Out & About: Maple Grove/Totino-Grace

#5 posting 10.31.2007
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5AAA SEMIFINALS
MAPLE GROVE crimson 3, TOTINO-GRACE eagles 1
(25-21, 18-25, 25-20, 25-18)

#7 Maple Grove pulled a Halloween trick on Totino-Grace with a four game win in the 5AAA semifinals. It is the second straight upset for MG. The Crimson upset #2 Centennial in the quarters. They will try for the trifecta in the finals. The top hitters both wore #12: Kelsey Jacobs led MG with 14 kills. Totino-Grace's Ellie Duffy pounded out 20 kills.

One of the big differences was the points on errors. Totino-Grace gift wrapped 36 points for MG while MG gave away 23 points on errors.

In game one MG took control right from the start with three straight points, 2 on TG hitting errors. The Crimson built that lead out to 9-3 after two kills by Kelsey Jacobs. TG had an uphill climb and came within one at 15-14, but never could manage to tie the game up, much less get over the hill. A kill by Erikka Korpi ended game one. Jacobs had a hand in 7 of the MG points in this game with two blocks and five kills.

In game two MG led 16-15 when TG took a time out. After that break TG got the side out on a kill by Lisa Beacher and then ran off six more points on Margo Rhody's serve. MG had to use two time outs in order to stop the run, one at 18-16, the last at 22-16. They did get the side out on a Korpi kill, but Ellie Duffy pounded home two kills to close game two out. Jacobs had 7 kills and one ace in this game.

MG, much like in game one, raced off with a 5-1 and 9-3 lead early. The serving game was working with three aces and keeping TG from clean flow on offense. Jacobs had three kills in the first portion of this game. Just like in game one, TG kept creeping back. They closed to 16-15 when MG took a time out. That stopped the run. TG took time at 22-19 and that worked and 24-20, that time out didn't. A TG hitting error ended game three. Jacobs again had five points in game three to lead both squads.

The early momentum again was in MG's favor in game four with a 14-4 advantage. This time mighty mite Cate Cavanaugh was causing havoc for TG. The diminutive outside hitter had five kills in this game. MG led by as many as 21-9. TG did mount two runs to make the score look respectable, but it was too little too late. Cavanaugh ended the game with a kill. #7 MG had their second upset win in their bag and they are hunting for the third in the finals.

photos: #1 Ellie Duffy going up for a kill. #2 MG players crouching at the net. #3: The celebration begins. #14 Cate Cavanaugh has just finished the match with a kill. photos by kja

MAPLE GROVE
Rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills---total points
1. Elise Whiesell, server 0-0-0-----0
1 Cate Cavanagh, OH 0-0-9----9
1 Breanna Begin, DS 0-0-0----0
2 Elizabeth Geisendorfer-Lindgren, MH 3-1-5----9
2 Ashley Mulchrone, L 0-0-0----0
3. Katie Kaufman, RH 3-0-0----3
4. Kelsey Jacobs, OH 3-1-14----18
5. Erikka Korpi, MH 2-2-8----12
6. Kristin Lundquist, S 1-0-0----1
totals: 12-4-41----57 points; 36 points on Totino-Grace errors

TOTINO-GRACE
1 Traci Moe, S 0-0-2----2
2 Ellie Duffy, OH 1-0.5-20----21.5
3 Anna Eidem, L 0-0-1----1
3fr Lizzi Naumann, MH 0-2.5-10----12.5
4. Margo Rhody, RH 2-0-2----4
5. Lisa Beacher, OH 0-0-5----5
5 Veronica Scott, OH 0-0-2----2
6. Stacey McMullen, MH 0-2-11----13
totals: 3-5-53----61 points, 23 points on Maple Grove errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kelsey Jacobs

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/att; fbso%; points; %earned; %allowed
Maple Grove 32/52, .615; .613; .274
Totino-Grace 29/52, .558; .726; .387
3+ runs: MG 8, TG 6
missed serves: MG 6, TG 6

ROTATIONS
MAPLE GROVE
Elise Whitesell 15-12 .556
Elizabeth Geisendorfer-Lindgren 20-14 .588
Katie Kaufman 16-11 .593
Kelsey Jacobs 15-23 .395
Erikka Korpi 18-14 .563
Kristin Lundquist 9-10 .474
totals: 93-84 .525

TOTINO-GRACE
Traci Moe 14-20 .412
Ellie Duffy 13-17 .433
Anna Eidem 10-16 .385
Margo Rhody 23-18 .561
Lisa Beacher 14-11 .560
Stacey McMullen 10-12 .455
totals: 84-93 ,475

next up: Blaine/Osseo 5AAA Semifinals