LoudounPrepSports.com Volleyball Top 5 Poll
Sept. 18, 2008
1. Loudoun County (9-0)
The Skinny: Raiders have won 37 straight and 55 of 56. LC was tested with a five set match last Saturday at the Surebet Tournament at Stone Bridge. MB Shaylin O’Connell comes through big when the Raiders need her most.
2. Loudoun Valley (6-1)
The Skinny: Vikes survived thrilling Cedar Run District 5-setter on Tuesday at Osbourn Park. Can you dig this? Vike had three players combine for 73 digs in the match: Kristen Martin 36, Taylor Maddox 20 and Morgan Clark 17.
3. Heritage (12-1-1)
The Skinny: Pride almost took a detour on their way to a match-up next week with rival LC … but survived 5-set match with Briar Woods. Hitter Lian Bernett is quietly having a top-notch season.
4. Broad Run (4-4-1)
The Skinny: Should the Spartans be ranked ahead of Potomac Falls? That question will be answered tonight in Ashburn. Kristen Burt fired eight aces in straight set win over Park View Tuesday.
5. Potomac Falls (8-2)
The Skinny: Should the Panthers be ranked ahead of Broad Run? That is the question that will be answered tonight in Ashbur. Hey, we are repeating ourselves. We hear the only thing hotter than Potomac Falls at the Little Giants Tournament last weekend was the Panther volleyball team … OK, we stole that from a local Waynesboro newspaper!
On the bubble: Stone Bridge, Briar Woods, Dominion
*records do include tournament play, some of which are two set affairs.
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Thursday Sept. 18 Preview (all matches start apx. 20 minutes after finish of 6 p.m. JV match)
AA Dulles District (district records)
Park View (0-5) @ Briar Woods (2-3)
The Skinny: Falcons gained confidence from taking Heritage to five but LC was too much on Tuesday. Pats looking for first district win. BW looking to reach .500 in Dulles.
Potomac Falls (3-2) @ Broad Run (3-2)
The Skinny: Winner of this marquee match-up gets third place in the district race and the loser will sit in that dreaded (as in facing the district champion in the semifinals come tournament time) fourth place spot. Still a lot of volleyball to be played but it is never too early to make a statement.
Dominion (2-3) @ Heritage (5-0)
The Skinny: Pride can’t not afford to look forward to a match-up next Tuesday with undefeated neighbor Loudoun County because the Titans have the talent to pull off an upset.
Loudoun County (5-0) @ Freedom (0-5)
The Skinny: New Eagle coach Dave Tsuda will look little victories tonight when his squad goes up against unbeaten Raiders.
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Volleyball Terminology: You will see the term “****” in our reports … no, we haven’t been playing too much “Call of Duty” … a “****” is an attack that results in an immediate point. In the old days, you and I, called these “spikes”!
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Volleyball Round-up
Tuesday Sept. 16 Action
Loudoun Valley 3, Osbourn Park 2
The Skinny: Another Tuesday. Another thrilling 5-set win in the Cedar Run for AAA Valley. Vikes improved to 6-1 overall with the 27-29, 25-22, 20-25, 26-24 and 15-11 win. Reports LV coach Laird Johnson: “In what proved to be an emotionally charged and thrilling match, and a match which saw strong offensive and defensive play from both squads, the Vikings were able to put together a solid team performance and improve their Cedar Run district record to 4-1.”
Leading the Viking offense were Ally Blaine (13 assists) and Nicole Bennett (12 assists) who directed a varied attack which netted Morgan Clark 16 kills, Lindsay Phipps 13 kills and Taylor Maddox 5 kills. Maddox also had a strong service performance earning 17 service points.
Defensively along the net, the Vikes totaled 15 blocking combos with LPhipps leading the way with 5. A solid backline performance was turned in by Kristen Martin who had 36 digs, Maddox who had 20 digs and Clark who had 17 digs.
Broad Run 3, Park View 0
The Skinny: Spartans sweep Pats 25-6, 25-15, 25-19 with Emily Sears leading BR with seven kills. Kristen Burt had six kills, five digs, 14 assists and eight aces, and Mallory Brickerd added five kills, four digs, three solo blocks and an ace. PV was led by Tabby Pham with five kills and Emily Groves with four kills. Aby Burkel had 14 assists for PV.
Loudoun County 3, Briar Woods 0
The Skinny: Raiders keep on rolling, making it 37 straight and improved to 9-0 on the season with a 25-12, 25-15, 25-16 sweep over BW in Ashburn. Shaylin O’Connell led the way with 11 kills and 4 blocks with other key contributors for LC: Juliane Hanna (7 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks), Emily Vandegrift (4 kills), Robin Marsala (15 assists, 14 points, 5 aces), Hannah Arnold (6 digs, 7 points, 4 aces), Kerry Sarver (7 assists, 5 points), Katie Martin (5 assists), Kathleen Horvath (5 digs), Paige Sigmon (4 points), Katie Gloe (3 kills, 3 digs, 3 points), Sammy Dormio (3 kills, 3 digs), and Rachel Arigo and Rochelle Latka playing well at the net.
Kim Bell and Krysta Gardner each had nine kills for the Falcons. BW setter Caitlin Ronan had 18 assists. BW coach Rich Bennett reports that the Raiders “dominated at the start of each set.”
The Raiders Freshman team won 2-0, while the Junior Varsity team won 2-1 after winning the Musselman HS JV tournament on Saturday. The Freshman team improved to 8-0 on the season and the JV improved to 11-0.
Sideout: You can also come out and support the Raiders volleyball program at Roy Rogers (near Safeway) this Friday evening in Leesburg from 5:00 – 8:00 for a meet and greet with the team. Just tell the cashier that you support the program and they will donate 25% of your bill to our team. On Saturday the Raiders will once again be at Roy Rogers washing cars from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Heritage 3, Freedom 0
The Skinny: The Pride cruised to a 25-12, 25-9, 25-10 win with Lian Bernett getting 10 kills. Stephanie Yokoyama and Ashley Scott combined for 15 service points and Yokoyama had 23 assists. Skye Young had two blocks and Megan Beckwith finished with 14 digs.
Freedom coach Rich Tsuda reports that the Eagles were “working around an unfamiliar line-up to accommodate one player’s illness and anothers minor injuries.”
Potomac Falls 3, Dominion 1
The Skinny: Panthers dispatch Sterling neighbor in four after Titans took the opening set, 23-25, 25-21, 25-12, 25-20.
PF stats:
Tori Janowski had 11 kills, 16 assists, 12 digs, 5 aces and 9 service points
Sara Hibson had 10 kills, 2 digs, 2 assists and 2 blocks
Cat Jones had 9 kills, 3 aces, 12 service points, 3 digs and 11 blocks
Kerry Dwyer passed wonderfully, had 3 aces, 8 service points, 15 digs and 1 ****
Kayla Motheral had 2 kills and 6 blocks
Nicole Fauteux had 2 kills, 1 ace, 6 service points, 12 digs, 2 blocks and 13 assists
Alexa Campbell had 3 kills, 7 service points, 14 digs and 7 blocks
Annie Reck had 1 ****, 1 block
Emma Ukleja had 1 ****
Kate Colfelt had 2 aces, 4 service points, 8 digs
Megan Bahr had 1 assist and 1 block
Katie Shiraishi had 2 digs
Dominion stats
Lauren Wong had 9 kills, 10 digs
Alaina Sisson and Alana Mazurowski each had 8 assists
Sam Kelleher had 8 digs
Maddie Bullock and Stephanie Lummis each had 3 kills.
Mon. Sept. 15
Manassas Park 3, Freedom 2
The Skinny: The Eagles dropped a 5-setter to the Cougars after losing he first set 27-29. The final score: 27-29, 16-25, 13-25, 25-23, 15-11. Freedom did win both the freshman (25-17, 25-16) and JV (25-6, 25-13) matches.
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