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

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Out & About: Hopkins/Lakeville South

#6 posting 10.11.2008
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EASTVIEW TOURNAMENT
5th place Semifinal
HOPKINS royals 2, LAKEVILLE SOUTH cougars 1
(25-19, 18-25, 15-9)

Hopkins beat Lakeville South breaking free from a 7 all tie in the deciding third set with a three point run and closing with a 8-2 run. I got to this contest late thanks to two road projects. Lakeville South was on my to do list, so that was the prime reason to watch this 5-8th Place semifinal round.

In the second set (the first complete set I watched) LS used a six point run to expand their lead out to 23-13. Four of those points came on Hopkins hitting errors. LS led at this point 23-13. Hopkins put together a three point run which that was a harbinger of things to come.

In the final set Hopkins had 7/8 first ball side outs in putting together their win. The Royals had help in three of the first four Cougar servers as they couldn't get the ball in play. In the late 8-2 run by Hopkins Alicia Vossen had four of the points including the final tip kill.

You can see the entire Hopkins vs Lakeville South photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
HOPKINS
1. Emily Gunsch, 2009 L 1-0-0-----1
1fr: Ellen Gallagher, 2009 MB 0-0-1----1
2. Emma Henke, 2010 RH 1-0.5-2----3.5
3. Jill Greenfield, 2011 OH 0-0-2----2
3. Christine Gilbert, 2009 OH 0-0-2----2
4. Alicia Vossen, 2010 MB 0-0.5-7----7.5
5. Sarah Younger, 2009 S 0-0-0----0
6. Erin Ohlemann, 2011 OH 2-1-1-----4
totals: 4-2-15----21 points, 12 points on LS errors

LAKEVILLE SOUTH
1. Amanda Weber, 2009 DS 0-0-0----0
1fr. McKell Anderson, 2012, OH 0-0-2----2
2. Grace Sanders, 2009 L 1-0-0----1
2fr: Jennie Kalbfell, 2010, MB 0-1.5-2----3.5
3. Kelly Davenport, 2011 S 0-0-0-----0
3fr: Ellen Krueger, 2010, RH 0-1.5-3----4.5
4. Josi Holter, 2009, OH 0-0-2-----2
5. Taylor Hrdlichka, 2009, MB 0-0-4-----4
6. Taylor Voss, 2011, S 0-0-0-----0
6. Monica Turner, 2012 RH 0-0-1----1
totals: 1-3-14----18 points, 16 points on Hopkins errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Alicia Vossen

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Hopkins 13/20-.650; 33; .636; .471
Lakeville South 12/21-.571; 34; .529; .364
Runs 3+: Hopkins 3, LS 2
Longest string: LS 6, Hopkins 3
Missed Serves: LS 8, Hopkins 7
Time Out %: LS 2/2-1.000; Hopkins 1/2-.500

ROTATIONS
HOPKINS
1. Gunsch 7-7 .500
2. Henke 6-8 .429
3. Greenfield 6-3 .667
4. Vossen 5-3 .625
5. Younger 3-9 .250
6. Ohlemann 6-4 .600
totals: 33-34 .493

LAKEVILLE SOUTH
1. Weber 6-6 .500
2. Sanders 7-7 .500
3. Davenport 3-5 .375
4. Holter 3-3 .500
5. Hrdlichka 9-6 .600
6. Voss 6-6 .500
totals: 34-33 .507

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 2 L L L L L
set 3 H H H

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 2 3
Hopkins 0 6
Lakeville South 10 1

next up: Forest Lake vs Anoka

Out & About: Hopkins/Moorhead

#3 posting 8.23.2008
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HOPKINS royals 3, MOORHEAD spuds 2
(23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-15, 15-12)

Hopkins rallied from a 2-0 deficit in games and from a three point deficit in the final game to beat Moorhead in a Saturday matinee at Hopkins. Hopkins won section 6AAA last year, while Moorhead was in the state tournament two years ago. As the game wore on today Hopkins got stronger, while the passing game for Moorhead broke down. Emma Henke of Hopkins had double digit kills with 11. Cassie Hooten and Kaitlyn Rogalla had 11 and 10 kills for the Spuds.

In the first game Hopkins grabbed an early 6-2 lead. Moorhead started a five point run with two Hopkins passing errors. They held their first lead at 7-6. The Spuds added two more five point runs (10-1 overall) to push their advantage to 19-11. The Royals were forced to take two time outs to stop the runs. On both occasions Moorhead served deep to end the run. Hopkins regained their balance after that third run to go on a four point run of their own. Hopkins went on an 11-4 run to cut the margin to 23-22 Moorhead. A second time out by Moorhead halted the Hopkins run. Kaitlyn Rogalla got the side out with a kill and then finished off Hopkins in game one with another kill.

Moorhead had the ball first and KayLani Penas started off with three straight points. Hopkins never led in this game, but did tie it at three. But the Royals could not get the first ball side out for the first four Spud servers. Cassie Hooten served up six points in a seven point run. Hooten had a pair of aces in the run, but also had help with Hopkins hitting errors. Just like in game one Hopkins surged at the end. The FBSO that was missing early came back. Hopkins closed with 5/6 FBSO. Moorhead, on the other hand, was having FBSO problems of their own closing with 1/6 FBSO. A tip kill by Penas ended game two. But you could sense a momentum shift.

Moorhead led 6-4 on the strength of a four point run. Hopkins had a 7-1 run to lead 13-9 that forced a Spud time out. In that burst Moorhead had three hitting errors, not counting one Hopkins block. Hopkins stretched their lead out to 20-13 on a six point run. Moorhead had some fight with a four point run to close to 21-18. A Hopkins time out halted that momentum. Moorhead did close to 23-21, but a kill by Christine Gilbert got the side out for Hopkins. Gilbert then served the final ball with Alicia Vossen providing the block.

Like game two Moorhead jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but that is where the similarities ended. On Sarah Younger's serve Hopkins added five points. Erin Ohlemann had three kills in that run. Hopkins had three runs in game four with another seven point run later as the Royals expanded their lead to 19-7. Three of those points were due to Spud errors; two were aces by Emma Henke. Moorhead was able to side out the last three times, but the damage was done and a kill by Ellen Gallagher tied the match at two games apiece.

Hopkins won the toss and got the serve. Neither team had any traction until Moorhead had a four point run to go up 8-5. A time out at 7 didn't stop the run for Hopkins. The Royals tied the game at nine on a three point run with two courtesy of two Spud hitting errors. The problem, as it had been all match, was the FBSO for the Spuds. They could not get the FBSO for the last four servers. Hopkins did get the FBSO the last four Moorhead servers and that was the difference. Ohlemann had two of the last four FBSOs for Hopkins. The match ended with a tip by Vossen.

You can see the entire Hopkins vs Moorhead photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com. You can also purchase photos from this event and any other game.

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
HOPKINS
1. Sarah Younger (2009) S 6-0-0---6
2. Erin Ohlemann (2011) OH 1-0-8---9
3. Ellen Gallagher (2009) MB 4-0-6---10
3br: Emily Gunsch (2009) L
4. Emma Henke (2010) RS 2-2-11---15
4br: Rebekah Cornish (2009) DS 0-0-0----0
5. Jill Greenfield (2011) OH 1-0.5-3---4.5
5br: Christine Gilbert (2009) DS 2-0-1---3
6. Alicia Vossen (2010) MB 0-2.5-8--10.5
6br: Emily Gunsch (2009) L
totals: 16-5-37---58 points, 50 on Moorhead errors

MOORHEAD
1. KayLani Penas (2010) S 2-0-3----5
2. Anna Peterson (2010) OH 1-0-4---5
3. Alison Bruggeman (2010) MH 2-1.5-9--12.5
3br: Michelle Olek (2009) L
4. Kassandra Hooten (2009) RS 2-0-11---13
4br: Taylor Baldwin (2011) S 0-0-0----0
5. Cory Gilbertson (2011) OH 3-1-2---6
6. Kaitlyn Rogalla (2009) MH 1-3.5-10--14.5
totals: 11-6-38---55 points, 43 on Hopkins errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Sarah Younger, Her service game kept the Spuds off balance

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Hopkins 21/46-.457; 108, .537; .439
Moorhead 18/48-.375; 98, .561; .463
Runs 3+: Hopkins 15, Moorhead 10
Longest run: Hopkins 7, Moorhead 7
Missed Serves: Hopkins 10, Moorhead 9
Time Out %: Hopkins 3/6-.500; Moorhead 6/9-.667

ROTATIONS
HOPKINS
1. Henke 31-16 .660
2. Ohlemann 16-20 .444
3. Gallagher 24-20 .545
4. Henke/Cornish 16-14 .533
5. Greenfield/Gilbert 12-11 .522
6. Vossen 9-17 .346
totals: 108-98 --.524

MOORHEAD
1. Penas 22-28 .440
2. Peterson 16-16 .500
3. Bruggeman 18-26 .409
4. Hooten 20-18 .526
5. Gilbertson 11-13 .458
6. Rogalla 11-7 .611
totals: 98-108---.476

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1 H H M M M
game 2 M M M M M
game 3 M H H H H
game 4 H H H H H
game 5 H M H

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3 4 5
Hopkins 4 0 7 12 3
Moorhead 8 9 2 3 3
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Out & About: Hopkins/Anoka

#3 posting 8.23.2007
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HOPKINS royals 3, ANOKA tornadoes 1
(20-25, 25-21, 25-11, 25-23)

It was opening night for high school volleyball in Minnesota and Hopkins came away from Anoka with a 3-1 win despite losing the first game. Hopkins coach Vicky Swenson was not on the bench tonight. Early in the week I linked a story on her return to the bench. Three players had 12 kills on the night: Cali Carnahan for Hopkins; and Kayla Berning and Abbey Fahnhorst for Anoka.

Anoka took control early in game one with eight straight points to lead 9-2. Jamie Olson had four kills during the sequence. Hopkins took a time out at 8-2, but only slowed the momentum. Anoka led 16-9 when Hopkins ran off six points, the last five coming on Sara Young's serve (There was no program for Hopkins and they have not posted their roster on the MSHSL site yet.) The margin narrowed to 17-16 when the game entered side out land. 11 straight side outs gave Anoka a 22-20 lead. Anoka's Kellee Kackman then served out including an ace on point 24.

Hopkins took over early in game two and led 10-5 after an ace by Cali Carnahan. Anoka took a time out to stop the momentum, but Anoka didn't get the side out until one more Hopkins point was scored. Anoka cut the margin to 12-8 when Hopkins burned a time out. After the break Hopkins survived a marathon point with an Anoka hitting error returning the ball back to the Royals. Hopkins pushed the lead to 18-12 when Anoka used their second time out after a kill by Courtney Rose. Six side outs later Hopkins was on the verge at 21-15. They added another point on a hitting error to go up 22-15. Anoka then came to life with a 6-1 run with Kelly Peterson serving up three points (19-21) with the first two aces. With the score 23-21 she served in the net. Hopkins took game two on a double hit fault by Anoka.

Hopkins again held the advantage early in game three. They led 10-6 when Anoka took their first time out. Hopkins maintained that margin out to 17-11 when they earned a sideout with a kill by Mari Peterson. #14 (sorry again no roster anywhere) served the rest out---seven straight points. Carnahan had three kills including the last two points on overpass kills.

Anoka led 6-0 to start game four on Kackman's serve with Fahnhorst picking up three kills for the Tornadoes. Anoka led 9-2 when Hopkins took a time out. That break turned the tide. Hopkins ran off a 8-2 run and forced Anoka to burn a time out at 11-10. The Tornadoes maintained that narrow lead. Their last positive margin came at 20-17. The momentum turned to the Royals favor on a bump kill side out by Rose followed by three straight points on Peterson's serve with three different Royals putting the ball down. Olson tied it at 21 for Anoka with a tip kill. The next Hopkins points came via Anoka hitting errors. The last four points were all side outs with Anoka in the net on point 25.

Photos: #1: Alicia Vossen, Hopkins goes up for an attack from the middle; #2: Courtney Rose, Hopkins reaches for the ball. photos by kja.

If you want to see a bigger picture, click on the photo.

HOPKINS
1. Sarah Young, S 0-0-3---3
2. Courtney Rose, OH 2-0-10----12
3. Alicia Vossen, MH 0-0.5-12----12.5
4. #14, BR 1-0-0----1
Lauren Olson 0-0.5-2---2.5
5. Mari Peterson, OH 0-2.5-9---11.5
6. Cali Carnahan, MH 1-0-12---13
#10, L
Totals: 6-1-43---50 points, 45 points on Anoka errors

ANOKA
1. Kellee Kackman, S 2-0-0----2
2. Taylor Fritch, BR 1-0-0----1
Abbey Fahnhorst, OH 0-0-12---12
3. Kelly Peterson, L 2-0-0---2
Emily Buyse, MH 1-3-2---6
4. Erica Decker 0-0-4----4
5. Kayla Berning, OH 0-0.5-12---12.5
6. Jamie Olson, MH 0-2.5-9---11.5
(Kelly Peterson, L)
Totals: 6-6-40---52 points, 27 points on Hopkins errors.

TRENCH PLAYER
Cali Carnahan

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, fbso/serves--fbso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Hopkins 33/49--.673; 95, .526; .350
Anoka 25/49--.510; 80; .650; .474
missed serves: Anoka 10, Hopkins 10
Hitting errors: Anoka 21, Hopkins 9

ROTATIONS
HOPKINS
1 Young 17-17 .500
2 Rose 16-22 .421
3 Vossen 14-14 .500
4 #14 20-9 .690
5 Peterson 17-7 .708
6 Carnahan 10-11 .476
totals 95-80 .543

ANOKA
1 Kackman 17-19 .472
2 Fritch 15-14 .517
3 Peterson 20-15 .571
4 Decker 8-27 .296
5 Berning 9-12 .429
6 Olson 11-7 .611
totals 80-95 .457

You can see Hopkins' rotations 3-4-5 had a % of .630 (Carnahan in the front row). The other rotations 6-1-2 had a % of .468.

Next up: tomorrow morning

Swenson Returns

#4 posting 8.21.2007
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SWENSON RETURNS
Hopkins volleyball coach Vicki Swenson has returned to the sidelines. Last fall her sister, Teri Lee, was murdered and Swenson took time off to deal with that tragedy. Now she is back for the Royals. From the StarTribune West edition.

COLLEGE REPORT
UM Crookston has a new coach in Lee Anderson. The Crookston Times looks at how the first weeks of practice have been panning out.

Thanks to the readers for their great help. If you have news email me.

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