2009 Division III State Semifinals
Frankfort Adena, Huron each seeking third state title today
Fourth ranked Frankfort Adena and #14 Huron will each go for their third state crown today in the Division III state final. Adena captured the first two titles ever awarded in 1975 and 1976, while Huron’s came in 1999 and 2002.
Adena topped eleventh ranked Smithville in the first match on Friday 25-23, 26-24, 22-25, 25-14. The Smithies hurt themselves with errors in the first two sets. On points scored by errors, Adena outscored Smithville 14-7 in game one and 15-4 in game two. Some of the errors were forced, but the disparity is telling.
The box score reflects the disparity as the Smithies scored 59 kills to 43 by Adena but also were charged with 32 total errors to 20 for the Warriors.
In that light it was especially poignant when Wheeling Jesuit bound Smithie middle hitter/setter Jenna Pew said afterward “It’s disappointing to know we lost games one and two by four points".
Adena jumped out to leads of 2-0 and 5-2 in the first set, but Smithville rallied ahead 8-5 as Pew, who will play for Wheeling Jesuit next spring, served and outside hitter Alex Leister spiked two kills. Pew later chipped in with two kills in a four point run as Smithville increased its lead to 15-10.
But with the score 15-10, the roof fell in as Smithville committed eight errors to Adena’s none, and with Warrior hitter Kelsey Bielanow contributing two kills Adena roared away 24-20. Smithville fought back as Pew spiked two kills and tipped for another, but Adena called a time out, and a service error followed.
Game two was the most contested as the teams battled through 12 ties and eight lead changes. Adena led 21-20 after a block by Bielanow and Hannah Halcomb. Pew terminated the next two volleys to put Smithville on top 22-21, and Leister came up huge with a hit from the left into right front at the net. Following a service error, Pew terminated again.
But Adena senior Allison Morgan answered with a block and tied the score with a seam splitting blast in the middle. Smithville called time out, but to no avail as 5’10” sophomore Olivia Arledge spiked a kill. The game ended when a Smithville dump attempt landed just out of bounds.
Smithville scored first in game three and never trailed, taking leads of 6-2, 14-6 and 23-15, led by Pew and Horst. Ominously, Adena ended the game on a 7-1 before Pew finished them off with a kill to right corner.
The Warriors kept right on going in game two, with a seven point run as Kirsti Yates and Bielanow each contributed three points while freshman Jenny Grigsby served. Adena added another five point run to go up 15-6, and kept the pressure on from there. Yates ended the match with a spike that three digs could not save.
Adena Coach Laura Smith said afterward that her team has done well in games where they keep within three or four and she reminded them of that. “We kept telling the kids you’ve got to hit the ball and put pressure on the other team”.
Smith said Adena took advantage of one rotation in which Smithville had with both Pew and Leister in the back row. “We tried to make hay on that”
Stats:
Adena: Kills – Kelsey Bielanow 15, Olivia Arledge 11, Kirsti Yates 8, Allison Morgan 6; Assists, Hannah Holcomb 33; Digs – Yates 19, Holcomb 15, Jenna Grigsby, Cara Coy, Bielanow 8; Blocks – Bielanow 3 solo, 3 assists, Morgan 2 solo, 1 assist
Smithville: Kills – Jenna Pew 29, Alex Leister 14; Assists – Hannah Jo Rehm 35, Pew 15; Digs – Jessi Hartzler 20, Pew 16, Leister 15
Team Blocks: Adena 10, Smithville 3; Services Aces: Adena 4, Smithville 2
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Huron prevailed over ninth rated Middletown Bishop Fenwick in the wildest contest of the state tourney so far 25-22, 15-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-10. The match lasted 2:01 hours, and featured extra long volleys, 42 ties and 21 lead changes.
As with the first match, errors were a big factor. Fenwick made 17 in a close game one to seven for Huron.
Fenwick scored first and the teams traded the lead with Fenwick moving ahead 12-8 as outside hitters Jesse Miedema for Huron and Alyssa Beck for Fenwick jousted back and forth.
At that juncture, Huron setter Devon Grendow dumped a teammate’s errant pass, and Fenwick followed with seven errors. The Falcons rallied back from 12-16 to tie at 17, but could never regain the lead. Huron went back atop 23-21 after a tip by Grendow, and the Tigers won on two Fenwick errors, to which Tiger defenders Adriana DeLuca and Taylor Slauterbeck contributed saving digs.
Huron led 5-3 in set two, but the Falcons flew off on 10-1 run led by 5’11” junior Chelsea Farrell. That left them in control 13-6 and they kept pace to the end. Sophomore middle Kristin Thompson spiked a shoot from setter Mallory Jeanmougin to take it to game point, and Chelsea Byrge and Chelsea Farrell block killed to end it.
Game three went back to much contested with 11 ties and seven lead changes. And although Huron lost again, Coach Don Wood said he thought things were coming together. The biggest lead by anyone was three by Huron, and Fenwick closed each time.
With Huron up 17-14, Fenwick scored two. With Huron up 20-17, Fenwick scored three to tie. Finally, with Huron up 24-21, Fenwick libero Jessica Levy served two aces and served out, despite two Tiger timeouts. Levy spiked a kill (after defensive specialist Maddie Mutlu had dug a smash from Miedema), and Thompson and sophomore Casey Volz double blocked for game point.
Game four was just about as contested as three with eleven ties and five lead changes. Again, nobody could break away. Fenwick’s biggest lead was 14-11, with Huron’s 21-18. That is, until with the lead at 21-19, Tiger sophomore Katlyn Sommer sparked a three point run to 24-19 with a kill. Sommer also spiked game point, sending the match into overtime.
Game five started with Miedema and Beck trading kills, with seven ties and four lead changes to 7-7. Then Taylor Slauterbeck spiked her fourth kill of the game, and Fenwick obliged with a hitting error, and Huron just kept building on that lead to the end. That occurred on a hitting error, which may not seem worthy of note, but just before the long hit by Fenwick, Huron setter Devon Grendow hit the floor to keep a block from dropping.
Stats:
Huron: Kills – Jesse Miedema 21, Taylor Slauterbeck 11, Devon Koenig 8; Assists – Devon Grendow 23, Melissa Moberg 16; Service Aces – Miedema 2
Bishop Fenwick – Kills – Alyssa Beck 23, Kristin Thompson 11, Chelsea Farrell 10, Chelsea Byrge, Emily Pierce 6; Assists - Byrge 33, Melanie Monahan 18; Digs – Beck, Maddie Mutlu 19, Jessica Levy 18, Monahan 14, Byrge 10; Block Assists -, Byrge 5, Farrell 4, Thompson 3; Services – Levy, Byrge 3
Fourth ranked Frankfort Adena and #14 Huron will each go for their third state crown today in the Division III state final. Adena captured the first two titles ever awarded in 1975 and 1976, while Huron’s came in 1999 and 2002.
Adena topped eleventh ranked Smithville in the first match on Friday 25-23, 26-24, 22-25, 25-14. The Smithies hurt themselves with errors in the first two sets. On points scored by errors, Adena outscored Smithville 14-7 in game one and 15-4 in game two. Some of the errors were forced, but the disparity is telling.
The box score reflects the disparity as the Smithies scored 59 kills to 43 by Adena but also were charged with 32 total errors to 20 for the Warriors.
In that light it was especially poignant when Wheeling Jesuit bound Smithie middle hitter/setter Jenna Pew said afterward “It’s disappointing to know we lost games one and two by four points".
Adena jumped out to leads of 2-0 and 5-2 in the first set, but Smithville rallied ahead 8-5 as Pew, who will play for Wheeling Jesuit next spring, served and outside hitter Alex Leister spiked two kills. Pew later chipped in with two kills in a four point run as Smithville increased its lead to 15-10.
But with the score 15-10, the roof fell in as Smithville committed eight errors to Adena’s none, and with Warrior hitter Kelsey Bielanow contributing two kills Adena roared away 24-20. Smithville fought back as Pew spiked two kills and tipped for another, but Adena called a time out, and a service error followed.
Game two was the most contested as the teams battled through 12 ties and eight lead changes. Adena led 21-20 after a block by Bielanow and Hannah Halcomb. Pew terminated the next two volleys to put Smithville on top 22-21, and Leister came up huge with a hit from the left into right front at the net. Following a service error, Pew terminated again.
But Adena senior Allison Morgan answered with a block and tied the score with a seam splitting blast in the middle. Smithville called time out, but to no avail as 5’10” sophomore Olivia Arledge spiked a kill. The game ended when a Smithville dump attempt landed just out of bounds.
Smithville scored first in game three and never trailed, taking leads of 6-2, 14-6 and 23-15, led by Pew and Horst. Ominously, Adena ended the game on a 7-1 before Pew finished them off with a kill to right corner.
The Warriors kept right on going in game two, with a seven point run as Kirsti Yates and Bielanow each contributed three points while freshman Jenny Grigsby served. Adena added another five point run to go up 15-6, and kept the pressure on from there. Yates ended the match with a spike that three digs could not save.
Adena Coach Laura Smith said afterward that her team has done well in games where they keep within three or four and she reminded them of that. “We kept telling the kids you’ve got to hit the ball and put pressure on the other team”.
Smith said Adena took advantage of one rotation in which Smithville had with both Pew and Leister in the back row. “We tried to make hay on that”
Stats:
Adena: Kills – Kelsey Bielanow 15, Olivia Arledge 11, Kirsti Yates 8, Allison Morgan 6; Assists, Hannah Holcomb 33; Digs – Yates 19, Holcomb 15, Jenna Grigsby, Cara Coy, Bielanow 8; Blocks – Bielanow 3 solo, 3 assists, Morgan 2 solo, 1 assist
Smithville: Kills – Jenna Pew 29, Alex Leister 14; Assists – Hannah Jo Rehm 35, Pew 15; Digs – Jessi Hartzler 20, Pew 16, Leister 15
Team Blocks: Adena 10, Smithville 3; Services Aces: Adena 4, Smithville 2
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Huron prevailed over ninth rated Middletown Bishop Fenwick in the wildest contest of the state tourney so far 25-22, 15-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-10. The match lasted 2:01 hours, and featured extra long volleys, 42 ties and 21 lead changes.
As with the first match, errors were a big factor. Fenwick made 17 in a close game one to seven for Huron.
Fenwick scored first and the teams traded the lead with Fenwick moving ahead 12-8 as outside hitters Jesse Miedema for Huron and Alyssa Beck for Fenwick jousted back and forth.
At that juncture, Huron setter Devon Grendow dumped a teammate’s errant pass, and Fenwick followed with seven errors. The Falcons rallied back from 12-16 to tie at 17, but could never regain the lead. Huron went back atop 23-21 after a tip by Grendow, and the Tigers won on two Fenwick errors, to which Tiger defenders Adriana DeLuca and Taylor Slauterbeck contributed saving digs.
Huron led 5-3 in set two, but the Falcons flew off on 10-1 run led by 5’11” junior Chelsea Farrell. That left them in control 13-6 and they kept pace to the end. Sophomore middle Kristin Thompson spiked a shoot from setter Mallory Jeanmougin to take it to game point, and Chelsea Byrge and Chelsea Farrell block killed to end it.
Game three went back to much contested with 11 ties and seven lead changes. And although Huron lost again, Coach Don Wood said he thought things were coming together. The biggest lead by anyone was three by Huron, and Fenwick closed each time.
With Huron up 17-14, Fenwick scored two. With Huron up 20-17, Fenwick scored three to tie. Finally, with Huron up 24-21, Fenwick libero Jessica Levy served two aces and served out, despite two Tiger timeouts. Levy spiked a kill (after defensive specialist Maddie Mutlu had dug a smash from Miedema), and Thompson and sophomore Casey Volz double blocked for game point.
Game four was just about as contested as three with eleven ties and five lead changes. Again, nobody could break away. Fenwick’s biggest lead was 14-11, with Huron’s 21-18. That is, until with the lead at 21-19, Tiger sophomore Katlyn Sommer sparked a three point run to 24-19 with a kill. Sommer also spiked game point, sending the match into overtime.
Game five started with Miedema and Beck trading kills, with seven ties and four lead changes to 7-7. Then Taylor Slauterbeck spiked her fourth kill of the game, and Fenwick obliged with a hitting error, and Huron just kept building on that lead to the end. That occurred on a hitting error, which may not seem worthy of note, but just before the long hit by Fenwick, Huron setter Devon Grendow hit the floor to keep a block from dropping.
Stats:
Huron: Kills – Jesse Miedema 21, Taylor Slauterbeck 11, Devon Koenig 8; Assists – Devon Grendow 23, Melissa Moberg 16; Service Aces – Miedema 2
Bishop Fenwick – Kills – Alyssa Beck 23, Kristin Thompson 11, Chelsea Farrell 10, Chelsea Byrge, Emily Pierce 6; Assists - Byrge 33, Melanie Monahan 18; Digs – Beck, Maddie Mutlu 19, Jessica Levy 18, Monahan 14, Byrge 10; Block Assists -, Byrge 5, Farrell 4, Thompson 3; Services – Levy, Byrge 3
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