Pioneer Conference Volleyball Tournament 2007-2008
Cotober 22, 23, & 26, 2007 Updates
By Stan Karr
October 23, 2007
Sterling vs. FCSH Pioneer Quarter Finals @Sterling Oct. 22 2007
Sterling 17 18
FCSH 25 25
Stats;
Serving; Kala Weber 8 for 8 0 aces 4 pts
Courtney VanGroningen 5 for 7 1 ace 3 pts
Hitting; Courtney VanGroningen 6 kills
McKenzie McAuliffe 5 kills
Setting; Kala Weber 12 assists
Blocking; Maddie Daehling 1 solo
Kala Weber 1 solo
Steph Heusman 2 assisted
Kaylee Agena 2 assisted
Digs; Kala Weber 7 digs
Courtney VanGroningen 7 digs
Comments;
When you play a team as good as FCSH you have to serve aggressively and pass the ball well. We did neither of those well enough to win the match. Also another key aspect of the game was our inability to stop their big middle hitter, Katelyn Wheeler. Although this is our second loss to FCSH, I really feel if we put it all together, like I’ve seen us do, the third time will be the charm. We have to get by Lewiston first in the semifinals of the sub districts, which is a young team that will be playing with nothing to lose. So we can’t overlook them. We will have to be ready to match their intensity and play well.
Sterling vs. Pawnee City -Pioneer Conf. Consolation @Adams Oct. 23 2007
Sterling 25 25 25
PC 13 10 17
Stats;
Serving; Maddie Daehling 16 for 16 3 aces 14 pts.
Steph Heusman 14 for 16 5 aces 12 pts.
McKenzie McAuliffe 15 for 15 2 aces 11 pts.
Hitting; Maddie Daehling 9 kills
Stephanie Heusman 8 kills
McKenzie McAuliffe 7 kills
Courtney VanGroningen 7 kills
Kaylee Agena 3 kills
Blocking; Stephanie Heusman 2 solo 2 assisted
Kala Weber 2 assisted
Setting; Kala Weber 31 assists
Digging; Courtney VanGroningen 15 digs
McKenzie McAuliffe 14 digs
Comments;
As someone said, what a night and day difference from last night! Our serving was dead on. Stephanie H. had them shaking in their shoes when she served and also contributed 8 kills. And, as one can see, we had a very good game in both serving and hitting. Along with that was an impressive game passing the ball. Our tough serving is what runs our team and when we do those two things well the rest of our game falls in place and we’re hard to beat.
Sterling vs. Johnson Brock Pioneer Conf. Consolation Finals @AdamsOct. 23 2007
Sterling 14 25 23
JB 25 27 25
Stats;
Serving; McKenzie McAuliffe 13 for 14 2 aces 9 pts.
Kala Weber 11 for 12 0 aces 6 pts.
Stephanie Heusman 11 for 12 2 aces 4 pts.
Hitting; McKenzie McAuliffe 7 kills
Maddie Daehling 7 kills
Courtney VanGroningen 5 kills
Setting; Kala Weber 12 assists
Blocking; Stephanie Heusman 2 solo 2 assisted
Maddie Daehling 2 solo 1 assisted
Digging; Courtney VanGroningen 22 digs
McKenzie McAuliffe 19 digs
Comments;
This was a game one might say looks like we served pretty well but it doesn’t show that we didn’t hit our targets on serve receive often enough. This allowed JB to get into their offense too often and too often that was Rachel Rippe. We just couldn’t get her stopped! If she didn’t go around the block, she went over it. This is why it’s so important for us to serve aggressively and to their weaker passers. If we can do that, we limit the opponent the number of times they can get into their offense and to their big hitter. We didn’t help ourselves either with our erratic passing and 19 hitting errors. Although we came close in this one and played better in the last two games than we have been, it is games like this that we need to step it up and play beyond what we thought possible. I did feel we played more like we were playing earlier in the season, so let’s hope we are back in top form when the sub districts start on Monday at Norris HS.
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Pioneer Conference Volleyball Tournament, Oct. 22, 23, & 26, 2007
