Posted: 9/26/07
Caledonia takes Kingsland, Southland out in 3 games, competes in Decorah
 Amber Ideker and Libby Augedahl go up for a block against Kingsland on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Photo by Reed Welch. |
By Diana Hammell
Argus Sportswriter
Caledonia volleyball improved its record this past week to 4-1 in the conference and 18-4 overall. The Warriors were very economical with their fansí time by taking their opponents down in a quick three games in play against Kingsland and Southland.
Caledonia 3, Kingsland 0
Caledonia hosted Kingsland on Tuesday, Sept. 18, defeating them with scores of: 25-14, 25-20 and 25-15.
Coach Scott Koepke said that the team played hard throughout the night. "We had eight blocks which is a pretty good night, said Koepke. "Weíd like to keep improving in that area. Libby was our kill leader against Kingsland with 10 and dig leader with 19."
Statistics: Cassie Gran had 39 set assists, 3 kills, 6 digs, 1 block, and was 10 for 12 serving; ; Libby Augedahl 10 kills, 19 digs, 1 block, and was 5 or 6 serving; Amber Ideker 5 kills, 16 digs, 2 ace serves, and was 5 for 5 serving; Megan King 3 digs, 15 digs, 2 blocks, 3 ace serves, and was 19 or 21 serving; Alecia Fruechte 7 digs, 2 blocks, 4 ace serves, and was 14 for 15 serving; Amber Sorenson 6 kills, 2 blocks.
Caledonia 3, Southland 0
The Warriors traveled to Adams for a match with Southland on Thursday, Sept. 20, for another sweep with scores of 25-12, 25-21 and 25-18.
"We all thought we could have talked more at Southland but we had good effort," said Koepke. "Alecia Fruechte had 10 ace serves for the Kingsland and Southland matches which is excellent. Megan led us with 11 kills and led in blocks with 3."
Statistics: Cassie Gran had 25 set assists, 4 kills, 7 digs, and was 7 for 8 serving; Megan King 11 kills, 9 digs, 3 blocks, 3 ace serves, and was 16 or 16 serving; Aly Meyer 6 kills, 1 dig, 1 ace serve, and was 8 for 10 serving; Libby Augedahl 5 kills, 13 digs, 2 set assists, and was 6 for 8 serving; Alecia Fruechte 4 kills, 6 digs, 6 ace serves, and was 22 or 23 serving; Laquita Becker 10 digs, and was 5 for 6 serving; Amber Sorenson 4 kills; Amber Ideker 1 kill, 1 dig, and was 1 for 1 serving.
Decorah Tournament
The Warriors competed in the Decorah tournament on Saturday, Sept. 22 and powered their way through pool play without a loss to become the top seed for the finals.
Scores in pool play were:
South Winneshiek, 2-0: 21-13, 21-13
Decorah, 2-0: 21-17, 21-18
Postville, 2-0: 21-15, 21-15
Clayton Ridge, 2-0: 21-18, 21-11
In the playoffs Caledonia went 1-1 with Mabel Canton, 22-25 and 25-18. Against Wapsie Valley they were 0-2, 19-25 and 24-26.
"The girls got through pool play and had the #1 seed for the tournament which was right where we wanted to be," said Koepke. "Mabel-Canton is ranked 8th in Minnesota class A and Wapsie Valley is the #1 ranked team in Iowa class A so we knew it was going to be a lot of fun.
"The girls came back against MC very strong in the second game. We served very well and played excellent defense. They are a very scrappy team and Kaitlyn Horihan is one of the best middles in the state.
"We then played Wapsie Valley next and we competed very well. We actually had a 23-22 lead and they made a couple of great swings. Their setter was one of the best setters Iíve coached against and the best setter we will probably see this year. I was very proud of the way we adjusted to her attacking and started to pick up her attacks.
"The girls again played very hard and really competed, but just came up a bit short. We hit .179 in the tournament which is not a bad number considering the defense we were up against. It was great competition that will help us as our season continues."
Koepke said that actually itís difficult to say exactly where the team placed in a tournament such as this. "We are only allowed to play 12 games per tournament so we werenít able to play two out of three. Top three is a good finish."
"Cassie Gran led us in the tournament with 11 aces, Alecia had 10."
Statistics for both pool play and playoffs: Cassie Gran had 59 set assists, 19 kills, 17 digs, 11 aces and was 48 for 53 serving; Alecia Fruechte 27 kills, 19 digs, 3 blocks, 2 set assists, 9 ace serves and was 53 for 59 serving; Megan King 27 kills, 30 digs, 3 blocks, 4 aces and was 45 for 49 serving; Libby Augedahl 19 kills, 10 digs, 3 blocks, 3 set assists, and was 6 for 7 serving; Amber Ideker 11 kills, 18 digs and 1 block; Amber Sorenson 13 kills, 5 digs and 5 blocks; Lindsey Gran 6 digs, 1 set assist, 1 ace, and was 30 for 34 serving; Jenna Schmitz 1 ace and was 20 for 21 serving, Aly Meyer 2 kills, 6 digs, 5 aces and was 24 for 33 serving.
Next: Caledonia is home this week against St. Charles on Tuesday, Sept. 25 and Plainview-Elgin-Millville on Thursday, Sept. 27. They travel to Chatfield Tuesday, Oct. 2.
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