Out & About: Apple Valley/Marshall

#5 posting 9.23.2006
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Lakeville North won the Lakeville North tournament with a 2-1 win over the hosts.
Lakeville North reached the finals with a win over Lord Selkirk of Manitoba. Apple Valley beat Marshall 2-1 (the subject of this posting).
In other games I watched Eden Prairie beat Burnsville in two for 9th (consolation champion) and Lord Selkirk ended up with 3rd in a win over Marshall in two.

APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Semifinals
Apple Valley 2, Marshall 1

I did not get to this game right at game time. I had a few errands I had to do, but it wasn't that late. Apple Valley high school was the scene of not only a major volleyball tournament but also a huge cross country event. Parking was at a premium. Also when I got to the gate they didn't let me in without paying. Normally at other events I explain what I do and I get in. Not here. Now if my friends at the StarTribune and Pioneer Press got in free that isn't right.

I got to the game with AV up 13-5 in game one. When AV got the ball back Laura Wigen served up six straight helped by 3 AV kills and one ace. That put the score 20-9 when she was finished. The damage was done with the rest of that game side out action. AV won 25-13.

In game two Marshall's Amanda Beekman played possessed. After AV scored the first point Beekman had a hand in Marshall's first six points. First she got the sideo out with a kill. Then with Macie Michelson serving Beekman scored 3 points on blocks. For some reason AV tried to attack that side with poor results. Another sideout kill and then a kill on Anna Full's first serve gave Beekman the first six points. For this game she had 11 points on kills and blocks. After Full's serve Marshall led 9-3. AV did take a time out to stop the bleeding at 7-2. The closest AV was to get was 11-7. Marshall was able to hold on and rebuild the lead as the 10 point margin at the end was their largest lead of the game 25-15.

Both teams had sideouts to start game 3. AV held serve on Lisa Ruff's serve, but after a side out so did Full for Marshall. The game had ties all the way to 14 with neither team gaining more than a one point. With the score tied at 14 on Marshall's Shay Birath's serve there was a hitting error. The advantage then went to AV and on Stephanie Henneman's serve Natalie Simpson put down the kill to advance AV to the finals.

Keep in mind I missed the first 18 points.

Serve order, Name, position, Aces, Blocks, Kills--total
APPLE VALLEY
#1 Laura Wigen, S, 0-1-0--1
#2br Lisa Ruff, BR 0-0-0---0
#2fr Christen Bowell, OH 0-0-7--7
#3br Susan Halverson, Lib 1-0-1---2
#3fr Kori Trenda, RS 0-1-2--3
#4br Jennifer Johnson, BR 0-0-0---0
#4fr Natalie Simpson 0-0-2---2
#5 Catherine Earp, OH 0-0-6--6
#6 Kalin Stenhaug, MH 0-0-1--1
Totals: 2-2-18---22 points; 21 points on Marshall errors

MARSHALL
#1 Rachel Westby, OH 0-0-0--0
#2 Macie Michelson, S 0-0-1---1
#3 Anna Full, MH 3-0-3---6
#4 Amanda Beekman 0-3.5-14--17.5
#5br Kim Labat, S 0-0-0---0
#5fr Kayla Wallerich, RS 0-0-1---1
#6br Shay Birath 0-0-0--0
#6fr Hope Weilage 0-1-3---4
Totals: 3-6-22--31 points; 15 points on AV errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Amanda Beekman, even though AV won.

team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Apple Valley 13/25--.520; 43, .512, .327
Marshall 13/25--.520; 46; .674; .488
If you see both teams had 1st ball sideout at .520, but when they did it is instructive. AV was 8/10 in game 3 never letting Marshall out of their sites. Marshall wasn't bad either at 6/11, but AV was tighter.

Point production by rotation
Apple Valley
1 12-10 +2
2 8-12 -4
3 8-7 +1
4 5-7 -2
5 4-4 0
6 6-6 0

Marshall
1 7-5 +2
2 10-7 +3
3 13-8 +5
4 5-7 -2
5 5-3 +2
6 6-13 -7

These are the numbers as good as I can figure. The rest of the games I am there for the duration.

Next up: 9th place game Eden Prairie/Burnsville; 3rd place Lord Selkirk/Marshall; and Championship Lakeville North/Apple Valley