Out & About: St. Paul Central/St. Paul Harding

#4 posting 9.3.2008
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ST. PAUL CENTRAL minutemen 3,
ST. PAUL HARDING knights 0
(25-14, 25-8, 25-14)

There were only a handful of games tonight and the St. Paul City was in full swing. In the first conference match up of the year it was the visiting five time defending St. Paul City champs Central downing the host Harding Knights in a sweep. Ellen Senf of Central had 17.5 points including 10 aces on the night.

It was Harding that clicked early in game one. Central scored first, but then Harding ran off four straight. Their high water mark came at 7-3. After that the lack of a First Ball Side Out game doomed the Knights chances. Harding had a FBSO % of .304 while Central doubled that at .609. Central took the lead for good with a six point run, five coming on Rachel O'Brien's serve. Harding took their first time out at 11-8. After the break Meghan Roegge served up her second straight ace. The game stayed in the five point spread neighborhood. At 18-13 Central went on their fourth run of the first game with six point run, five off of Senf's serve. Senf had three aces in that sequence.

Central quickly got off on the right foot in the second game. The Minutemen jumped off to a 6-1 lead, but it was the Harding service game that prevented any traction for the Knights. The opening three servers for Harding all served wide right. Beth Ames provided the biggest run in game two with 7 points. Senf had three kills in that sequence.

Game three saw Harding lead twice, albeit one point. The Knights got the first point and then had a run of three to go in front 4-3. After a hitting error Senf served up nine straight points including six aces, the last five in a row. Harding took their last time out at 20-7. By that time Central was putting their bench into the fray. Harding did out score Central from that point 7-5, but the hole was too deep.

You can see the entire Central vs Harding photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, (year) position, aces-blocks-kills---totals
ST. PAUL CENTRAL
1. Laura Pearce (2012) RH 2-0-0----2
2. Yadira Sevilla (2009) L 2-0-0----2
2fr: Catativa Jones (2009) OH 0-0-2---2
3. Ellen Senf (2010) MH 10-0.5-7----17.5
3g2br: Lacy Loomer (2010) OH 0-0-0----0
4. Rachel O'Brien (2010) S 1-0.5-6---7.5
5. Meghan Roegge (OH) 2-0-2----4
5g3: Sarah Walker (OH) 1-0-1---2
6. Beth Ames (2010) DS 0-0-0----0
6fr: Deveen Trentman (2010) MH 0-0-1---1
6g3: Monica Lee (2010) DS 0-0-0---0
6g3: Pamela Diaz (2009) DS 0-0-0---0
totals: 18-2-22----42 points, 33 points on Harding errors

ST. PAUL HARDING
1. Gao Thao (2011) S 0-0-0----0
1fr: Lailia Vang (2011) S 0-0-0---0
1g3: Ka Hang (2011) OH 0-0-0---0
2. Kashia Shiong (2010) OH 1-0-2---3
3. Eva Nievinski (2009) MH 2-0-2----4
4fr: Emily McNaughton (2009) S 0-0-2---2
5. Lily Vang (2010) OH 0-0-5----5
5g3: Alicia Lee (2010) OH 0-0-0---0
6. Gaojoua Thao (2009) L 0-0-0----0
6fr: Lynesha Caron (2009) MH 1-0-3---4
totals: 4-0-14----18 points, 18 points on St. Paul Central errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Ellen Senf

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Central: 14/23-.609; 75; .560; .500
Harding: 7/23-.304; 36; .500. .440
Runs 3+: Central 12, Harding 3
Longest string: Central 10, Harding 4
Missed Serves: Harding 8, Central 4
Time Out %: Harding 1/5-.200; Central did not use a time out

ROTATIONS
CENTRAL
1 Pearce 15-9 .625
2 Sevilla 8-7 .533
3 Senf 22-5 .815
4 O'Brien 10-5 .667
5 Roegge 11-6 .647
6 Ames 9-4 .692
totals: 75-36---.676

HARDING
1 GaoThao/LailiaVang 5-10 .333
2 Shiong 8-12 .400
3 Nievinski 7-20 .259
4 Caron/McNaughton 5-10 .333
5 LilyVang/Lee 4-16 .200
6 GaojouaThao 7-7 .500
totals: 36-75---.324

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

BIGGEST LEAD
Team: 1 2 3
Central 11 17 13
Harding 4 0 1

Next up: tomorrow

Out & About: Visitation/St. Paul Central

#4 posting 8.27.2007
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VISITATION blazers 3, ST. PAUL CENTRAL minutemen 1
(25-15, 25-17, 25-27, 25-14)

I checked the websites today and thought this game started at 7:30 (MN scores). However the MSHSL site apparently had been changed to 6 pm. So when I showed up at 6:45 I was 45 minutes late, not 45 minutes early. As it was I was able to see a portion of game two and then the full games three and four.

Both teams were AAA foes in section 3 last year. This year Visitation moves down to AA, but they kept the scheduled game. SPC won last year in three. This year Visitation turned the tables in the Central gym. When I arrived game one had already fallen into the Visitation column. However it was 13 all when I walked in. By the time I had my chart ready to go Visitation was up 15-13. Visitation finished with a 10-4 run, 7 points of which came on SPC errors.

Visitation led early 8-5 with Peggy Dobihal's four service points. Central took a time out trailing 7-5. After the time Central went on a 5-2 run to tie the game at 9. A missed serve gave the ball back to Visitation. That started a 7-2 run for Visitation. Courtney Kranz led the charge with two of her 4.5 blocks (that I witnessed). Visitation maintained that margin out to 21-18 when SPC burned their final time out. The Blazers were on the verge as Central was caught in the net. However a missed serve gave SPC new life. That proved to be the catalyst for an 8-3 run. Central closed to 23-22, but an overpass kill by Kranz put Visitation one point away. Central held on and Viz had a passing error on the next ball. That started a three point run due to Visitation errors and it was Central's turn to be up 25-24. Again it was Kranz preventing the loss with a kill. SPC's Megan Tate had a kill and then Ellen Senf put down an overpass kill to give Central a win.

Visitation put their foot down early in game four with leads of 8-2 after #33 (their libero) five service points. The fact was Central only had two first ball side outs of the nine service marks by Visitation. Visitation started off with three straight FBSO. Jessica Adducci had three kills for Visitation in this game.

photos: #1: Meredith Patt, Visitation about to back set; #2 Courtney Kranz, #8 Visitation with one of her blocks with against Ellen Senf, SPC. photos by kja

VISITATION
rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills-total points
1. Meredith Pratt, S 0-0-1---1
2. Jessica Adducci, OH 1-0-5---6
3br #33, L 1-0-0---1
3fr Courtney Kranz, MH 0-4.5-2---6.5
4. Katie Lamberton DS, (g2, 4) 0-0-0----0
Peggy Dobihal DS (g3) 1-0-0----1
Claire Kranz, RH (g2, 4) 0-0.5-1---1.5
Kayla Galligo, RH (g3) 0-0-0---0
5. Sammi Leach 0-0-2----2
6. Catherine Hermann, MH 1-0-4---5
Totals: 4-5-15--24

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
1. Daveen Trentman, 1-0-1---2
2. Shelbi LaValla, L 0-0-0---0
2fr Megan Tate 0-0-3---3
3. Ellen Senf, MH 0-1-3---4
4. Maia Wahlberg, S 1-0-0----1
4fr Sarah Walker, RH 0-0.5-0---0.5
5. Megan Howard, OH 1-1-5---7
6. Yadi Sevilla, DS 0-0-0---0
6fr Rachel O'Brien, MH 0-0.5-2---2.5
totals: 3-3-14--20

TRENCH PLAYER
Jessica Adducci

NUMBER CRUNCHING
(for the time I charted)*
Team, FBSO/attempt; FBSO %; points scored
Visitation 13/26; .500; 60*; 24 earned; 36 points on SPC errors
St. Paul Central 11/26; .423; 45; 20 earned; 25 points on Visitation errors
Serving errors: Viz 7, SPC 6

ROTATIONS
VISITATION
1. Patt 9-6 .600
2. Adducci 8-12 .400
3. #33 15-6 .714
4. Dobihal/Lamberton 11-9 .550
5. Leach 10-8 .556
6. Hermann 7-4 .636

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
1. Trentman 9-6 .600
2. LaValla 10-7 .588
3. Senf 6-18 .250
4. Wahlberg 8-11 .421
5. Howard 9-8 .529
6. Sevilla 4-10 .286

next up: tomorrow morning