By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
(Sept. 22, 2008) – It was a big weekend of prep sports in Loudoun and the action wasn’t limited to the DigitalSports Spirit Bowl competitive cheer competition which packed them in the “Doghouse” at Stone Bridge or to the Oatlands Invitational in Leesburg which has quickly become a nationally-recognized cross country meet and one of the largest single high school sporting events in Virginia with 101 teams and more than 4,000 athletes.
There was some great volleyball action going on as well as AA Heritage swept AAA Battlefield on Saturday, one of the top teams in the Cedar Run District, and Loudoun Valley defeated two-time defending state champion Deep Run. Also on Saturday, AA Dominion split in the Titan Classic, losing to Northern Region heavyweight Herndon before sweeping AAA South Lakes. On Friday it was Park View picking up a win with a sweep over George Mason.
All the weekend action was just a warm up for quite a week in sports with Tuesday’s Dulles District volleyball showdown at Loudoun County with Heritage, both teams ride in unbeaten in district. Also on Tuesday, Loudoun Valley golf has a chance to wrap up a district title in a quad match at Battlefield. On Wednesday it the Dulles District golf tournament at Lowes Island and on Thursday, the LV volleyball team hosts Fauquier, the only team to beat the Vikes this season.
And did we mention … Friday is a battle of 3-0 teams in Dulles District openers as Broad Run hosts Briar Woods and Potomac Falls hosts Heritage.
Loudoun Valley 3, Deep Run 1
Purcellville – Loudoun Valley volleyball extended their winning streak to six games Saturday, defeating 2-time defending state champion Deep Run in 4 games, 25-19, 25-7, 20-25 and 25-18. With the win the Vikes improve to 8-1 overall.
Game leaders for the Vikings-
Ally Blaine had 22 assists and Nicole Bennett added 12 as they directed the Viking offense. Morgan Clark tallied 17 kills, Lindsay Phipps added 8 kills and Taylor Maddox 6 kills.
Blaine led all servers with 19 service points.
Phipps was strong along the net on defense as well, collecting 6 blking combos. Clark added 2 combos.
Kristen Martin had a good afternoon defensively, collecting 24 digs. Maddox added 14 digs. Clark earned 11 digs and both setters Blaine and Bennett picked up 10 digs apiece.
Heritage 3, Battlefield 0
Leesburg – Ashley Scott and Emma Lemaitre combined for 21 kills as the Pride defeated the Bobcats, a team that took LV to five sets, in three, 25-17, 25-22, 25-20.
Skye Young notched seven solo blocks in the victory and Lian Bernett and Scott combined for 27 service points. Stephanie Yokoyama had 29 assists and Megan Beckwith (22 digs) and Bernett (16 digs) paced the defense.
Dominion 3, South Lakes 0
Herndon 3, Dominion 0
Sterling – Dominion opened the Titan Classic Saturday with a loss to Herndon (25-9, 25-9, 26-24) but bounced back to sweep South Lakes (25-17, 25-18, 25-12) to earn a split on the day.
Lauren Wong led the Titans with 19 kills on the day, including 14 in the South Lakes win.
For complete stats from the two matches, check out the Titans results page for the volleyball team.
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Park View 3, George Mason 0
Sterling – The Patriots swept George Mason (25-18, 25-12, 25-22) on Friday night in non-district volleyball action.
It was a true 4×4 effort as four players all had four kills in the win: Tabby Pham, Brittany Griffin, Denni Johnson and Emily Groves. Griffin was hot from the service line with seven aces and Kristin Oravetz had eight aces as well as 10 digs. Lindsey Doscotch had seven digs as well in the W.
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