Playoff Out & About: SW Christian Chaska/Meadow Creek

#5 posting 11.1.2008
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SECTION 4A
Championship
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN CHASKA stars 3, MEADOW CREEK saints 0
(25-17, 25-18, 25-11)

Southwest Christian of Chaska is headed to the state A tournament for the first time with a sweep of Meadow Creek. The Stars kept building strength as the day went on. Cassie Haag had 18 points to lead the Stars.

There must have been jitters early for both teams as both teams allowed runs on the first three serves. Meadow Creek ran off five straight to lead 5-3. That was to be the last time they scored on their serve in the first set. After that SWC put together 12 straight first ball side outs. Both teams traded 10 side outs. SWC missed three serves in that stretch. Haag started to heat up with two points, one on an overpass kill that forced MC to take their first time out trailing 13-10. At one stretch Haag had five of the eight Stars points. With nothing to show off the Saints serve it was hard to cut the margin. MC took their second time out trailing 22-15. The first set ended on a block by Angie Swanson.

SWC didn't quite have the same air tight FBSO game in the second set. MC had another good start with a run of four to lead 6-4. SWC used a five point run with Angie Swanson providing four straight points (five if you count the point right before the sequence). MC took a time out at 11-7. MC had one last thrust with a four point run to tie the contest at 12. Then SWC shut the door with four straight FBSO. SWC got Haag involved in a 10-2 run with six points. MC didn't help their cause with three straight missed serves including point 25.

MC changed their service order with the #4 spot becoming the #1 spot. MC was moving Tija Rudzitis away from Haag. It didn't faze SWC. They had their best start with an 8-2 run. That forced a MC time out. MC did close to 10-6, but again SWC had a door slamming FBSO game. They were 9/10 and .824 for the whole match. SWC had a six point run that took another MC time out at 15-6. For the third set MC earned only 5 points compared to 15 earned for SWC. The match ended on a Swanson kill and the Stars will be headed to State.

you can see the entire SW Christian Chaska vs Meadow Creek photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
SW CHRISTIAN CHASKA
1. Lucie Miller, 2009, L 0-0-0-----0
1fr: Martha Perrel, 2011, MH 0-0-4----4
2. Jessica Carlin, 2010, RH 3-0-5----8
3. Emily Robertson, 2010, DS 1-0-0----0
3fr: Lacey Hazel, 2010, OH 0-0-2---2
4. Cassie Haag, 2009, 0-5-13-----18
5. Sarah Bremer, 2010, S 0-0-0---0
6. Angie Swanson, 2009, OH 1-1-11-----13
totals: 5-6-35-----46 points, 29 points on MC errors

MEADOW CREEK
MC started with this rotation in sets 1 and 2. In set three they started with the 4th spot (Rudzitis)
1. Lauren Sutherland, 2010, MH 0-0-3-----3
2. Lexi Bertsch, 2010, L 0-0-0----0
2fr: Danielle Carter, 2010, OH 0-1-2----3
3. Steph Rohwer, 2010, S 0-0-0----0
4. Tija Rudzitis, 2009, MH 0-2-8----10
5. Kelli Strandland, 2010, OH 0-0-4----4
5. Lisi Arnstrom, 2010, OH 0-0-0----0
6. Courtney Fregeau, 2010, DS 1-0-0-----1
6fr: Camille Bowers, 2010, S 0-0-1-----1
6fr: Annie Griffin, 2010, RH 0-0-0----0
totals: 1-3-18-----22 points, 24 points on SW errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Cassie Haag force in the middle

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
SW Christian Chaska 28/34-.824; 75; .613; .522
Meadow Creek 16/35-.457; 46; .478; .387
Runs 3+: SWC 12, MC 3
Longest string: SWC 6, MC 5
Missed Serves: SWC 11, MC 6
Time Out %: MC 4/6-.667; SWC did not take a time out.

ROTATIONS
SW CHRISTIAN CHASKA
1. Miller 15-11 .577
2. Carlin 16-6 .727
3. Robertson 16-9 .640
4. Haag 7-6 .538
5. Bremer 10-7 .588
6. Swanson 11-7 .611
totals: 75-46 .620

MEADOW CREEK
1. Sutherland 8-14 .364
2. Bertsch 9-16 .360
3. Rohwer 9-12 .429
4. Rudzitis 6-10 .375
5. Strandlund 6-9 .400
6. Fregeau 8-14 .364
totals: 46-75 .380

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

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 1 2 3
SW Christian 8 8 14
Meadow Creek 2 2 1

Next up: 4AA Championship

Out & About: SW Christian (Chaska)/BBE

#7 posting 9.13.2008
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CLASS A VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE
Bethel University
Championship
SW Christian (Chaska) stars 2, BBE jaguars 0
(25-20, 26-24)

#8 SW Christian won the first Class A Volleyball Showcase with a 2-0 win over #3 BBE. The Stars survived a furious BBE rally in game two to claim the first A Showcase title. This event was held to provide a mini State tournament atmosphere as all eight sections were represented and also showcase small school players who don't get a lot of media attention. It also was a way to level the playing field giving common opponents for the statewide polls.

The first game was a back and forth affair with BBE holding an 18-17 advantage, but hitting errors doomed the Jaguars' hopes. Three straight hitting mistakes started a SWC run of seven which put the Stars on the verge at 24-18. Three balls later the first game was over at 25-20.

SWC led early and never trailed in set two. The first four SWC points came on either hits or blocks by Cassie Haag. BBE tried to stop the SWC onslaught, and to refocus their efforts. Of the first 17 points for SWC in set two, 13 were on BBE hitting errors. BBE used one time out at 10-4 and another at 17-6. After the break BBE managed to tie the contest up at 22 all. The Jaguars regained their passing touch and therefore their hits were of a better quality. BBE never had the lead, but did have two more ties after that. Emily Roelike tied the game at 24 for BBE with a kill. Roelike served, but Lacey Hazel got the key side out. The game ended on a BBE hitting error.

The interesting fact in all of this is BBE had more points via aces, blocks and kills with 28. SWC had 24. The key factor is points allowed--unforced errors. In that category BBE was high with 28 gifts to 16 for SWC. Just as in the previous match with Onamia BBE allowed more points than the opponent earned.

You can see the entire SW Christian vs BBE photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN
1. Lucie Miller (2009) L 1-0-0----1
1fr: Martha Perrel (2011) MH 0-1-1----2
2. Jessica Carlin (2010) RH 0-0-2----2
3. Lacey Hazel (2010) OH 0-1-5----6
4. Cassie Haag (2009) MH 0-3-7---10
5. Sarah Bremer (2010) S 0-0-0----0
6. Emily Robertson (2010) DS 0-0-0----0
6fr: Angie Swanson (2009) OH 0-1-1----2
totals: 1-6-16---23 points 28 points on BBE errors

BBE
1. Jenny Hieserich (2009) L 1-0-0----1
1fr: Rachel Anderson (2010) MH 0-2-3---5
2. Shannon Gruber (2010) OH 0-0-3---3
2 Maggie Gruber (2011) OH 0-0-2---2
3. Julie Hieserich (2011) S 0-0-1----1
4. Heidi Lensing (2009) MH 0-2-6----8
5. Ashley Serbus (2009) RS 0-0-4----4
6. Emily Roelike (2009) OH 0-0-4----4
totals: 1-4-23---28 points, 16 points on SWC errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Cassie Haag

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
SW Christian 13/24-.542; 51; .451; .364
BBE 11/24--.458; 44; .636; .549
Runs 3+: SWC 6, BBE 3
Longest string: SWC 7, BBE 6
Missed Serves: BBE 4, SWC 3
Time Out %: BBE 2/4-.500; SWC 0/2-.000

ROTATIONS
SW CHRISTIAN
1. Miller 12-5 .706
2. Carlin 8-6 .571
3. Hazel 7-10 .412
4. Haag 7-10 .412
5. Bremer 7-8 .467
6. Robertson 10-5 .667
totals: 51-44 .537

BBE
1. Jenny Hieserich 6-9 .400
2. Gruber 6-8 .429
3. Julie Hieserich 10-7 .588
4. Lensing 11-8 .579
5. Serbus 4-4 .500
6. Roelike 7-15 .318
totals: 44-51 .463

RACE TO:
Game: 5 10 15 20 25
game 1: S B S S S
game 2: S S S S S

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2
SWC 6 11
BBE 1 0

Next up: tomorrow morning