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Notes from Coach Carmen, KHS Volleyball 2007
Bears Volleyball Places 4th at Regions
Middle Hitter Alysa Horn was voted to the All Region First Team; Outside Hitter Linzee Burcham was voted to the All Region Second Team. Outside Hitter Jessie Keplinger received the All Region Good Sport Award.
Bears Tournament Highlights:
Thursday – Kodiak beats Homer – Game Scores: 27-25; 22-25; 25-22; 20-25; 15-12
Bear Netters Break Into Second Round
The Kodiak Bears volleyball team broke their first round curse by beating 2nd seed from the south, Homer in an exciting 5 game match, Thursday afternoon. The Bears, coming off of split weekend with the Mariners team, battled their way to a 27-25, 22-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-12 victory in the opening round of the Northern Lights Conference tournament being held in Palmer, AK this weekend. While inconsistent at times, the team continued to dig their way through the matches with the support of large contingent of Kodiak fans made up of family members and part of the Kodiak Wrestling team in attendance. While not their best play, it was good enough to advance them into the second round of the playoffs against northern conference opponents, Colony, in the 5:00pm semi-final match on Friday. Colony has beaten Kodiak twice this year, however, regions brings a new opportunity for anything to happen.
Alyssa Horn was selected player of the Kodiak - Homer match by the Palmer tournament staff.
Stats for the game:
Kills: A. Horn - 11, ME. Sebago - 8, I. Burch - 6
Digs: A. Horn - 25; I. Erlanger - 24, I. Garner - 20
Assists: I. Horn - 17; OR. Norton - 11
Blocks (combined solo and assisted) - A. Horn - 9; ME. Sebago - 3
Service Aces: BE. Jones & I. Garner: 3; NO. Peacock & I. Horn - 2
Coaches Comments: Not the prettiest game we've played, but it was a gusty performance because we started 4 points down in game 5. Some great directional service from Rachel Norton was able to slow the Homer attack down enough for us to regain our footing. We squandered a couple of leads in games 2 and 4, games which we ended up loosing, but in the end we scored points when it counted.
Friday - Kodiak loss to Colony
The Bears volleyball team dropped into the consolation bracket of the Northern Lights Conference Tournament following a 4 game loss to the Colony Knights. Game scores: 16-25, 20-25, 27-25, 17-25. The Bears team battled hard and challenged the Knights in most elements of their game, making some fantastic defensive plays, eventually taking a game from their northern opponents, but in the end the Knights overpowered the Bears squad. COACH COMMENTS: Great battle for the Bears team. I received many comments from Colony fans after the match about the scrappy play of the squad, and how well they hustled after every ball. The team really wanted to prove themselves against the top ranked squad and they rattled the Knights several times throughout the match into making errors they don't normally make.
Stats:
Kills: A. Horn – 11; J. Keplinger – 10; M. Sabado – 8
Assists: E. Horn – 21; R. Norton – 13
Blocks: A. Horn – 4
Service Aces: E. Garner – 2
Digs: A. Horn – 26; E. Garner – 26; E. Horn – 19; J. Keplinger – 19
Kodiak Player of the Game: Jessie Keplinger
Saturday – 8:30am Kodiak Win Against Soldotna
After falling behind 2 games in the match, the Bears team played inspired volleyball, coming from behind and taking the next 3 games to take the emotional win and advance to the 3rd place game. The Kodiak squad had a 6:00 a.m. wake up call in order to prepare for the 8:30 a.m. match against SoHi. Game scores: 19-25; 23-25; 25-22; 25-19; 16-14. COACH COMMENTS: Simply the best come back I've seen Kodiak volleyball pull off in my years of coaching. The team kept digging and digging, coming from behind several times and never gave up. I could not have been more proud of the squad.
Stats:
Kills: L. Burcham – 14; M. Sabado – 10; E. Garner – 8
Assists: R. Norton – 21; E. Horn – 19
Blocks: M. Sabado & A. Horn – 4
Service Aces: E. Horn – 6
Digs: A. Horn – 32; E. Garner – 28; M. Sabado – 26
Kodiak Player of the Game: Erika Horn
Saturday: 3:00 p.m. – Kodiak loss to Wasilla
The Kodiak squad's quest for a bid to the state tournament ended following a 3 game loss to Wasilla. Game scores: 17-25; 16-25; 17-25. COACH COMMENTS: In the end, the 2 previous, hard fought games against Colony and SoHi seemed to sap the strength from the squad for their match against Wasilla. As desperately as they wanted the birth to state, they couldn't muster the attack needed to breech the tall front row of the much-improved Warriors squad. The Warriors moved the ball around, using all of their attackers, penetrating the Bears defense. We simply couldn't get our defense to adjust adequately to their attack.
Stats:
Kills: M. Sabado – 7; A. Horn – 4
Assists: R. Norton – 10
Blocks: A. Horn & A. Jones – 1
Service Aces: N. Leacock – 2
Digs: A. Horn – 15; R. Norton - 14
Kodiak Player of the Game: Maureen Sabado
Weekend Nets Mixed Results, October 18-20
We dropped 2 matches to Colony over the weekend, although we did manage to take a couple of games from them. The girls played better on Saturday, than on Friday night, after we had a chance to walk through defensive changes that needed to be made. Colony's middle hitter Hannah Curtis received the majority of the sets and was swift in putting the ball away. We tried just about everything in our arsenal defensively to stop her, but it wasn't until late in Saturday's match that we may have hit on a combination.
Scores and stats:
Friday 18-25; 16-25;-22; 7 - 25
Statistics
Kills: A. Horn - 8; I. Burcham and M. Sabado - 6
Assists: R. Norton - 10; E. Horn - 8
Digs: J. Keplinger - 16
Aces: J. Keplinger - 3
Blocks: A. Horn - 3
Saturday: 26-24; 10-25; 21-25; 17-25
Kills: M. Sabado - 10; L. Burcham - 9, A. Horn - 8
Assists: E. Horn and R. Norton - 10
Digs: J. Keplinger - 20; B. Jones - 11
Blocks: M. Sabado - 4
Kodiak Bears' Volleyball defeats Grace Christian Friday
Stats for the match:
Kills: A. Horn – 13; L. Burcham – 10
Assists: R. Norton – 22; E. Horn – 7
Digs: A. Horn – 25; R. Norton – 16; J. Keplinger – 14
Blocks: M. Sabado – 3; A. Horn, L. Burcham both with 2.
Service Aces: J. Kepinger, E. Horn both with 4.
The Bears “C” team and JV squads we also successful against Grace Christian; The “C” team won their match in 2 games 25-20, 25-19. The JV won their match in 3 games 25-21, 16-25, and 15-4. The Bears press forward with their last regular season road trip with matches tomorrow and Saturday with northern division opponent, Colony. Both games against the north opponent will count in the region standings.
Coach's comment(s):
Great job overall by all three squads. All three groups played consistently and continue to show improvement.
The Varsity squad focused on starting strong for the Grace match was successful in reaching that goal. They struck the ball very well, made good adjustments on defense, and used their serve in attempts to control the Grizzly offense. Except for a slight lull in game 2, they played very consistently.
Bears V-Ballers split on the Peninsula
Stats:
Kills: M. Sabado – 8; A. Horn, E. Garner, L. Burcham – 5
Total Blocks: M. Sabado – 4; A. Horn – 3.
Service Aces: M. Sabado – 2; E. Horn 1.
Assists: E. Horn – 13; R. Norton – 12
Digs: J. Keplinger – 23; A. Horn – 18
On Saturday, the Bears had an early wake up call against the Kenai Kardinals as the varsity match kicked off at 11:30 a.m. Facing a season of slow starts on Saturday’s, the Bears kicked into gear early and never looked back, winning the match 3 – 0. After a tough match against SoHi Friday night, the Bears defense found new life working hard to keep the ball off the floor on their side of the court as the offense worked on new plays installed during the week before.
Stats:
Kills: A. Horn – 7; R. Norton, J. Keplinger – 4; L. Burcham, E. Garner – 3
Total Blocks: 4 players with one each – Norton, A. Jones, Sabado, A. Horn
Aces: M. Sabado – 2
Assists: R. Norton – 10
Digs: A. Horn – 14; M. Sabado – 13
The Bears Varsity squad pushes through the 5th week of their 6-week road trip with a weekend series against Bethel.
Bears Volleyball Battles Hard in
West Spike-tacular 9-29-07
After a enjoying a weekend off, the Bears Volleyball team continued on the 3rd weekend of its 6-week road trip traveling to West Anchorage to participate in the high powered West Spike-tacular. The 14-team invitational tournament included most of the Anchorage schools and schools from the Mat-Su Valley. Despite a hard fought effort throughout the 12 games played on the first day of round robin pool play, the Bears ended the day at 3-9, seeding sixth in their pool. Teams within the Bears pool included Service, Dimond, Lathrop, Eagle River, Colony, and West.
The Bears started the second day of double elimination tournament play with a loss to Valdez 27-25, 11-25, 12-15, dropping the team into the loser bracket. Battling back in typical Bear fashion, the team staved off elimination by defeating Bartlett 25-23, 22-25, 16-14 advancing in the loser’s bracket to face Grace Christian. The advantage of 13 service aces within the match however was not enough as the Bears fell to Grace 26-24, 19-25, 10-15 ending their tournament.
Given the early exit from the tournament, the Bears coaching staff was able implement multiple line-ups in the 21 games played, using all those who traveled with the team. While struggling at times, the group quickly adapted to the changes which provided valuable court time at the varsity level for some junior varsity players as the squad heads into the second half of the season. Bears middle hitter Maureen Sabado was selected as first team all- tournament behind her 33 service aces and 29 kills. Palmer won the tournament, defeating defending state champion South Anchorage.
Bear stat leaders for the tournament included:
Kills: Linzee Burcham - 35; Maureen Sabado- 29; Emily Garner & Jessie Keplinger- 22.
Digs: Jessie Keplinger - 67; Maureen Sabado - 64; Emily Garner - 50
Assists: Addie Jones - 56; Erika Horn -47
Blocks: Marueen Sabado - 17; Erika Horn - 6, Addie Jones - 5; Mara Yatsik - 4.
Service Aces: Maureen Sabado- 33; Erika Horn - 20
The Bears keep their bags packed as they head to the peninsula for 2 important region matches against Kenai and SoHi, Friday and Saturday.
September 14-15 Bears finish 2nd at Valdez Invitational
The KHS Volleyball finished in second place at the 10-team Valdez Invitational Volleyball tournament this past weekend, losing to Cordova in an exciting Gold Pool Championship game 22-25, 25-27.
During the first round of pool play, all teams played each other one game to 25 points, The Bears finished the first round of pool play with a record of 7-2. The Bears bested Glennallen, West Valley, ACS, Grace Christian, Delta, West Anchorage, and Houston, while losing to Cordova (18-25) and host team Valdez, in a close game, 25-27. The Bears team showed great consistency through the first round robin play, as the offense put the ball to the floor and the defense dug opposition attacks.
With their 7-2 round robin record, the Bears were seeded second in the Gold Pool (top 5 teams from previous pool play) and began their drive to the championship game. In their opening game of Gold Pool play the Bears team once again faced Valdez. This time the Bears dominated the Bucs, winning the game 25-14. The Bears carried the momentum into the second game, beating ACS 25-20. In the third game, the Bears faced Cordova, also hoping to revenge an earlier defeat. The game was close throughout, with both teams pounding the ball to the floor, however the Bears fell short 23-25. Undaunted, the Bears quickly got back on the winning track beating West Valley 25-19, finishing Gold Pool play with a 3-1 record (second place) and claiming a spot in the Championship match against undefeated and defending state 3A champions, Cordova. (Championship match was best 2 out of 3 games)
As with the previous games played against Cordova, the score seesawed back and forth until the very end when the Bears lost the first game 22-25 against some very tough serving by Cordova. The Bears quickly, fell behind 6 points in the second game, but came battling back to tie the game, 21-21 behind strong blocking by Maureen Sabado and Alysa Horn and the consistent attack of outside hitters including Burcham, Garner and Keplinger, setup by setters Norton and Horn. Once again the teams exchanged volleys and blocks, however Cordova's powerful outside hitting attack was able to put the ball away to win the game and the championship, 25-27.
As a testament to their excellent and consistent play, the Bears placed 3 members on the All Tournament Gold Pool squad. Middle Hitters Maureen Sabado and Alysa Horn were selected along with outside hitter, Linzee Burcham. All 3 were selected by opposing coaches for their powerful, consistent offense and strong blocking at the net.
Stats leaders for the tournament (all games included):
Kills: M. Sabado - 43; A. Horn - 39; L. Burcham - 28; E. Garner - 21
Blocks Solo: A. Horn - 22; M. Sabado - 16
Assists: R. Norton - 59; E. Horn 45
Digs: A. Horn - 73; M. Sabado - 53, R. Norton - 37
Service Aces: M. Sabado - 8; R. Norton & E. Garner - 6
The Bears' volleyball team will be enjoying an off weekend before resuming their tough road schedule at the West Spike-tacular Tournament, Sept 28- 29.
September 7-8: Bears Volleyball finishes weekend 2-1
Following a win at ASC, Kodiak rolled into Palmer for 2 important region matches:
Friday vs. Palmer: Kodiak win: 3-1.
Following a first game loss (20-25), the Bears fought back to take the next 3 games (25-20; 25-19; 25-23) taking the match on Palmer's home court. The Bears' defense recorded 126 digs, while the offense put the ball to the floor with a team total 35 kills. Strong serving assisted helped the team as Maureen Sabado recorded 7 service aces. Stat leaders included:
Kills: Alysa Horn - 12; Maureen Sabado - 11
Digs: Maureen Sabado - 30; Erika Horn - 22
Assists: Erika Horn and Rachel Norton - 11
Service Aces: Maureen Sabado - 7
Blocks: Alysa Horn - 2
Saturday vs. Palmer: Kodiak loss 0-3.
Despite a great defensive effort and a hard fought match, the Bear still remain winless on Saturdays following a 3 game sweep by Palmer in the second of 2 region counting matches. The Bears team swung hard, providing 120 attack attempts. However, only 19 of those attempts found their way to the floor on the Palmer side of court. Game scores: 22-25, 18-25, 20-25. Stat leaders included:
Kills: Alysa Horn - 5; Linzee Burcham - 4
Digs: Alysa Horn - 16; Erika Horn - 13
Assists: Rachel Norton - 8
Service Aces: Maureen Sabado - 1; 4 other Bears with 1
Blocks: Alysa Horn - 2
August 31-September 1: The Kodiak High School Volleyball team finished the first day of a 3-day road trip in perfect fashion. The Kodiak High "C" Team, JV, and Varsity swept matches against a scrappy Anchorage Christian School Volleyball Team.
The "C" team won 25-13, 25-14 behind some tough serving by all of the members of the squad. While starting slow, the JV squad roared back in the nick of time to win the first game of their match 25-23 and took control in the second, winning by the score of 25-14. The JV squad spread the offense over the floor, as the attackers combined for 17 kills over 2 games. The KHS JV squad also found their groove in the serving department. The squad combined for 17 service aces. Shelby Pruitt led the squad with 5 aces.
In the night cap, the KHS Varsity squad ran into a powerful hitting combination on the ACS squad. The varsity team fell behind as many as 6 points in the first match before establishing an attack of their own, finding the seams in the ACS defense. The squad fought back winning the first game 26-24. The varsity squad rolled through the second game of the match, 25-18, and settled comfortably into the third game leading 19-12. However, ACS adjusted their attack and fought back, eventually tying the game at 22-22. With aggressive offense and strong serving provided by Britta Jones and Nina Leacock. Kodiak closed out the game 25-23, winning the match 3-0.
Stat leaders for varsity Bears included:
Kills: Alysa Horn 14, Maureen Sabado 5, Linzee Burcham 4
Assists: Rachel Norton 7
Digs: (3 players tied with 11) Rachel Norton, Maureen Sabado, Alysa Horn
Aces: Maureen Sabado 4
Blocks: Alysa Horn 5; 6 other players assisting with 6 blocks
With a contingent of fans (from the island and graduated students in Anchorage) in support, the Bears head to Palmer for two important region matches on Friday and Saturday before heading home.