Out & About: Hopkins/Anoka

#3 posting 8.23.2007
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HOPKINS royals 3, ANOKA tornadoes 1
(20-25, 25-21, 25-11, 25-23)

It was opening night for high school volleyball in Minnesota and Hopkins came away from Anoka with a 3-1 win despite losing the first game. Hopkins coach Vicky Swenson was not on the bench tonight. Early in the week I linked a story on her return to the bench. Three players had 12 kills on the night: Cali Carnahan for Hopkins; and Kayla Berning and Abbey Fahnhorst for Anoka.

Anoka took control early in game one with eight straight points to lead 9-2. Jamie Olson had four kills during the sequence. Hopkins took a time out at 8-2, but only slowed the momentum. Anoka led 16-9 when Hopkins ran off six points, the last five coming on Sara Young's serve (There was no program for Hopkins and they have not posted their roster on the MSHSL site yet.) The margin narrowed to 17-16 when the game entered side out land. 11 straight side outs gave Anoka a 22-20 lead. Anoka's Kellee Kackman then served out including an ace on point 24.

Hopkins took over early in game two and led 10-5 after an ace by Cali Carnahan. Anoka took a time out to stop the momentum, but Anoka didn't get the side out until one more Hopkins point was scored. Anoka cut the margin to 12-8 when Hopkins burned a time out. After the break Hopkins survived a marathon point with an Anoka hitting error returning the ball back to the Royals. Hopkins pushed the lead to 18-12 when Anoka used their second time out after a kill by Courtney Rose. Six side outs later Hopkins was on the verge at 21-15. They added another point on a hitting error to go up 22-15. Anoka then came to life with a 6-1 run with Kelly Peterson serving up three points (19-21) with the first two aces. With the score 23-21 she served in the net. Hopkins took game two on a double hit fault by Anoka.

Hopkins again held the advantage early in game three. They led 10-6 when Anoka took their first time out. Hopkins maintained that margin out to 17-11 when they earned a sideout with a kill by Mari Peterson. #14 (sorry again no roster anywhere) served the rest out---seven straight points. Carnahan had three kills including the last two points on overpass kills.

Anoka led 6-0 to start game four on Kackman's serve with Fahnhorst picking up three kills for the Tornadoes. Anoka led 9-2 when Hopkins took a time out. That break turned the tide. Hopkins ran off a 8-2 run and forced Anoka to burn a time out at 11-10. The Tornadoes maintained that narrow lead. Their last positive margin came at 20-17. The momentum turned to the Royals favor on a bump kill side out by Rose followed by three straight points on Peterson's serve with three different Royals putting the ball down. Olson tied it at 21 for Anoka with a tip kill. The next Hopkins points came via Anoka hitting errors. The last four points were all side outs with Anoka in the net on point 25.

Photos: #1: Alicia Vossen, Hopkins goes up for an attack from the middle; #2: Courtney Rose, Hopkins reaches for the ball. photos by kja.

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HOPKINS
1. Sarah Young, S 0-0-3---3
2. Courtney Rose, OH 2-0-10----12
3. Alicia Vossen, MH 0-0.5-12----12.5
4. #14, BR 1-0-0----1
Lauren Olson 0-0.5-2---2.5
5. Mari Peterson, OH 0-2.5-9---11.5
6. Cali Carnahan, MH 1-0-12---13
#10, L
Totals: 6-1-43---50 points, 45 points on Anoka errors

ANOKA
1. Kellee Kackman, S 2-0-0----2
2. Taylor Fritch, BR 1-0-0----1
Abbey Fahnhorst, OH 0-0-12---12
3. Kelly Peterson, L 2-0-0---2
Emily Buyse, MH 1-3-2---6
4. Erica Decker 0-0-4----4
5. Kayla Berning, OH 0-0.5-12---12.5
6. Jamie Olson, MH 0-2.5-9---11.5
(Kelly Peterson, L)
Totals: 6-6-40---52 points, 27 points on Hopkins errors.

TRENCH PLAYER
Cali Carnahan

NUMBER CRUNCHING
team, fbso/serves--fbso%; pts scored, % earned, % allowed
Hopkins 33/49--.673; 95, .526; .350
Anoka 25/49--.510; 80; .650; .474
missed serves: Anoka 10, Hopkins 10
Hitting errors: Anoka 21, Hopkins 9

ROTATIONS
HOPKINS
1 Young 17-17 .500
2 Rose 16-22 .421
3 Vossen 14-14 .500
4 #14 20-9 .690
5 Peterson 17-7 .708
6 Carnahan 10-11 .476
totals 95-80 .543

ANOKA
1 Kackman 17-19 .472
2 Fritch 15-14 .517
3 Peterson 20-15 .571
4 Decker 8-27 .296
5 Berning 9-12 .429
6 Olson 11-7 .611
totals 80-95 .457

You can see Hopkins' rotations 3-4-5 had a % of .630 (Carnahan in the front row). The other rotations 6-1-2 had a % of .468.

Next up: tomorrow morning