VB Out & About: 2 Games from Blaine

BLAINE TOURNAMENT, Saturday 9.30.2017

Today I was going to go to two tournaments—it was going to be a

NW Suburban day with an emphasis on schools in the Blaine area. I made it to my first destination Blaine High School and caught two contests in the six school field. I then made my way over to Centennial High School on the other end of Blaine only to find no games. There tournament was at the middle school, but I vacated with a looming grad paper needing attention. Therefore you only get two O&A today.

ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE 2, ROSEVILLE 0 (25-16, 27-25)

The main purpose to going to Blaine today was to see STMA, the #13 team in the QRF. The Knights got off to a quick start in the first set rattling off seven straight points and forcing a regrouping time out. The Raiders had to play catch up after that. Roseville is adjusting to life after Bre Maloney. They had 16 kills on the day, half as many as the Knights. It should also be pointed out that STMA had more senior players (5:1) while Roseville is green with a reliance on sophs and under (5:3). It started to look like a repeat in the second set as STMA jumped off to a 3-0 start. Roseville responded with a run of four and maintained a lead throughout until the end. STMA took a time out at 15-11. Roseville enjoyed a 20-15 lead when the wheels came off with their sixth rotation receiving. Lexie Nelson, after her own side out kill, then went to the service line and ran off four more to even the set at 20. Roseville still had a chance, but Maren Saunders, scoring her only point of the match on a block, held off set point. A miscommunication on a juicy marshmallow ball to the heart of the court dropped for advantage STMA. After a missed serve, Nelson gave STMA another crack at match point with a setter dump, her third of the set. Samantha Palmer finished with a kill.

ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE

SRV # Name Pos Year A B K Pts
1 3 Lexie Nelson S 2018 2 0 7 9
2 7 Courtney McCabe DS 2018 1 0 0 1
5 Samantha Palmer OH 2020 0 0 7 7
3 22 Megan Kruschke DS 2020 2 0 0 2
4 Evie Harrington MH 2019 0 0.5 8 8.5
4 1 Sophie Fritz S 2020 1 0 0 1
18 Grace Mauersberger RH 2018 0 0 4 4
5 8 Alia Dorland OH 2018 0 0 0 0
19 Syra Tanchin OH 2019 0 0.5 7 7.5
6 9 Zoee Miller L 2018 0 0 0 0
25 Maren Saunders MH 2019 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 6 2 33 41

ROSEVILLE

SRV # Name Pos Year A B K Pts
1 24 Valerie Kauth L 2021 0 0 1 1
11 Berit Flagstad MH 2019 0 0 4 4
2 5 Lydia Kauth DS 2021 2 0 0 2
3 McKenna Keenan RH 2020 0 0 2 2
3 2 Erin Beer OH 2019 1 0 2 3
4 12 Taylor Keenan MH 2018 1 1.5 5 7.5
5 9 Sophia Kopp S 2020 0 0 0 0
6 7 Jayda Johnston OH 2020 1 0.5 2 3.5
TOTALS 5 2 16 23

TRENCH PLAYER
Lexie Nelson

BY THE NUMBERS

Item St. Michael-Albertville Roseville
FBSO 15/26-.577 15/27-.556
Runs 3+ 6 4
Longest String 7 3
Missed Serves 3 3
Serving % 48/51-.941 39/42-.929
Time outs 1/1-1.000 2/4-.500
Set points 2/3-.667 0/1-.000

RACE TO …

Set 5 10 15 20 25
1 STMA STMA STMA STMA STMA
2 R R R R STMA

BIGGEST LEAD

Set STMA R
1 9 0
2 3 5

Roseville’s Last lead set 2: 24-23

BLAINE 2, WAYZATA 0
(25-21, 25-19)

Again it was experience (at least by a year) over youth. Blaine, with a reliance of juniors, knocked off Wayzata in two sets. The Trojans use sophs more often (6:2 compared to Blaine). In the first set both teams let the other team gather runs of three unimpeded. Side outs on the first ball were rarities. The Bengals had five runs in their first six services. Wayzata had three in their first five, with the first two services endeing either deep or in the net. Blaine was cruising along at 22-14 when the Trojans made a last ditch effort to get back in the game. A 7-2 run down the stretch closed the gap to 24-21 before a Bengal time out halted the momentum. Quay Murphy finished the first set with a kill for Blaine.

With both teams at a dozen, the host Bengals didn’t break away in the second set until a 8-2 push. That gave Blaine a 20-14 lead and it was only a matter of time after that. Blaine’s side out game shut the door on four of the next five Wayzata servers with Isabella Erne terminating three times for Blaine, two on first swings.

BLAINE

SRV # Name Pos Year A B K Pts
1 16 Makala Brazinsky S 2019 0 0 0 0
9 Makayla Krohnberg OH 2019 0 0 4 4
2 1 Isabella Erne OH 2018 2 0 6 8
3 2 Allison McGrath L 2018 2 0 0 2
12 Ogechi Anyanwu MH 2019 0 0 3 3
4 6 Megan Keller S 2019 0 0 0 0
7 Sydney Aber OH 2019 0 0 3 3
5 4 Greta Stauffacher DS 2019 2 0 0 2
20 Erin Campeau OH 2020 0 1 2 3
6 8 Brittney Malik OH 2020 2 0 1 3
15 Quay Murphy MH 2018 0 1 5 6
TOTALS 8 2 24 34

WAYZATA

SRV # Name Pos Year A B K Pts
1 11 Abbie Sheehy L 2018 1 0 0 1
24 Lily Emlong MH 2020 0 0 2 2
2 5 Elizabeth Helmich RH 2020 1 0 3 4
7 Ann Loncorich RH 2018 1 0 0 1
3 17 Sophia Jesewitz OH 2021 1 0 4 5
4 15 Kaitlyn Houg S 2020 1 0 0 1
19 Olivia Roberts MH 2018 0 1.5 5 6.5
5 2 Olivia Johnson S 2020 1 0 2 3
6 8 Kate Long OH 2020 0 0.5 1 1.5
TOTALS 6 2 17 25

TRENCH PLAYER
Isabella Erne

BY THE NUMBERS

Item Blaine Wayzata
FBSO 14/23-.609 7/22-.318
Runs 3+ 8 6
Longest String 5 5
Missed Serves 7 5
Serving % 41/48-.854 36/41-.878
Time outs 1/1-1.000 1/3-.333
Set points 2/6-.333 0/0

 

RACE TO …

Set 5 10 15 20 25
1 B B B B B
2 W B B B B

 

BIGGEST LEAD

Set B W
1 8 0
2 6 3

Wayazata’s Last lead set 2: 7-5

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