Out & About: Maple Grove/Irondale

#4 posting 9.15.2008
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MAPLE GROVE crimson 3, IRONDALE knights 0
(25-20, 25-11, 25-16)

The Maple Grove Crimson swept Irondale in a section 5AAA match up tonight. Both teams were in Maroon jerseys, but that is where the similarities ended. For the first time this year one team led the entire game. There were no ties. MG almost doubled up on the earned points with a 44-23 advantage. Leading the way for the Crimson tonight was Kelsey Jacobs with 15 points, 14 on kills.

With my practice getting done late, my ability to get to games are limited to the neighborhood. I entered on the first serve of the game. Luckily I was able to get all the action on paper. Right from the start MG established their dominance and Jacobs put the hammer down for the first two points. Irondale took their first time out at 10-5. By that time all six MG kills came from the left side. MG had their biggest lead in game one at 15-7. After that Irondale went on a 4-1 run which forced the only MG time out of the night. MG missed two serves in that mini Knight run. Irondale wasn't done with their rally. They had another 6-1 run later to close to 21-20. Haley Eagon had three kills for Irondale in that burst. Just as Jacobs started the set, she finished it. Jacobs had three kills in the last four point run by MG.

Set one was the tightest contest. After that Maple Grove took advantage of Irondale hitting errors and had five runs in set two. Irondale quickly took a time out at 7-1 after four straight Knight hitting errors. In the first set MG had four players with one kill, with the two lefts handling 14 of the 16. In the second set MG had six players with one kill, but the kill numbers dropped to 10.

The third set mirrored the second. MG jumped out to a 3-0 lead with Jacobs, once again getting things going with a kill. In a five point run to make it 10-4, MG had three tip kills. MG eventually stretched the lead out to 22-10. Irondale had a late burst of five to close to 22-15. MG had a trio of hitting errors in that late run. In the end the hole was too deep and the Crimson is now 4-1 on the season.

You can see the entire Maple Grove vs Irondale photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
MAPLE GROVE
1. Rachel Schwieters (2009) OH 1-0-9----10
1sub: Becca Scott (2011) OH 0-0-0---0
2. Ashley Mulchrone (2009) L 2-0-0----2
2fr: Mallory Johnson (2011) MH 0-0-2----2
3. Katie Kaufman (2009) S 1-0-1---2
4. Kelsey Jacobs (2009) OH 1-0-14----15
4sub Steph Davison (2011) OH 0-0-2----2
5. Lexi Wong (2011) MH 1-0.5-3----4.5
6. Lisa Laurent (2010) DS 1-0-0----1
6fr: Emily Gilman (2011) OPP 0-0.5-5---5.5
totals: 7-1-36----44 points, 31 points on Irondale errors

IRONDALE
1. Jenny Orren (2012) S 0-1-0----1
2. Haley Eagon (2009) OH 0-1-4---5
3. Allison Kraft (2010) MH 3-0-6---9
4. Sarah Weinmann (2010) S 2-0-0----2
4fr: Samantha Olson (2009) 0-0-1---1
5. Brittany Flannigan (2010) DS 0-0-0---0
5fr: Alissa Engberg (2010) OH 0-0.5-2
6. Amanda Rapacz (2010) L 1-0-0----1
6fr: Erin Sully (2012) MH 0-0.5-1---1.5
totals: 6-3-14----23 points, 24 points on MG errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kelsey Jacobs

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Maple Grove 19/31-.613; 75; .586; .511
Irondale 11/31-.354; 47; .489; .413
Runs 3+: MG 13, Irondale 4
Longest string: MG 5, Irondale 5
Missed Serves: Irondale 10, MG 6
Time Out %: MG 1/1-1.000; Irondale 2/4-.500

ROTATIONS
MAPLE GROVE
1. Schwieters 12-7 .632
2. Mulchrone 23-9 .719
3. Kaufman 11-13 .458
4. Jacobs 12-6 .667
5. Wong 9-6 .600
6. Laurent 8-6 .571
totals: 75-47 .615

IRONDALE
1. Orren 8-18 .308
2. Eagon 8-14 .364
3. Kraft 13-16 .448
4. Weinmann 6-11 .353
5. Flannigan 5-9 .357
6. Rapacz 7-7 .500
totals: 47-75 .385

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1: M M M M M
game 2: M M M M M
game 3: M M M M M

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Irondale 0 0 0
Maple Grove 8 14 12

Next up: tomorrow morning