecke, S 0-0.5-8---8.5
3 Angie Snaza, OH 2-0-6----8
4 Sarah Bingea, MH 1-0-8----9
5 Kylie Crofutt, S 0-0-2----2
6 Briana Royer, OH 2-0-8----10
totals: 6-1-35---42 points; 33 points on Orono errors

ORONO
1. Emily Ten Eyck, S 1-2.5-2----5.5
2. Sarah Luse, MH 0-2-3----5
Mikayla Anderson, MH 0-0.5-0---0.5
3. Maddie Franz, OH 0-1-2----3
4. #10 0-0-0----0
4fr Racquel Maronde, RH 0-0-0----0
5. Kelly Anderson, L 0-0-1-----1
5fr Megan Peterson, MH 0-1-1----2
6. Casey Olson, OH 0-0-1----1
Katy Morgan, OH 0-1-2----3
totals: 1-8-12----21 points, 19 points on Delano errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Delano is pretty balanced, but since I name only one player it will be Kayla Koenecke tonight.

BY THE NUMBERS
Delano 24/32; .750; 75; .560; .475
Orono 14/31; .452; 40; .525; .440
3+ runs: Delano 12, Orono 1
missed serves: Orono 10, Delano 9

ROTATIONS
DELANO
1 Cecily Checkal 12-7 .632
2 Kayla Koenecke 20-6 .769
3 Angie Snaza 12-7 .632
4 Sarah Bingea 9-7 .563
5 Kylie Crofutt 15-8 .652
6 Briana Royer 7-5 .583
totals: 75-40 .652

ORONO
1 Emily Ten Eyck 7-21 .250
2 Sarah Luse/Mikayla Anderson 5-13 .278
3 Maddie Franz 7-9 .438
4 #10 7-15 .318
5 Megan Peterson/Kelly Anderson/Racquel Maronde 7-8 .467
6 Casey Olson/Katy Morgan 7-9 .438
totals: 40-75 .348

also tonight
Osseo beat Maple Grove in a district 279 battle in four. The Orioles lost the first game and then ran the table (19-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-21). Speaking of Osseo, former Osseo player Erin Alden (2000) is the JV coach at Delano and they also beat Orono.

Byron swept Lake City 25-11, 25-14, 25-20 in Hiawatha action. Byron's overall record is 15-12 and 8-5 in the HVL conference. Seeding for subsection play is tomorrow.

Next up: tomorrow morning