Mayo Heads to State

#1 posting 11.2.2008
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AAA PLAYOFF RESULTS
SECTION 1
For the first time in 34 years a Rochester team is headed to the state tournament. #3 seed Rochester Mayo upset #1 seed Owatonna in five. Mayo is the only Rochester team to get to the state volleyball tournament and that was in 1974. Owatonna had a 12 point advantage on the night. The match also marked the end of a 19 year coaching career for the Huskies coach Rod Nakagaki. He had 604 career wins Owatonna led 2-1. From the Owatonna People's Press.

SECTION 2
I reported on the Shakopee four set win over Chaska last night. Here is the report in the StarTribune.

SECTION 3
There was going to be a first time entrant to the state tournament in this section and Lightning struck as #1 seed Eastview is headed to State with a four set win over Lakeville South. Also in the StarTribune report.

SECTION 5
#2 seed Osseo upset #1 Blaine in four. There was a late report on that last night.

So here are the section winners with section seeds
1. Rochester Mayo (#3)
2. Shakopee (#1)
3. Eastview (#1)
4. Cretin-Derham Hall (#5)
5. Osseo (#2)
6. Wayzata (#1)
7. Andover (#2)
8. St. Michael-Albertville (#1N)

It was a bad year to be a #1 seed in AAA.
Today the state seeds will be announced----only one to four.
However I will put these teams 1-8 if I was seeding
1. Shakopee
2. Eastview
3. St. Michael-Albertville
4. Wayzata
5. Andover
6. Osseo
7. Cretin-Derham Hall
8. Rochester Mayo

Next up: AA results

Playoff Out & About: STMA/Alexandria

#5 posting 10.31.2008
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SECTION 8AAA
Championship
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE knights 3, ALEXANDRIA cardinals 2
(25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 25-20, 19-17)

In a Halloween classic, #1 South seed STMA beat #1 North seed Alexandria in a tight thriller/heartbreaker depending on which side of the bleachers you sat. The passion of the fans took on an added emphasis with the Halloween costumes. The fact is I went through a whole clip of photos and then some. I also had to move from my favorite angle on the bleachers due to the overwhelming Cardinal support than continually blocked my view. I perched myself in the end zone for unobstructed views, but photo profiles were sacrificed.

This had all the makings of a classic before it began: #1. Both teams were ranked in the coaches poll---STMA #4; Alex #7; #2 Both teams were ranked in the MaxPreps all state poll---STMA #5; Alex #6. #3. Both teams had two players each that will continue on with their volleyball careers after high school. The electricity was already crackling in the air. Throw in Costumes and the give and take and you come up with memorable volleyball. Rallies lasted longer, with players making digs and keeping the ball alive. With a ticket to state on the line you would expect nothing less than full effort. Both teams did that and more tonight.

Alex had a 2-1 lead in the contest. In the fourth set both teams were tied at 20 before the Knights closed with five straight points. In the fifth set, STMA led 14-10. Alex fought back four straight match points to tie it at 14. STMA had two more chances and didn't close. Alex then had one match point but it wasn't in the Cards for them at 17-16. Katherine Harms had the key side out point to tie at 17 and then served out. Alex was in the net for point 18, and Harms put down her 33rd kill of the night from the back row to make it a good Knight for STMA.

The first set was a back and forth until a 10-3 run by STMA broke the game open. Alex led 13-12 when the Knights started their surge. Alex took two time outs at 16-13 and 22-16 trying to stop the Knight momentum. In both situations it worked. STMA led 24-18 but needed four set points to close out the Cardinals. Harms had 12 points in the first set, including five of the last eight STMA points.

The first set featured four runs by both teams combined. Set two the runs doubled. STMA used the momentum in the first set to get out to a 7-4 run. Harms had three points at that time, but only had one more the rest of the set. Alex got right back into the fray with four straight points of their own. That was the start of a 11-2 Cardinal run to put Alex up 13-9. The pendulum swung back to the Knights as they embarked on a 10-2 run. Alex had to burn two time outs to halt the momentum, one with Alex up 13-12, the other at 19-15 STMA. The pendulum swung back Alex's direction after the second time out. The Cardinals closed with a 10-3 run with five different players putting down kills for Alex. STMA took their first time out at 20 and after the break exchanged three side outs to lead 22-21. The final four Alex points came on a block and kill by Jacque Brown and then two kills by Alicia Montbriand. The series was all tied up.

The theme of set three was a block party. Alexandria had 8 points on blocks in set three as the Knights didn't pierce their defenses. STMA had to resort to tips at times. Alex jumped out to a 5-1 lead. Of the first 9 Cardinal points in set three five came via blocks. STMA did close to 10-9, but Alex responded with a 4-1 run forcing a Knight time out at 14-10. Ariel Carlson delivered two blocks in that sequence. She had four for set three alone. After the time out both teams traded side outs for six serves. STMA had another push of three to cut the margin to 18-16 which forced the first Alex time out. Jacque Brown scored the next two points for Alex on a block (naturally) and a kill. Once again the persistent Knights closed the gap to 23-22 with two straight points by Carly Rothstein on an overpass kill followed by a block. Alex burned their second time out and got a kill from Samantha Dale. That prompted a Knight time out. The final point ended up with STMA in the net. There was jubilation among the Cardinal costumed crazies, with concern emanating from the STMA camp.

STMA broke open set four with a 7-1 sequence which started with two Alex hitting errors. The Cardinals took their first time out at 11-8, but STMA added another point before Alexandria sided out. Side outs ruled the court with 12 straight back and forths. For Alex, Carlson had three of the six FBSO points. For STMA Harms had three of the six Knight side out points. A disputed point stopped the exchange on Katie Brown's serve for the Cardinals. Either it was a back row attack ---a late call---or STMA was in the net. It negated what looked to be a kill by Marie O'Neil. Carlson added a kill after that to tie the contest at 18. Again it was back to the side out exchanges with STMA pulling out 21-20 after a Harms kill. She got the ball on the serve and didn't let go. Alex took their second time out at 22-20, but Harms kept serving right to the finish. Rothstein ended the set with a block and the match was now knotted at four.

Alex got the serve to start the fifth set. O'Neil put down a kill and STMA soon led 3-0. Alex grabbed a 5-3 lead with five straight points, their largest sequence of the night. The Knights were able to tie it up at 6 all on an ace by Harms. Dale put up a block for a Cardinal point. Brittani Wiese got the side out for STMA and Maria Berning put down a kill to tie at at 8. Two Cardinal hitting errors put STMA up 10-9 and forced a Alex time out. Nicole Throngard got a kill to tie at 10 after the break. STMA then ran off four more points, two coming on Alex hitting errors. That put the contest on the brink at 14-10. With their backs to the wall, the Cardinals held off four straight match points. Angela Christianson had a kill and a block for 12 and 13, and Carlson put down a kill to tie it at 14. Both teams then traded four straight side outs. STMA had two more match points in that run, but could close the deal. A hitting error by STMA put Alex one point away from St. Paul, but Harms put an end to those thoughts with a side out kill. She then went to the service line. In sets four and five she had missed three of her last four serves. She didn't miss the next two. Alex was in the net for point 18 and then Harms herself from the back row finished the grueling contest with a kill. STMA is going back to St. Paul for the second straight season, and 8th trip overall.
You can see the humongous STMA vs Alexandria photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com. You might need to hold all calls when viewing these.

More to come

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE
1. Catherine Yager, 2009, S 3-3-5-----11
2. Lindsay Berning, 2009, DS 2-0-0-----2
2fr: Maria Berning, 2009, OH 0-1-11------12
3. Samantha Dick, 2009, serve 1-0-0-----1
3fr: Marie O'Neil, 2009, MH 0-3.5-2-----5.5
3br: Allie Knutsen, 2009, L
4. Katherine Harms, 2009, RH 2-1.5-33----36.5
5. Brittani Wiese, 2009, OH 0-0-10-----10
6. Allie Knutsen, 2009, L 2-0-0--------2
6fr: Carly Rothstein, 2010, MH 0-2-4----6
totals: 10-11-64------85 points, 28 points on Alex errors

ALEXANDRIA
1. Katie Brown, 2010, S 0-0-2-----2
1fr: Angela Christianson, 2010, RH 0-2-9----11
2. Greta Wood, 2009, DS 2-0-0-----2
2fr: Alicia Montbriand, 2009, OH 0-0-4----4
2fr: Nicole Throngard, 2009, OH 0-0-2----2
3. Ariel Carlson, 2009, MH 3-5-17----25
3br: Valerie Smith, 2009, L
4. Keely Gross, 2010, S 0-0-0-----0
4fr: Jacque Brown, 2010, RH 0-3-7----10
5. Samantha Dale, 2009, OH 0-3-12-----15
6. Valerie Smith, 2009, L 0-0-0----0
6fr: Sam Trumm, 2011, MH 0-5-1----6
6fr: Kaitlin Becker, 2011, MH 0-1-0----1
totals: 5-19-54------78 points; 30 points on STMA errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Katherine Harms rose to the occassion in set five with 8.5 points

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
STMA 37/65 -.569; 113; .752; .259
Alexandria 37/64-.578; 108; .722; .265
Runs 3+: STMA 13, Alex 10
Longest string: STMA 5, Alex 5
Missed Serves: STMA 11, Alex 2
Time Out %: Alex 6/10-.600; STMA 4/7-.571

ROTATIONS
STMA
1. Yager 24-20 .545
2. Berning 20-27 .426
3. Dick 18-22 .450
4. Harms 22-15 .595
5. Wiese 10-15 .400
6. Knutsen 19-9 .679
totals: 113-108 .511

ALEXANDRIA
1. Brown 23-20 .535
2. Wood 26-19 .578
3. Carlson 20-25 .444
4. Gross 14-11 .560
5. Dale 14-19 .424
6. Smith 11-19 .367
totals: 108-113 .489

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 S S S S S
set 2 S A S S A
set 3 A A A A A
set 4 A S S S S
set 5 A S S

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 1 2 3 4 5
STMA 6 4 0 5 4
Alex 2 4 5 2 2

Next up: tomorrow

Five is Lucky for CDH

#1 posting 10.31.2008your daily dose of girls volleyball news & information

AAA PLAYOFFS
Three sections punched tickets to St. Paul----Cretin-Derham Hall is the closest, but had to travel from furthest back. Also going to the dance-Wayzata and Andover.


SECTION 4
The stunner last night was #5 seed Cretin-Derham Hall picking up their third upset in 4AAA with a five set win over #2 seed Stillwater. Stillwater had a 12 point advantage on the night. This is CDH's first trip to state since 1998. This was CDH's second straight five set match. From the StarTribune.

SECTION 6
#1 seed Wayzata beat #2 Hopkins in four. I reported on this contest last night. Wayzata's margin on the night was 16. Here is the StarTribune's version.

SECTION 7
#2 seed Andover swept #1 Grand Rapids with a margin of 25 points. From the Duluth News Tribune.

TONIGHT
The only game in the state tonight features 8AAA's final. #1 North Alexandria faces #1 South St. Michael-Albertville at St. Cloud Tech at 7 pm.

Next up: AA recaps

Playoff Out & About: 6AAA Wayzata/Hopkins

#3 posting 10.30.2008
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SECTION 6AAA
Championship
WAYZATA trojans 3, HOPKINS royals 1
(25-18, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23)

#1 seed Wayzata punched their ticket to the state AAA Tournament with a 3-1 win over Hopkins. The Trojans keep their recent string of tournament berths in even years as both teams have traded spots in the state tournament the last four seasons. This was the third time this season Wayzata beat their Classic Lake Rivals. Last year Hopkins went to the show with the exact same 3-1 win in the championship. It was touch and go at the end of the match. Wayzata scored on their seventh match point. Tia Gaffen had 23 points on the night to lead the Trojans.

Both these team know each other well. Points were not flowing freely as they anticipated each other's moves. Hopkins had the advantage early in this set as they used two runs to build an 11-7 lead. Then the set broke open with an 11-1 Wayzata run. Of the 11 points, six came on Hopkins errors. The Royals took their first time out at 15-12 after an overpass kill by Gaffen. Gaffen had three kills in that run. In the meantime Wayzata had their first ball side out game ramped up. The Trojans finished with seven straight FBSO and were 11/13 for the first set. Gaffen had kills points in the first set.

Hopkins led at the early stages in set two with two three point runs to lead 9-3. Once again the Wayzata FBSO game went into overdrive with seven straight. With the Trojans slamming the door on defense, they chipped away on offense. Wayzata took their first lead at 17-16 and pushed it out to 20-17. Hopkins took a time out at 19-17. The Royals didn't crack. Alicia Vossen finished strong with five points in a 8-3 Hopkins closing run. Vossen had 7 points in the second set. The set ended on a Wayzata hitting error. Here is the big difference in this set----Hopkins had 20 earned points to Wayzata's 11.

Hopkins adrenaline was flowing a bit too much to start the third set. Of the first 10 Wayzata points six came on Hopkins errors. The Trojans kept building their lead out to 17-12 when Hopkins took their first time out. A quick three point burst by Hopkins cut the margin to 17-15. Wayzata left no doubt at the end of set three with a 8-1 run. Wayzata had 14 earned points to Hopkins' 10.

It looked like Wayzata was going to stampede to the fourth set win as they had three runs in the first four serves to lead 13-4. Hopkins took their second time out at that point and it stopped the bleeding. In fact Wayzata started to bleed with a five point run. All five points came on Wayzata errors. Hopkins managed to cut the margin to 14-11. Gaffen then had four of the next seven Trojan points and it looked like Wayzata was on their way at 21-13. Not so fast. Hopkins again rose up with four straight points to cut the lead to 21-17. After a net side out Wayzata tacked on two more to lead 24-17. A kill by Erin Ohlemann put the ball back in the Royals' hands. The Trojans couldn't get the side out for the next three points which forced Wayzata's second time out at 24-21. On match point five and six Hopkins added to their totals with a kill by Ohlemann and an ace by Vossen. The match ended on a Hopkins hit that went out and the Trojans picked up their even year State tournament ticket.

you can see the entire Wayzata vs Hopkins photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
WAYZATA
1. Kelsey Durocher, 2010, L 1-0-0-----1
1fr: Toni Okuyemi, 2012, MH 0-0.5-10----10.5
2. Julia Doyle, 2012, S 0-0.5-2----2.5
3. Olivia Fiergola, 2010, OH 1-0-10-----11
3br. Jackie Smith, 2009, DS 0-0-0----0
4. Tia Gaffen, 2009, MH 1-2-20----23
4br: Kelsey Durocher, 2010, L
5. Allison Lutz, 2009, S 2-0-2-----4
6. Kelsey Simmons, 2010, DS 0-0-0-----0
6fr: Jessica Kegel, 2011, OH 0-0-6----6
totals: 5-3-50-----58 points, 40 points on Hopkins errors

HOPKINS
1. Emily Gunsch, 2009, L 1-0-0---1
1fr: Ellen Gallagher, 2009, MH 0-1-3----4
2. Emma Henke, 2010, S 1-0-4----5
2. Christine Gilbert, 2009, DS 0-0-0----0
3. Jill Greenfield, 2011, OH 1-0-12----13
4. Alicia Vossen, 2010, MH 1-4-8-----13
5. Sarah Younger, 2009, S 0-1-5----6
6. Erin Ohlemann, 2011, OH 0-0-9----9
totals: 4-6-41-----51 points, 31 points on Wayzata errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Tia Gaffen, Dominated in set 4

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Wayzata 33/50-.660; .592; .378
Hopkins 22/49-.449; .622; .408
Runs 3+: Wayzata 12, Hopkins 8
Longest string: Wayzata 6, Hopkins 6
Missed Serves: Wayzata 9, Hopkins 6
Time Out %: Hopkins 3/7-.429; Wayzata 0/3-.000

ROTATIONS
WAYZATA
1. Durocher 17-9 .607
2. Doyle 21-14 .600
3. Fiergola 17-17 .500
4. Gaffen 15-18 .455
5. Lutz 17-14 .548
6. Simmons 11-10 .523
totals: 98-82 .544

HOPKINS
1. Gunsch 10-22 .313
2. Henke 14-17 .452
3. Greenfield 17-16 .515
4. Vossen 16-18 .471
5. Younger 13-12 .520
6. Ohlemann 12-13 .480
totals: 82-98 .455

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 H H W W W
set 2 H H H W H
set 3 W W W W W
set 4 W W W W W

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 1 2 3
Wayzata 7 3 9 9
Hopkins 4 4 1 0

next up: tomorrow

'Tonna and Mayo (with Video)

#1 posting 10.30.2008
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PLAYOFFS
Only two sections were in operation last night in AAA.
Last night there were three sweeps.
There was one lower seed moving on....Rochester Mayo (#3) beat Farmington (#2) in section 1.

SECTION 1
#1 seed Owatonna swept #4 Rochester Century with a margin of 11 points. From the Owatonna People's Press and Rochester Post Bulletin.

The Rochester Post Bulletin has some video along with the story of the Rochester Mayo upset sweep of #2 Farmington. The margin was 15 points.

SECTION 5
Last night I reported on both contests with Osseo and Blaine advancing. Check out the out & abouts from Wednesday night.

FEATURED
Marshall setters Kelsey Deragisch and Kayla Wallerich get the spotlight in the Marshall Independent.

TODAY
Stillwater will face Cretin-Derham Hall tonight for the 4AAA championship. The Ponies beat Roseville on Tuesday and have never won a section tournament. From the Lake Elmo Leader and Stillwater Gazette.
CDH upset #1 seed Woodbury on Tuesday. From the Woodbury Bulletin.

Five teams in the West Central Tribune's coverage area are still fighting for a spot in the State Tournament: Cinderella story KMS; New London-Spicer; BBE; YME, and LQPV. Kind of an alphabet soup of teams.

New Life beat St. Agnes Tuesday and will play SW Christian of Chaska tonight. From the Woodbury Bulletin.

#1 North Sleepy Eye St. Mary's is in the hunt in 2A for a state berth. SESM beat LeCenter and MVL to get to this point. From the Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch.

Nevis is alive in 5A. The Tigers beat Sebeka on Tuesday and face Onamia tonight. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

LATE RESULTS
Here is the Wadena-Deer Creek 2-0 comeback win vs Perham on Tuesday. In the Wadena Pioneer Journal and Perham Enterprise.

Verndale ended their season in 5A with a loss to Menahga last week. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

Pine River-Backus ended their season in 5A with a loss to Sebeka last week. From the Pines & Lakes.

Pequot Lakes ended their season in 7AA with a loss to Cloquet last week. From the Pines & Lakes.

New York Mills ended their season with a loss to Ada-Borup. From the Perham Enterprise.

McLeod West ended their season with the New Ulm Cathedral. From the McLeod County Chronicle.

Next up: College reports

Woodbury Done

#1 posting 10.29.2008
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TUESDAY'S AAA PLAYOFF
Of the 12 AAA Playoff games yesterday 8 ended in sweeps, 3 went to five, and their were 2 upsets. The first #1 seed fell with Cretin-Derham Hall bumping off Woodbury in the 4AAA semifinals.
Three ranked teams fell---#3 Lakeville North, #6 Waconia and #9 Woodbury.

SECTION 2
#1 in the coaches poll Shakopee swept #5 seed Prior Lake with a margin of 30 points. The Sabers' Megan Wittman had 19 kills. plus results from section 3 and 6 from the StarTribune and the Shakopee News.
It was a bit tighter in the other semi with #2 seed Chaska sweeping #3 Waconia with a margin of 8 points. From the SW Scoreboard.

SECTION 3
In case you missed it I reported on the civil war upset sweep win of Lakeville South over Lakeville North, plus the Eastview sweep of Burnsville.

SECTION 4
#4 Cretin-Derham Hall beat #1 seed Woodbury in five. The Royals actually had the point advantage of 14 points.
#2 Stillwater beat #3 Roseville with a margin of 7 points.

SECTION 6
#2 Hopkins swept #3 Holy Angels with a margin of 18 points.
#1 Wayzata survived an upset bid by #4 Bloomington Jefferson with a margin of 4 points.

SECTION 7
#1 seed Grand Rapids survived #5 Forest Lake in a fiver with a margin of 7 points. From the Duluth News Tribune.
#2 Andover swept #3 Anoka with a margin of 37 points.

SECTION 8
#1N Alexandria swept #2S St. Cloud Tech with a margin of 41 points. From the St. Cloud Times.
Last Friday Alex swept Moorhead. From the Echo Press.

#1S St. Michael-Albertville swept #2N Bemidji with a margin of 30 points. From the Bemidji Pioneer.
Last Friday STMA's Katherine Harms reached her 1000th kill against Elk River. She went into the game with 999. Harms didn't play varsity ball until her sophomore year.

TODAY
Section 1 and 5 play their semifinals.
In section 1 could there be an all Rochester final? Mayo and Century are still alive. The Rochester Post Bulletin asks the question.

Next up: AA Playoff results

Out & About: 3AAA Lakeville South/Lakeville North

#3 posting 10.28.2008
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SECTION 3AAA
semifinals
LAKEVILLE SOUTH cougars 3, LAKEVILLE NORTH panthers 0
(27-25, 25-23, 25-21)

In a civil war match up #3 South stunned rival #2 North in a revenge sweep. LN was the #1 team in the state overall according to MaxPreps. This was the first time in South's history they beat the Panthers. Since 2005 North swept the Cougars four straight years. South lost to North on September 18 in a sweep.

South rallied in each in every set for the win. In each in every set South scored the last three points to wrap up the win. South took the contest despite the fact they missed 11 serves on the night, while North didn't miss one. Balance was another factor in South's favor. North's Amy Braun had 19 kills, but only one other Panther had five kills. The Cougars countered with five players with five or more kills.

North was caught flatfooted at the start when South scored the first three points, two on aces by Josi Holter. North was forced to take a time out at 5-1 after another ace, this time by Taylor Hrdlichka. The Cougars maintained the early lead, but North had a 7-3 run to take a 16-15 lead. The Panthers bumped that lead out to 19-17. The rest of the set was spent trading three point (or more) runs. South took a 20-19 lead, then North strung together three kills to edge ahead 22-20. South took a time out at 21-20, but didn't get the side out. On the next ball Ellen Krueger got the side for the Cougars with a kill. Taylor Voss added three points off her serve for South to get to the 24-22 edge, but a net violation (South had 5 net violations in the first set alone) gave the ball back to North. A Braun kill and then a violation put North on the verge at 25-24. A North hitting error turned the ball back. Josi Holter served out with a block by Monica Turner and a kill by McKell Anderson ending the set 27-25.

North was forced to burn the first time out at 6-4 in set two when three hitting errors and a block by Jennie Kalbfell put the Cougars up. North had their own four point run later on to retake the lead 12-10. This was in the midst of a 6-1 run. Braun had three of the points. South responded right away with another three point run to lead 13-12. South broke free from a 16 all tie with their third three point run of the set to take a 19-16 lead. That forced another North time out. The momentum shifted North's way after the time out as the Panthers went on a 7-3 run to lead 23-22. McKell Anderson got the key side out kill and then Moncia Turner had a kill and then a block for the final two points.

South's adrenaline was flowing hard at this point. North, with their back against the wall, was fighting for their playoff lives. The combination of these factors put North ahead in most of the key break points. South missed four of five serves in an early stretch of set three, but North didn't move the needle that much. The Panthers did take advantage of the fourth miss to go on a 7-2 run. That forced a South time out at 17-13. Kalbfell had a quick kill after the break to stop the momentum. However a missed serve gave the ball back to North. After that South closed with a vengeance with a 11-3 run. In the first South run Ellen Krueger put down two kills. In the next South run North took a time out at 20 all. It didn't stop the South Express. Braun scored the final North point to make it 22-21 South. Taylor Hrdlichka got the side out kill and then Josi Holter served out. Turner and Hrdlichka took part in a block for point 24 and a Panther hitting error finished the night.

you can see the entire Lakeville South vs Lakeville North photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
LAKEVILLE SOUTH
1. Taylor Voss, 2011, S 1-0-1----2
1fr: Ellen Krueger, 2010, RH 0-0-7----7
2. Josi Holter, 2009, OH 2-0-7----9
3. Taylor Hrdlichka, 2009, MB 1-2.5-8----11.5
3br. Grace Sanders, 2009, L
4. Kelly Davenport, 2011, S 1-0-0----0
4fr: Monica Turner, 2012, RH 0-2.5-7----9.5
5. McKell Anderson, 2012, OH 0-0-5----5
6. Grace Sanders, 2009, L 1-0-1----2
6fr: Jenni Kalbfell, 2010, MB 0-1-4---5
totals: 6-6-40----52 points, 25 points on North errors

LAKEVILLE NORTH
1. Ellen Fox, 2010, DS 0-0-0----0
1fr: Christina Hanf, 2009, OH 0-0-3----3
2. Corinne Solheid, 2009, L 1-0-0----1
2fr: Jessica Spekman, 2009, MH 0-1-1-----2
3. Kellie McNeil, 2011, OH 1-0-4----5
4. Amy Braun, 2009, OH 1-4-19-----24
5. Cassie Weaver, 2010, DS 0-0-0---0
5fr: Brooke Lewko, 2009, MH 0-0-5----5
6. Leah Johnson, 2009, S 0-0-2----2
totals: 3-5-34-----42 points, 27 points on South errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Grace Sanders---solid defensive effort for the Cougars

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
L South 19/40-.475; 77; .675; .391
L North 20/41-.489; 69; .609; .325
Runs 3+: South 12, North 7
Longest string: South 4 (4 times), North 4 (1)
Missed Serves: South 11, North 0
Time Out %: South 1/2-.500; North 2/6-.333

ROTATIONS
LAKEVILLE SOUTH
1. Voss 15-16 .484
2. Holter 16-9 .640
3. Hrdlichka 12-13 .480
4. Davenport 11-11 .500
5. Anderson 9-9 .500
6. Sanders 14-11 .560
totals 77-69 .527

LAKEVILLE NORTH
1. Fox 13-15 .464
2. Solheid 13-12 .520
3. McNeil 14-12 .538
4. Braun 10-10 .500
5. Weaver 10-15 .400
6. Johnson 9-13 .409
totals: 69-77 .473
With Braun in the front row North was 40-39 .506; With Braun in the back row North was 29-38 .433.

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 S S S S S
set 2 S S S S S
set 3 N N N N S

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 1 2 3
L South 5 3 4
L North 2 2 4

Next up: the other 3AAA semifinal

Prior Lake Knocks Out #10 Eden Prairie

#1 posting 10.25.2008
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AAA PLAYOFFS
There were five upsets last night in AAA action. The first top 10 team fell--#10 Eden Prairie lost to Prior Lake in five in rough and tumble section 2.
Also last night there were five 5 set matches and 18 sweeps.

1
#1 Owatonna swept #8 Red Wing with a margin of 26 points. Jordan Spatenka had 16 kills for the Huskies. From the Owatonna People's Press and Red Wing Republican Eagle.
#3 Rochester Mayo beat #6 Austin in four with a margin of 30 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#2 Farmington swept #7 Faribault with a margin of 27 points. From the Farmington Independent.
#4 Rochester Century beat crosstown rival Rochester JM in four with a margin of 7 points. Brittany Weidman had 16 kills for Century. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

2
#5 Prior Lake knocked off #4 Eden Prairie in five. EP is the first top 10 team to fall. EP has been battling injuries of late. The Eagles also had a 4 point advantage for the match. PL led 2-0. From the SW Scoreboard.
#3 Waconia swept #6 Hutchinson with a margin of 22 points.
#2 Chaska swept #7 Willmar with a margin of 33 points. From the West Central Tribune.
#1 Shakopee swept #9 Mankato East with a margin of 35 points.

4
#5 Cretin-Derham Hall upset #4 Tartan in a sweep.

5
#5 Spring Lake Park upset #4 Maple Grove in five.

6
All the top seeds moved on. The only tight contest was #4 Bloomington Jefferson taking down #5 Minneapolis Southwest in five.

7
#5 Forest Lake beat #4 Duluth East in four.

8
#3N Bemidji upset #2N Sauk Rapids in five with a margin of 19 points. Kayla Hirt had 22 points for Bemidji. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

#1N Alexandria swept #4N Moorhead with a margin of 24 points. From the Fargo Forum.

#2S St. Cloud Tech beat #6S St. Cloud Apollo in five with a margin of 24 points. It was the third time Tech topped their rival. Meagan Loesch had 20 kills for Tech. Mackenzie Birr had 26 kills for Apollo. Plus 10 other reports from the St. Cloud Times.

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Burnsville Edges Apple Valley

#1 posting 10.24.2008
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AAA PLAYOFFS
Only one section was in operation last night---3
There was one lower seed advancing.
#5 Burnsville knocked off #4 Apple Valley in five with the deciding set 17-15. The Blaze's margin was 4 points.
The other top seeds #1 Eastview, #2 Lakeville North and #3 Lakeville South all moved on with sweeps.
Eastview's margin over Rosemount was 29 points.
LN's margin over Eagan was 25 points.
LS's margin over Simley was 35 points.

The main AAA action takes place tonight. The best bets are
#6 Hutchinson vs #3 Waconia and #5 Prior Lake vs #4 Eden Prairie in Section 2.
#4N Moorhead vs #1N Alexandria in section 8. From the Echo Press.
Also tonight #3N Bemidji plays #2N Sauk Rapids. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Next up: AA Wrap up

Two Upsets in 8AAA

#1 posting 10.23.2008
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AAA PLAYOFFS
1.
The Rochester Post Bulletin examines the field in section 1.
#6 Austin beat #11 Northfield in four with a margin of 14 points. Rebekah Aase had 18 kills for the Packers. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

#5 Rochester JM swept #12 Albert Lea with a margin of 30 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Albert Lea Tribune.

#8 Red Wing topped #9 Winona in four with a margin of 11 points. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle and Winona Daily News.

#7 Faribault swept Hastings with a margin of 16 points. Shannon Byers had 17 kills for the Falcons. From the Faribault Daily News.

2:
#7 Willmar beat #10 Mankato West in a fiver with a margin of 10 points. Kelsey Evans had 22 kills for the Cardinals. From the West Central Tribune.

#6 Hutchinson beat New Prague with a margin of 19 points. Laura Carlson had 13 kills for the Tigers. From the Hutchinson Leader.

I reported on the #5 Prior Lake sweep of Buffalo last night.

Also moving on was #9 Mankato East in a sweep over #8 Minnetonka.

4
#9 White Bear Lake beat #8 St. Paul Central in five with a margin of 8 points.
The other top seeds---#7 North St. Paul, #5 Cretin-Derham Hall, and #6 Hill-Murray all advanced.

5
#9 Champlin Park beat #8 Rogers in four with a margin of 15 points. From the Elk River Star News.
The other top seeds move on---#5 Spring Lake Park and #7 Mounds View. No word on Coon Rapids vs Park Center.

6
The top seeds #5 Minneapolis Southwest, #6 Armstrong, and #7 Benilde-St. Margaret's all move on. No word on the Edina vs Richfield match up.

7
All four top seeds move on--#7 St. Francis, #5 Forest Lake, #8 Cambridge-Isanti, and #6 Chisago Lakes.

8:
#6S seed St. Cloud Apollo upset #3S Monticello in a fiver. Monticello had an 8 point advantage for the night. Mackenzie Birr had 34 kills for Apollo. Plus two more results from the St. Cloud Times.

#3N Bemidji swept #6N Brainerd with a margin of 36 points. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

#4N Moorhead swept #5N Sartell with a margin of 24 points. Kassie Hooten and Kaitlyn Rogalla each had 14 points for the Spuds. From the Fargo Forum.

#5S Elk River swept #4S Big Lake with a margin of 12 points. From the Elk River Star News.

LATE RESULTS
Stillwater finished 6th in the Chaska Tournament last weekend. From the Stillwater Gazette.

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Blaine Survives Maple Grove; Shakopee's 1st Trip

#1 posting 11.4.2007
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AAA RESULTS
1: In a Big 9 match up Owatonna swept Rochester Mayo. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

2: Shakopee is advancing to the state for the first time ever with a sweep over Eden Prairie. The StarTribune has the report of that game, plus the Lakeville North/Eagan game that I reported on last night. The Shakopee Valley News has more on the historic win.

3: Like I have said LN beat Eagan in four.

5: Blaine survived a spirited upset bid by #7 seed Maple Grove, but midnight struck and MG lost in game five 15-3.

The other four sections won Thursday and Friday with #4 Woodbury; #6 Hopkins, #7 Andover, and #8 St. Michael-Albertville advancing.
The only non #1 seed in the state tournament----#2 seed Hopkins out of section 6.

BREAKDOWN
Games, %sweeps, %5s, %first game winners; %upsets
4, .500; .250; 1.000; .000

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Three Move On, Two #2 Seeds

#1 posting 11.2.2007
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AAA SECTIONS
1: #3 seed Rochester Mayo upset #2 seed Farmington in five and is one game away from the state tournament, a tournament that is 33 years in the making. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Also #1 seed Owatonna swept Faribault.

2: In one semifinal it was #2 seed Shakopee sweeping defending state champ and #4 seed Chaska. From the Shakopee Valley News and Chaska Herald. The StarTribune has a report on this game and other section matches.

4: Woodbury moves on to state with a sweep of Cretin-Derham Hall. This is the Royals first trip since 2004. From the Woodbury Bulletin.

6. #2 seed Hopkins upset #1 seed Wayzata to go to state.

7. #2 seed Andover returns to the state tournament after a one year absence with a sweep of #1 seed Forest Lake.

TONIGHT
8: Alexandria and St. Michael-Albertville play their game at Sauk Rapids

BREAKDOWN
#games, %sweeps; %5s; %first game winners; %upsets
7, .571; .143; .571; .429

LATE ACTION
Rosemount played well in their loss to Eastview according to the Rosemount Town Pages.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Bevy Lehman, Rochester Mayo 21 vs Farmington 3-2

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