Optimists All Star Volleyball

Optimists All Star Volleyball

Postby yosports » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:32 pm

Has anyone seen a list for this year?
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Re: Optimists All Star Volleyball

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Sun May 01, 2011 7:03 am

not yet...should be soon though
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Re: Optimists All Star Volleyball

Postby yosports » Thu May 05, 2011 9:36 pm

The Basketball All Star teams were already listed a week or so ago. Why would the VB one come out after that? Vb matches are played in June and BB in July. hmmmmm....
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Re: Optimists All Star Volleyball

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Thu May 05, 2011 9:37 pm

Idk...but I haven't seen them yet.
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Re: Optimists All Star Volleyball

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:20 pm

Class A and B All-Star Volleyball Series
June 20 (Fargo Shanley), June 21 (Bismarck Century)

East Roster

Emily Asche, Grand Forks Red River; Hillary Rotunda, Fargo Shanley; Jill Gustafson, West Fargo; Kaitlyn Carlson, Fargo Shanley; Mandy Christian, Grand Forks Red River; Raquel Wellentin, Fargo South; Britney Held, North Star; Moriah Skroch, Lidgerwood; Mikkaela Toenies, Hillsboro; Sydney Larson, Park River; Sheyenne Schneider, Harvey; Paula Nagel, Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock.

Coaches: Carolyn Olson, Grand Forks Red River; Rich Olson, Langdon.

West Roster

Erin Haugen, Bismarck; Jess Herauf, Dickinson; Josette Glatt, Bismarck; Kara Froelich, Dickinson; Niki Schmitz, Jamestown; Tessa Neameyer, Bismarck Century; Alix Pearson, Hettinger; Dani Bates, Watford City; Marti Quale, Watford City; Mataya Grigsby, Minot Our Redeemer’s; Payton Borud, Hazen; Stephanie Quintus, Killdeer.
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Re: Optimists All Star Volleyball

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:33 pm

FARGO - Fargo Shanley's Kaitlyn Carlson wasn't going to let her last chance to play on her home court go to waste.

Carlson and the East powered their way to a 23-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-22 win over the West in the North Dakota Optimist Club's All-Star volleyball match Tuesday at Shanley High School.

"It was great getting to play one last time," Carlson said. "It wasn't about doing good or bad, it was about coming back to my home gym."

Hillary Rotunda, Carlson's teammate at Shanley, collected the game-clinching kill. Rotunda hit the ball with her back to the net. The West All-Stars could not reach it in time and sent it sailing out of bounds, sealing the win for the East All-Stars.

Rotunda had 11 kills and three blocks while Carlson chipped in nine kills and four blocks.

Both teams played a tight fourth set, trading the lead five times. With the score tied 21-21, the East took control. Emily Asche of Grand Forks Red River served the ball and it rolled over the top of the net to give the East a 22-21 lead, one it never relinquished.

Asche was named the most valuable player of the match. She finished with a team-high 15 kills and seven blocks. Asche was humbled to take home the award in a match filled with the state's top players.

"Out of all the great players here, anyone could have gotten the award," Asche said. "I'm honored."

The teams will play again today at 7 p.m. at Century High School.

Dickinson's Jess Herauf led the West All-Stars with 17 kills and two blocks. Though Herauf thinks her team performed well on Monday, she expects to see the West All-Stars elevate their play to the highest level while on their home court tonight.

"The East is a great team and they were jacked up to be in their own house," Herauf said. "We're excited to play in the West at our home court. I think we'll all be ready for it."

Herauf led the West to the win in the first set with stellar play at the net. Herauf recorded the final point of the set with a kill that hit the edge of the court.

There was some confusion whether the ball was inbounds or not, but the officials ruled in favor of the West.

Niki Schmitz of Jamestown recorded nine kills and two blocks for the West All-Stars.

Though the West took the early lead, Carlson knew her team couldn't get down on itself.

"Because we're all seniors, we know from experience that the first game lets us get our jitters out," Carlson said. "We can always come back the second game."

Asche said losing the first set gave the East All-Stars the opportunity to figure out their opponent, an important part of winning the next three sets.

"We needed to pick ourselves up," Asche said. "We came together as a team."

East libero Paula Nagel of Linton led all players with 18 digs. For the West, Tessa Neameyer of Century collected 10 digs.

EAST (kill-blocks-aces): Asche 15-7-1, Rotunda 11-3-0, Gustafson 3-1-0, Carlson 9-4-0, Christian 1-0-1 (21 assists), Wellentin 7-2-0, Held 0-0-1, Toenies 3-1-1, Skroch 4-1-0, Nagel 0-0-0 (18 digs), Schneider 0-0-0, Larson 9-1-0.

WEST (kills-blocks-aces): Haugen 1-0-0 (18 assists), Herauf 17-2-0, Glatt 6-1-2, Froelich 0-0-1, Schmitz 9-2-0, Neameyer 0-0-0 (10 digs), Pearson 4-0-0, Bates 2-0-1, Quale 0-0-0, Grigsby 1-1-0, Borud 2-0-0, Quintus 0-0-1.
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Re: Optimists All Star Volleyball

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:38 am

The East volleyball all-stars showed just how resilient they are.

The East found a way to stage a come-from-behind rally in Game 3 after digging a big hole. That game result helped the East produce a 25-21, 22-25, 25-23, 25-19 match victory over the West all-stars in the second match of the Optimist series on Tuesday night at Century's Linette Olson gym.

Team East picked up a 3-1 victory in Fargo on Monday night in the series' first match.

"This is awesome," said Grand Forks Red River middle hitter Emily Asche, who plans to play volleyball at the University of North Dakota this fall. "The West is a good team, and we beat them twice."

The East won a fifth game, which was played just for fun, 15-6. Match stats were compiled through five sets.

The East faced a tough challenge in Game 3, after dropping the second set.

The East trailed 11-2, and the West appeared to be in control. The East rattled off a quick 5-0 run spearheaded by two kills from Asche and an ace from Hillary Rotonda of Fargo Shanley. That narrowed the deficit to 12-7.

The East benefitted from another rally, this one 7-0 with kills from Sydney Larson of Park River, Jill Gustafson of West Fargo, and Mikkaela Toenies of Hillsboro. Another kill from Gustafson knotted the score at 18.

The East closed the set with a 4-0 run, taking advantage of two hitting errors and two kills from Gustafson.

Winning that third game was an important part of the East being able to close the match.

"Our coaches said just move your feet and have fun," Asche said. "We were kind of down on ourselves from the second game.

"I thought for sure that we wouldn't be able to come back. We've all been in so many games before that we were able to come back. The third game was key because that probably would have meant a fifth game, and a fifth game is so nerve racking."

Dickinson hitter Jess Herauf said the West just lost its focus during that key stretch.

"We just stopped talking," said Herauf, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter. "Once they started going on a roll, they snowballed off of that. We just didn't respond as well as we should have.

"If you're selected in this, everybody has skills. If you keep your intensity up, that's the team that's going to win it."

West libero Tessa Neameyer was named the game's MVP. The Century senior finished the match with 27 digs for a new series record.

Herauf paced the West with 14 kills and Niki Schmitz of Jamestown added 12. Josette Glatt of Bismarck led with four blocks and added six kills.

Bismarck setter Erin Haugen led the West with 15 assists.

Herauf said it would have been nice for the West to take at least one match from the East, but getting swept in the series didn't take away from the enjoyment.

"This is the most fun I've ever had playing on a team," Herauf said. "It's funny because you think everybody in the state is a rival and you'll never get along with them. I'm leaving with 11 best friends. It stunk that we didn't win, but we had so much fun it was worth it."

Raquel Wellentin of Fargo South and Jill Gustafson of West Fargo put down 13 kills apiece to lead the East. Asche added 12 and Rotonda 11.

Mandy Christian of Red River totaled 20 assists and Paula Nagel of Linton-HMB led with 20 digs

East 25 22 25 25

West 21 25 23 19

EAST: Kills - Jill Gustafson 13, Raquel Wellentin 13, Emily Asche 12, Hillary Rotonda 11. Blocks - Rotonda 2, Asche 1, Raquel Wellentin 1, Sheyenne Schneider 1. Assists - Mandy Christian 20, Brittney Held 13. Digs - Paula Nagel 20, Sydney Larson 16, Schneider 13. Aces - Gustafson 2, Rotonda 1, Christian 1, Held 1, Nagel 1, Schneider 1, Larson 1.

WEST: Kills - Jess Herauf 14, Niki Schmitz 12, Josette Glatt 6. Blocks - Glatt 4, Herauf 2. Assists - Erin Haugen 15, Kara Froelich 11. Marti Quale 10. Digs - Tessa Neameyer 27, Haugen 12, Marti Quale 12. Aces - Mataya Grigsby 2, Froelich 1.
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