Out & About: Apple Valley/DGF

#3 posting 9.5.2008
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AERIE CHALLENGE
Pool A Championship
APPLE VALLEY eagles 2,
DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON rebels 0
(25-13, 25-22)

Apple Valley moved on to the final four of their first tournament with a two game win over AA DGF. The Eagles trailed 22-21 in game two before closing out with four straight points.

The Eagles jumped out early in game one with a 5-0 run and never looked back. DGF helped them out with three hitting errors to begin the run. DGF did manage to tie the game up at eight. A double contact gave the ball back to AV and Bentley Mancini. Mancini proceeded to to rattle off 10 straight points to push AV up 19-8. Mancini had four aces in the run. DGF tried to slow the AV Express with a pair of time outs at 14 and 18, but to no avail.

DGF got the kinks ironed out between games and took the early lead at 4-1 in game two. Compared to the first game, the second featured much better First Ball Side Out defense. At one stretch both teams traded eight straight side outs. DGF maintained a 17-14 lead with four points at that point from missed AV serves. The Eagles took a time out and that stopped the DGF momentum cold and shifted it to the AV side. What also stopped was the FBSO game. Neither team was able to stop the other. A run of four forced DGF to take a time out. That stopped AV. The Rebels scored the next two points after a pair of AV hitting errors and led 19-18. The Eagles responded with a run of three to go up 21-19 with a pair of Melissa Racz kills. DGF also responded with their own three point run to pull ahead 22-21. Another AV time out stopped the run and the Eagles never gave the ball back. Mancini wrapped up the night with three straight serves.

You can see the entire Apple Valley vs DGF photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
APPLE VALLEY
1. Lauren Wigen (2009) S 2-0-1----3
2. Lisa Ruff (2009) OH 1-0-4---5
3. Kalin Stenhaug (2010) MB 0-0.5-1---1.5
3br: Kelli Earp (2010) L 0-0-0---0
4. Bentley Mancini (2009) OPP 4-0.5-5---9.5
4br: Emily Suemitsu (2009) DS 0-0-0---0
5. Natalee Johnson (2012) OH 0-0-5---5
5br: Mariana Antelo (2009) DS 0-0-0---0
6. Melissa Racz (2011) MB 0-1-7---8
6br: Kelli Earp (2010) L
Totals: 7-2-24---33 points, 17 points on DGF errors

DGF
1. Morgan Matheson (2010) S 1-0-2----3
2. Lindsay Thompson (2010) RH 1-1-3----5
3. Breanna Tollefson (2009) Serve 0-0-0---0
3fr: Sara Anderson (2010) OH 0-0.5-3---3.5
4. Traci Fischer (2010) RH 1-0-0----1
4fr. Kaylee Pender (2011) RH 0-0.5-1---1.5
5. Angela Matheson (2010) S 0-0-2----2
6. Andrea Ricard (2011) MH 0-0-2---2
totals: 4-2-13---19 points, 16 points on AV errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Bentley Mancini

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Apple Valley: 13/22---.591; 50; .660; .457
DGF: 13/22--.591; 35; .543; .340
Runs 3+: AV 5, DGF 4
Longest string: AV 11, DGF 4
Missed Serves: AV 7, DGF 4
Time Out % AV 2/2--1.000; DGF 1/3---.333

ROTATIONS
APPLE VALLEY
1. Wigen 10-7 .588
2. Ruff 8-10 .444
3. Earp 8-7 .533
4. Mancini 16-5 .762
5. Johnson 4-3 .571
6. Racz 4-3 .571
totals: 50-35 .588

DGF
1. Mathison 7-9 .438
2. Thompson 10-8 .556
3. Tollefson 6-17 .261
4. Tischer 5-4 .556
5. Matheson 3-4 .429
6. Ricard 4-8 .333
totals: 35-50--.412

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1 A A A A A
game 2 D D D A A

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
Apple Valley 13 3
DGF 0 4

Next up: Stewartville vs Hastings

Wanted: Coach at Apple Valley

#1 posting 1.14.2008
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WANTED: COACH AT APPLE VALLEY
Apple Valley has posted the head volleyball coaching job. It was found in the StarTribune on W3 yesterday.
Dan Seppala was the coach this season. He replaced long time coach Walt Weaver this season.

Next up: tomorrow.

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

Minneota Dodges Bullet, Apple Valley's New Coach

#1 posting 9.5.2007
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TUESDAY NIGHT REPORTS
AAA
Mounds View swept Elk River with MV setter Kate Smith getting praise. From the Elk River Star News.

In the battle of Rochester it was Mayo in a sweep over JM. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

After splitting the first two games, Willmar finished on top over Sauk Rapids 3-1. From the West Central Tribune.

Faribault topped Northfield in four. From the Northfield News.

in ranked games
#1 Lakeville North swept #5 Owatonna
#1 AA Jordan topped #8 Eastview in three
#2 Shakopee swept Bloomington Jefferson
#3 Eagan swept Totino-Grace
#4 Chaska swept Benilde-St. Margaret's
#5 Eden Prairie swept #10Wayzata

AA
Montevideo remains unbeaten with a sweep over West Central South rival ACGC. plus other games in the West Central Tribune.

Lewiston-Altura lost the first game to Plainview-Elgin-Millville and then won three straight in Three Rivers action. plus other games from the Winona Daily News.

A
Lakeview won game one and led in game two over Minneota, but the defending state champ squeaked out wins in game two and three on the way to a 3-1 win. plus other games in the Marshall Independent.

Lyle-Pacelli outlasted Hope Lutheran in five for their first win of the year. LP trailed 2-1 after game three. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

FEATURE
New Apple Valley coach Dan Seppala is featured in the StarTribune South edition.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
DIGS
Dana Sautter, Lanesboro 32 vs LeRoy-Ostrander 0-3
NichoLee Lange, Minnewaska 30 vs Morris 1-3
Shelby Bahn, Lakeview 25 vs Minneota 1-3
KILLS
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota 22 vs Lakeview 3-1
Greta King, Willmar 20 vs Sauk Rapids 3-1

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next up: college recaps

Seppala Era

#1 posting 8.14.2007
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SEPPALA ERA
Dan Seppala is Apple Valley's second coach in 31 years. Yesterday was the first practice in the post Walt Weaver Era. The Star Tribune looks at the volleyball change at Apple Valley and the football change at Hastings.

EXPECTATIONS
Southwest MN State has developed a strong reputation in recent years. They are looking to make the NCAA regionals for the fourth straight year. SW MN State also has the Northern Sun Preseason Player of the Year in Erin Contons. From the Marshall Independent.

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