Louisville's Tori Dean runs down an errant hit in the final set of the
3-0 loss to Ashland-Greenwood.
Samantha Lane passes during the loss to Ashland-Greenwood. The Lions
ended the 2011 season with a 17-13 record.
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Natalie
Minchow 17 kills and 17 assists in the win over Boys Town. |
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Morgan
Dittberner Nine aces against the Boys Town Cowboys. |
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Ashland-Greenwood
Ends LHS Season
(11-1-11)
Louisville took a four-set match against the Boys Town Cowboys before
ending their season at the hands of Ashland-Greenwood 10-25, 16-25, 20-25
in sub-district action Tuesday evening at Platteview High School.
Bluejays Defeat Lions 3-0
Seventeen wins. Top-seated Ashland-Greenwood opened sub-district play
by coasting to their 17th win of the season in straight sets against the
Conestoga Cougars. Louisville opened play by earning their 17th win of
the season against the Boys Town Cowboys. 3-1.
Unfortunately, only one team would see their season continue and earn
that 18th victory. Ashland-Greenwood played near flawless volleyball and
rode the firepower of Morgan Riecken to snag the victory and extend their
season. Riecken finished the match with 13 kills, an ace and four solo
blocks to pace the Bluejays.
“We played hard but Ashland didn’t make many mistakes,”
Coach Davenport commented. “This is a great bunch of girls, we just
got outplayed tonight. We are going to miss the seniors and their leadership
next year. This is an emotional time for all of us.”
Senior captain, Natalie Minchow, led the Lion offense with seven kills
and a block. Morgan Dittberner contributed three kills and a block.
Ashland-Greenwood advances to play Auburn, 21-8, on Friday, November 4
for the C1-1 district title and a state tourney berth.
Louisville closes the seaons with a 17-13 record.
| Ashland-Greenwood (18-12) | 25 |
25 |
25 |
| Louisville (17-13) | 10 |
16 |
20 |
Louisville (kills-aces-blocks): S. Lane 4-0-1, M. Zahn 0-2-0, T. Dean 1-0-0, M. Shepard 1-0-0, M. Poland 0-0-0, J. Marcoe 1-0-1, N. Minchow 7-0-1, M. Dittberner 3-0-3, H. Rose 0-0-0
Set assists: Shepard (7) Minchow (6), Dean (1), Poland (1)
Ashland-Greenwood (kills-aces-blocks): M. Riecken 13-1-4, J. Klaudt 8-0-0, K. Laune 2-2-0, M. Mink 2-2-2, K. Hohensee 0-1-0, M. Marr 4-2-1. S. Powell 5-0-0
Lions
Outlast the Cowboys, 3-1
Louisville opened play by coasting to a 2-0 lead over the Boys Town Cowboys
before dropping the third set 22-25. The Lions rebounded and returned
to form by pouncing on the Cowboys in the fourth set 18-4 before closing
the door 25-9 to take the set and match. Boys Town finished the season
4-24 but won their first set since late September, a string of 35 games.
Louisville recorded 30 kills in the match, 17 by Natalie Minchow. Samantha
Lane had six kills and two aces.
| Boys Town (4-24) | 12 | 10 | 25 |
9 |
| Louisville (17-12) | 25 | 25 | 22 |
25 |
Louisville
(kills-aces-blocks): S. Lane 6-2-0, M. Zahn 0-2-0, T. Dean 4-4-4,
M. Shepard 0-0-0, M. Poland 3-0-0, J. Marcoe 1-0-0, N. Minchow 17-8-1,
M. Dittberner 5-9-1, M. Bauers 1-3-0, H. Rose 0-0-0
Set assists: Minchow (17), Shepard (7), Dean (4), Zahn
(1), Marcoe (1).
Boys
Town (kills-aces-blocks): K. Wolf 3-1-0, A. Polland 4-3-0, J.
Moody-Hendricks 4-1-0, T. Hopkins 3-0-1, C. Clopton 2-1-0, L. Buchanan
0-1-0,
M. Post 1-0-0
Statistics are unofficial.
