Out & About: Hopkins/St. Louis Park

#3 posting 10.25.2006
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5AAA Second Round
#6 HOPKINS 3, #11 ST. LOUIS PARK 0
25-18, 25-22, 25-16

Hopkins earned more points and had more first ball side outs in their win over St. Louis Park, but it wasn't all clear sailing.

In game one Hopkins trailed StLP 17-15 late, but they closed with a 10-1 run. Hopkins' Rita Cherner took the ball with the score tied at 18. She never gave it back. Cherner spread out three aces in the 7 point finish.

StLP led 4-0 early in game two. Hopkins got back into the game as neither team established a reliable first ball side out pattern early. Of the first 9 servers there was only one FBSO. The game again broke open on Cherner's serve. It was 19-18 Hopkins when she started her service, and 23-19 when she was through. Park didn't stop but put together a 4-1 run to close to 24-22. Sonja Arneson had an overpass tip kill to finish the frame.

The third game was the only game in which Hopkins dominated start to finish. Emily Foster started the game off right for Hopkins with five points including the first three aces. The momentum continued to roll to 19-7 for their biggest lead. Hopkins also got their FBSO game back with five straight to open game three. StLP came as close as 22-15, but the deficit was too large, and the energy was low for Park. Arneson again ended the game with a tip kill.

Hopkins is being coached by Molly Martin as head coach Vicki Swenson deals with the tragic aftermath of the murder of a family member in Stillwater.

Rotation, player, position, height, year, aces-blocks-kills---points
HOPKINS
1 Emily Foster, S, 5-10, 2007 3-.5-2—5.5
2 Courtney Rose, OH, 5-8, 2008 2-0-10----12
2g3 #12, OH 0-0-1----1
3br Becca Tomasko, L, 5-4, 2007 1-0-0----1
3fr Sonja Arneson, MH, 6-0, 2007 0-1.5-5—6.5
4 Emily Anderson, RH, 5-8, 2007 1-.5-2—3.5
5 Rita Cherner, OH, 5-8, 2007 4-0-7---11
6br Mari Peterson, DS, 5-9, 2008 0-0-0----0
6fr Cali Carnahan, MH, 6-0, 2008 0-.5-9---9.5
Totals: 11-3-36----50 points, 25 points on St. Louis Park errors

ST. LOUIS PARK
1. Kayla Torgerson , 2007 1-0-0----1
2br. Jayme Agrey, S, 2007 1-0-0----1
2fr Betta Ganino, OH, 2007 0-0-2---2
3. Majra Mucic, MH, 2007 0-2-8--10
4br Andria Kelzenberg, DS, 2007 0-0-0----0
5. LaiShema Hampton, OH 2008 2-0-3---5
5g3 Katie Rasmussen, S, 2008 0-0-0----0
6. Taylor Tinkham, MH 2008 3-1-7---11
Totals: 7-3-21---31 points, 25 points on Hopkins errors

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Emily Foster

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, 1stso/serves--1stso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Hopkins 20/35----.571; 75; .667; .446
St. Louis Park 17-35----.486; 51; .554; .333

Hopkins had control of FBSO in games 1 and 3, but StLP actually had the better FBSO in game 2. Hopkins was helped by 15 more kills. Both teams earned more than half their points, but Hopkins had just a tad more control to move on. The first game meltdown damaged any hope of a Park win. They were on the cusp, but didn't finish.

ROTATION POINTS
rotation, name, points for-against pct
Hopkins
1 Foster 15-10 .600
2 Rose 10-7 .588
3 Tomasko 13-8 .619
4 Anderson 10-9 .526
5 Cherner 16-11 .593
6 Peterson 10-12 .455

ST. LOUIS PARK
1. Torgerson 12-15 .444
2. Jayme Agrey 10-11 .476
3. Majra Mucic 7-13 .350
4. Andria Kelzenberg 8-10 .444
5. LaiShema Hampton 8-17 .320
6. Taylor Tinkham 11-10 .524
In the battle of the rotations, Hopkins had all winners except #6. Two rotations were north of .600. StLP was able to get one rotation on the plus side.

Next up: tomorrow morning