Out & About: Eagan/New Prague

#3 posting 10.16.2008
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EAGAN wildcats 3, NEW PRAGUE trojans 0
(25-7, 25-16, 25-9)

The Eagan Wildcats swept New Prague with a margin of 43 points. Eagan plays a brutal schedule. Their record after tonight's win is 10-13. However ten of those losses were against teams in the top 10 polls. The other three losses came to teams in the receiving vote category. So the record is a bit deceptive. New Prague found that out tonight. The Trojans are 9-18 on the year.

The Wildcats used a stellar FBSO (first ball side out) game with a .867 % (26/30) for the night. On top of that the lowest scoring Eagan rotation checked in with .667, and the Wildcats had a shutout in runs of three or more 11-0.

In the first set Eagan was a perfect 8 for 8 in FBSO. NP's ball control forced poor hitting options while Eagan used their service game for five aces. NP was forced to take their first time out at 8-2, but the Wildcats were on the prowl soon after. Eagan racked up their biggest run of the night with six points off of Katie Kvas' serve including two aces. The second time out came at 18-5 but nothing in the Trojans arsenal could pierce Eagan FBSO defense. The Wildcats closed the set with another six point run.

The second set was the most competitive of any of the sets as NP got off to a 2-0 start. The Trojans maintained that lead up to 7-5 when the Wildcats turned the tables with a five point run on Kristin Ammerman's serve putting the hosts up 10-7 and forcing a NP time out. Both teams traded 8 side outs in a row, but two of them were NP service errors. Eagan had another five point service run in which NP took their second time out at 20-14. It didn't slow the Wildcats down as they added two more points to their totals.

NP came back to the East side of the gym in set three and for some reason there must have been a curse on the bench because Eagan again dominated with five runs in that set alone. Right from the start Eagan led 5-0 with Ammerman get the FBSO kill and then tacking of four points off her serve. The second NP time out came at 15-5 and after that it was a matter of time before the night ended.

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rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
EAGAN
1. Kristin Ammerman, 2010, S 3-0-3----6
2. Taylor Gerr, 2009, OH 1-0-7----8
2. Kyndra Beekman, 2011, DS 0-0-0---0
3. Shannon Basset, 2009, MH 1-1-7----9
3. Katie Willems, L
4. Katie Kvas, 2011, DS 2-0-0-----2
4fr: Jennica Adkins, 2009, RH 0-3-6----9
5. Kayla Slaikeu, 2010, OH 2-0-3-----5
5. Bree Blanchette, 2010, DS 0-0-0----0
6. Katie Willems, 2011, L 3-0-0-----3
6fr: Liz Petesch, 2010, MH 0-0-6----6
totals: 12-4-32-----48 points, 27 points on New Prague errors

NEW PRAGUE
1. Anissa Svoboda, 2009, S 1-0-2----3
2. Maggie Weiers, 2010, OH 0-2-7----9
3. Rit Rynda, 2009, MH 0-0-4----4
4. Shelby Dugas, 2011, RH 0-0.5-1----1.5
4. Bri Burns, 2010, S 0-0-0-----0
5. Jessica Hoffman, 2010, OH 0-0-3-----3
5br: Nicole Wehseler, 2010, DS 0-0-0-----0
6. Hannah Strop, 2010, MH 0-1.5-3-----4.5
6. Kalee Torp, 2010, MH 0-0-0------0
totals: 1-4-20------25 totals, 7 points on Eagan errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Kristin Ammerman

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
Eagan 26/30 .867; 75; xxxx; .219
New Prague 13/31-.419; 32; .781;
Runs 3+: Eagan 11, NP 0
Longest string: Eagan 6, NP 2
Missed Serves: NP 8, Eagan 0
Time Out %: NP 3/6-.500; Eagan did not take a time out

ROTATIONS
EAGAN
1. Ammermann 20-10 .667
2. Gerr/Beekman 16-5 .762
3. Koenig 9-4 .692
4. Bassett 11-4 .733
5. Slaikeu 9-4 .692
6. Willems 10-5 .667
totals: 75-32 .701

NEW PRAGUE
1. Svoboda 10-13 .435
2. Weiers 5-18 .217
3. Rynda 4-8 .333
4. Dugas 4-11 .267
5. Hoffman 4-10 .286
6. Strop 5-15 .250
totals: 32-75 .299

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 E E E E E
set 2 N E E E E
set 3 E E E E E

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 1 2 3
Eagan 18 9 16
New Prague 0 2 0

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