Out & About: Eden Prairie/Bloomington Kennedy

#4 posting 10.31.2006
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6AAA SEMIFINALS
EDEN PRAIRIE 3, BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY 0
25-18, 25-23, 29-27

This game featured future Gophers Hailey Cowles from Eden Praire, and Brook Dieter from Kennedy and it was Cowles' team that limited their mistakes to advance to the championship, with some white knuckles late.

Neither team really had an advantage early, but the first 10 points for EP were all unearned which would be a theme for the night--kind of like treats on Halloween. EP took control of the game on Elise Bailey's serve with four points. Kennedy took a time out at 13-10, but Katie Vohnoutka added one kill for EP. Another theme in this match was the lack of siding out by either team. EP had four stretches where they scored three or more points. The last three points for EP in the first game all came on JFK errors.

EP grabbed the early 7-2 lead after Vohnoutka's serve. Again four points came on JFK errors. After that episode JFK did settle down and had six straight FBSO and as a result were tied at 14. Kennedy was getting mileage out of the D1 one-two punch of Dieter and Naomi Johnson, who is headed to Northwestern. On Johnson's serve JFK took the lead 20-19. Dieter's block game was controlling the net. EP tied it at 21 on Giles' serve. EP was on the verge of the win at 24-22 after a Cowles kill, but Ashley Suapaia fought off game point with a kill. On Dieter's serve Cowles got the critical kill for the win 25-23.

EP rolled early in game three 19-9. They had two runs of four and JFK was force to burn both time outs in an effort to stop the bleeding. Dieter got a kill out of the back row right after the second time out to start a JFK comeback. Kennedy went on a 14-5 run to lead 25-24. EP's FBSO system failed to get one in the next five Kennedy servers. Dieter had 8 of those points, Johnson had three including a net hugging ace for JFK's 15th point. EP took their first time out after that net hugger and then at 23-22 EP. Suapaia had the kill for point 25. Peterson answered to fight off game point for EP. A Dieter hitting error from the back row but EP on the verge. Suapaia again got the side out at 26. Cowles put the ball down for point 27. A hitting error by Giles tied it at 27. Cowles again got the side out and point 28. The game ended on a deep hitting error by Johnson.

rotation, player, position, ht, year, aces, blocks, kills-totals
EDEN PRAIRIE
1br Elise Bailey, DS, x, 2007, 0-0-0---0
1fr Jessi Peterson, OH x, 2008, 0-0-9---9
2 Katie Vohnoutka, MH, x, 2008, 0-1.5-2--3.5
3 Hayley Buchanan, S, x, 2009, 0-0-0---0
4 Hailey Cowles, OH, x, 2007, 0-0.5-13--13.5
5 Courtney Giles, MH, x, 2007, 0-1-7--8
6 Lindsey Weber, DS, x, 2007, 0-0-0---0
6fr Kalin Stenhaug, RH, x, 2010, 0-1-2---3
Totals: 0-5-33--38 points, 41 points from Bloomington Kennedy errors

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
1 Brook Dieter, MH, x, 2007, 3-4.5-14--21.5
2br Katie Larson, L, x, 2009, 0-0-0---0
2fr Dayna Blair, RH, 0-1-0---1
3 Ashley Suapaia, OH, x, 2008, 1-0-9---10
4 Naomi Johnson, MH, x, 2007, 2-1.5-10--13.5
5 Erin Anderson, S, x, 2008, 0-0-1---1
6 Beth Butala, OH, x, 2007, 0-0-6---6
Totals: 6-7-41--54 points; 12 points from Eden Prairie errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Hailey Cowles for the fourth time this season

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Eden Prairie 19/38---.500; 79; .481; .182
Bloomington Kennedy 18/39---.462; 66; .818; .519
FBSO wasn't at the top form tonight. JFK gave away too many points, over half, by hitting errors deep. EP didn't return the favor. This game was the first I have charted where the winning team didn't have over half the points earned. This may be a problem when facing Chaska on Thursday.

ROTATION POINTS
EDEN PRAIRIE
1 Bailey 19-11 .633
2 Vohnoutka 21-14 .600
3 Buchanan 11-11 .500
4 Cowles 9-15 .375
5 Giles 11-9 .550
6 Weber 8-9 .471

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
1 Dieter 14-22 .389
2 Larson 11-17 .393
3 Suapaia 10-11 .476
4 Johnson 13-10 .565
5 Anderson 14-9 .609
6 Butala 6-10 .375

Next up: tomorrow morning