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  Girls Volleyball Class A State Final Results 2002-03 

 Red Bud d. Breese (Mater Dei), 6-15, 15-13, 17-15

 Play-By-Play
2002IHSA Girls Volleyball State Tournament
Redbird Arena
Illinois State University, Normal
November 15-16, 2002


Red Bud “Musketeers”
(24-16)
Coach Sandra Griffin
28th yr., 593-290-5
Breese (Mater Dei) “Knights”
(27-12-1)
Coach Fred Rakers
27th yr., 777-137-4

Referee: Dan Oltman Umpire: Terri Narantic

Game 1
RB-MD -- RB-MD

Amanda Poe : net violation on Mater Dei for pt. -- 1-0
Amanda Poe : Kelly Niemeyer kill is out for pt. -- 2-0
Amanda Poe : Tara DeMage can’t keep the ball in play for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Kelly Niemeyer hits into the net for sideout
Nikki Melching : Tara DeMage kill is out for sideout
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage kills for sideout
Charlotte Clark : net serve
-- Kelly Niemeyer : serves out of bounds
Tara DeMage : Katrina Niemeyer hits it out for pt. -- 3-0
Tara DeMage : Ellen Bruegge kills for sideout
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Ellen Bruegge kills for pt. -- 3-1
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Ellen Bruegge can’t get through the block for sideout
Kelley Liefer : Amelia Schaffner tips it over for pt. -- 4-1
Kelley Liefer : Kelly Niemeyer can’t get the ball inbounds for pt. -- 5-1
Kelley Liefer : Katie Grapperhaus kills down the middle for sideout
-- Rachael Hegger : Amanda Rickhoff is blocked out of bounds for pt. -- 5-2
-- Rachael Hegger : Ellen Bruegge blocks it out of bounds for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : Ellen Bruegge tips it over for sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : Amanda Poe kills for sideout
Amanda Poe : Red Bud hits out for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : touched as it goes out for pt. -- 5-3
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Tara DeMage kills for sideout
Nikki Melching : serves long
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage kill is out for pt. -- 5-4
-- Christa Eversgerd : sideout
Charlotte Clark : Tara DeMage kill is out
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Tara DeMage kill is out for pt. -- 5-5
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Nikki Melching can’t get the dig for pt. -- 5-6
-- Kelly Niemeyer : net violation on Kelly Niemeyer for sideout
Tara DeMage : Kelley Liefer hits it out for sideout
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Katie Grapperhaus hits long for sideout
Kelley Liefer : net violation on Nikki Melching for sideout
-- Sarah Beer : Amanda Rickhoff kills down the middle for pt. -- 5-7
-- Sarah Beer : net violation on Mater Dei for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : Ellen Bruegge kills for sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : net serve
Amanda Poe : Kelly Niemeyer kills inside the back corner for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : net serve
Nikki Melching : illegal hit on Annie Grohmann for sideout
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage kill is long for pt. -- 5-8
-- Christa Eversgerd : Serve is out
Charlotte Clark : serves long
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Ellen Bruegge kills into the middle for pt. -- 5-9
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Ellen Bruegge kill is touched as it goes out for pt. -- 5-10
Timeout Red Bud
-- Kelly Niemeyer : net serve
Tara DeMage : net serve
-- Katie Grapperhaus : serves long
Kelley Liefer : Amanda Rickhoff tips it into the middle for sideout
-- Sarah Beer : regular pt. -- 5-11
-- Sarah Beer : Amanda Rickhoff crosscourt kill for pt. -- 5-12
-- Sarah Beer : Amanda Poe gets through the block for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : net violation on Mater Dei for pt. -- 6-12
Amelia Schaffner : Ellen Bruegge kill is touched as it goes out for sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : Kelly Niemeyer and Rachael Hegger block for pt. -- 6-13
-- Ellen Bruegge : Amanda Rickhoff kills for pt. -- 6-14
Timeout Red Bud
-- Ellen Bruegge : Annie Grohmann hits it out for game pt. -- 6-15

Game 2
RB-MD -- RB-MD

-- Ellen Bruegge : Kelley Liefer can’t return the serve for pt. -- 0-1
-- Ellen Bruegge : sideout
Nikki Melching : Ellen Bruegge can’t dig it out for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : sideout
Charlotte Clark : Amelia Schaffner hits it out for sideout
-- Christa Eversgerd : Amelia Schaffner kills for sideout
Tara DeMage : Amanda Poe kills for pt. -- 1-1
Tara DeMage : regular pt. -- 2-1
Tara DeMage : Amanda Poe crosscourt kill for pt. -- 3-1
Tara DeMage: Sarah Beer kills along the sideline for sideout
-- Kelly Niemeyer : net serve
Kelley Liefer : Kelley Liefer can’t keep it in bounds for sideout
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Amelia Schaffner kill is touched as it goes out for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : Amanda Rickhoff kills into the middle for sideout
-- Sarah Beer : Ellen Bruegge kills for pt. -- 3-2
-- Sarah Beer : Annie Grohmann gets through the block for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : Tara DeMage gets through the block for pt. -- 4-2
Amelia Schaffner : Rachael Hegger hits into the net for pt. -- 5-2
Amelia Schaffner : Nikki Melching hits into the net for sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : illegal hit on Red B ud for pt. -- 5-3
-- Ellen Bruegge : Kelly Niemeyer tips it over for pt. -- 5-4
-- Ellen Bruegge : Annie Grohmann kills for sideout
Nikki Melching : Amanda Rickhoff hits into the net for pt. -- 6-4
Nikki Melching : Kelly Niemeyer kills for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Tara DeMage kills along the backline for sideout
Charlotte Clark : Katrina Niemeyer kills into the middle for sideout
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage hits into the net for pt. -- 6-5
-- Christa Eversgerd : Kelly Niemeyer kills inside the backline for pt. -- 6-6
-- Christa Eversgerd : Red Bud hits it out for pt. -- 6-7
-- Christa Eversgerd : ace serve -- 6-8
-- Christa Eversgerd : Amanda Rickhoff can’t keep the ball inbounds for sideout
Tara DeMage : Tara DeMage kills for pt. -- 7-8
Tara DeMage : Tara DeMage crosscourt kill into the back corner for pt. -- 8-8
Tara DeMage : Kelly Niemeyer kill is touched as it goes out for sideout
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Amelia Schaffner kills for sideout
Kelley Liefer : Tara DeMage hits it out for sideout
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Amelia Schaffner kill is long for pt. -- 8-9
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Amanda Rickhoff kills for pt. -- 8-10
Timeout Red Bud
-- Katie Grapperhaus : serves long
Amelia Schaffner : Amanda Rickhoff kills for sideout
-- Sarah Beer : Amanda Rickhoff tips it over for pt. -- 8-11
-- Sarah Beer : Nikki Melching kills for sideout
Amanda Poe : sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : illegal hit on serve return for pt. -- 8-12
-- Ellen Bruegge : Kelly Niemeyer kill is long for sideout
Nikki Melching : regular pt. -- 9-12
Nikki Melching : Ellen Bruegge hits it out for pt. -- 10-12
Nikki Melching : four hits for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Katrina Niemeyer gets through the double block for pt. -- 10-13
Timeout Red Bud
-- Amanda Rickhoff : sideout
Charlotte Clark : Katrina Niemeyer kills for sideout
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage kills inside the back corner for sideout
Tara DeMage : Amelia Schaffner tips it over for pt. -- 11-13
Tara DeMage : Sarah Beer kills for sideout
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Amanda Poe finds an opening down the side for sideout
Kelley Liefer : Amanda Poe kills for pt. -- 12-13
Kelley Liefer : ace serve in front of Kelly Niemeyer for pt. -- 13-13
-- Timeout Mater Dei
Kelley Liefer : Christa Eversgerd can’t dig it out for pt. -- 14-13
Kelley Liefer : Ellen Bruegge hits it out for pt. -- 15-13

Game 3
RB-MD -- RB-MD

Amanda Poe : sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Ellen Bruegge hits into the net for sideout
Nikki Melching : ace serve off of Ellen Bruegge for pt. -- 1-0
Nikki Melching : Tara DeMage tips into the middle for pt. -- 2-0
Nikki Melching : Tara DeMage kills for pt. -- 3-0
Nikki Melching : Kelly Niemeyer kills into the corner for sideout
-- Christa Eversgerd : Kelly Niemeyer hits out for sideout
Charlotte Clark : Tara DeMage gets through the block for pt. -- 4-0
Tara DeMage : Sarah Beer hits one off of Charlotte Clark for sideout
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Ellen Bruegge stops Tara DeMage for pt. -- 4-1
-- Kelly Niemeyer : net violation on Red Bud for pt. -- 4-2
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Ellen Bruegge crosscourt kill is out for sideout
Tara DeMage : Amanda Rickhoff can’t return the serve for an ace -- 5-2
Tara DeMage : ace serve in front of Amanda Rickhoff for pt. -- 6-2
Tara DeMage : Ellen Bruegge blasts one over for sideout
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Amanda Poe gets through the block for sideout
Kelley Liefer : Amanda Rickhoff is blocked out of bounds by Amelia Schaffner for sideout
-- Sarah Beer : Amanda Poe hits into the net for pt. -- 6-3
-- Sarah Beer : four hits on Mater Dei for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : Annie Grohmann tips it into the middle for pt. -- 7-3
Amelia Schaffner : Nikki Melching kills for pt. -- 8-3
-- Timeout Mater Dei
Amelia Schaffner : Ellen Bruegge gets through the block for sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : serves just inside the backline for ace -- 8-4
-- Ellen Bruegge : Amanda Poe kill is out for pt. -- 8-5
-- Ellen Bruegge : Amanda Poe kill is hit out by Ellen Bruegge for sideout
Amanda Poe : regular pt. -- 9-5
Amanda Poe : Ellen Bruegge kills for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Kelly Niemeyer kill is touched as it goes out -- 9-6
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Ellen Bruegge hits into the net for sideout
Nikki Melching : ace serve -- 10-6
Nikki Melching : net serve
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage kills down the sideline for sideout
Charlotte Clark : Katrina Niemeyer kills for sideout
-- Kelly Niemeyer : serves long
Tara DeMage : Amelia Schaffner mishandles the return for sideout
-- Katie Grapperhaus : serve is long
Kelley Liefer : Ellen Bruegge kill is out for pt. -- 11-6
Kelley Liefer : Nikki Melching hits into the net for sideout
-- Sarah Beer : Amelia Schaffner sends one over for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : net violation on Mater Dei for pt. -- 12-6
Amelia Schaffner : Ellen Bruegge crosscourt kill for sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : Annie Grohmann hits out for pt. -- 12-7
-- Ellen Bruegge : serves it out of bounds
Amanda Poe : Kelly Niemeyer down the sideline for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Nikki Melching hits it out for pt. -- 12-8
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Rachael Hegger tips it over for pt. -- 12-9
Timeout Red Bud
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Katrina Niemeyer gets through the block for pt. -- 12-10
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Tara DeMage kills for sideout
Nikki Melching : serves long
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage tips it over for sideout
Charlotte Clark : Kelly Niemeyer blasts one for sideout
-- Kelly Niemeyer : Amelia Schaffner tips one over for sideout
Tara DeMage ; Amanda Poe kill is touched as it goes out for pt. -- 13-10
Tara DeMage : Ellen Bruegge tips into the middle for sideout
-- Katie Grapperhaus : Amelia Schaffner kills into the corner for sideout
Kelley Liefer : Amelia Schaffner gets through the block for pt. -- 14-10
-- Timeout Mater Dei
Kelley Liefer : Ellen Bruegge blocks Amanda Poe for sideout
-- Sarah Beer : Amelia Schaffner blasts one off of Sarah Beer for sideout
Amelia Schaffner : Ellen Bruegge down the middle for sideout
-- Ellen Bruegge : Kelly Niemeyer kills for pt. -- 14-11
-- Ellen Bruegge : ace serve -- 14-12
Timeout Red Bud
-- Ellen Bruegge : net serve
Amanda Poe : Kelly Niemeyer blasts one past Amelia Schaffner for sideout
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Kelly Niemeyer kill is touched as it goes out for pt. -- 14-13
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Katrina Niemeyer kills along the backline for pt. -- 14-14
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Kelley Liefer can’t dig it out for pt. -- 14-15
Timeout Red Bud
-- Amanda Rickhoff : Kelly Niemeyer kill is long for sideout
Nikki Melching : Katrina Niemeyer hits into the net for pt. -- 15-15
Nikki Melching : Katrina Niemeyer kills for sideout
-- Christa Eversgerd : Tara DeMage kills for sideout
Charlotte Clark : Tara DeMage crosscourt kill for pt. -- 16-15
-- Timeout Mater Dei
Charlotte Clark : Amelia Schaffner kills for match pt. -- 17-15


SESSION 1 ATTENDANCE: 5964


 Box Score

                         
                              Volleyball Box Score
                        Illinois High School Association
           Breese (Mater Die) vs Red Bud (Nov 15, 2002 at Normal, IL)
                       
                        
                              
    Breese (Mater Die)     |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 10 BEER,Sarah..........  3|  5   3  21  .095| 27|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0
 11 NIEMEYER,Kelly......  3| 11   6  29  .172|  0|  0   5|  2| 11| 0  0  0|  0
 16 HEGGFER,Rachael.....  3|  0   2   4 -.500|  1|  0   0|  0|  2| 1  0  0|  0
 20 Rickhoff,Amanda.....  3| 11   4  24  .292|  0|  2   1|  3| 13| 0  0  0|  0
 21 NIEMEYER,Katrina....  3|  9   2  23  .304|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0
 22 BRUEGGE,Ellen.......  3| 13   5  33  .242|  0|  3   3|  1| 13| 0  2  0|  0
14 EVERSGERD,Christa...  3|  1   0   2  .500| 20|  2   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 15 GRAPPERHAUS,Katie...  3|  0   1   2 -.500|  0|  0   3|  1|  7| 0  0  0|  0
 24 VOSS,Whitney........  1|  0   0   1  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals..............  3| 50  23 139  .194| 48|  7  13|  7| 53| 1  4  0|  0
                              
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct         
   1  14  5  36  .250   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  16  7  46  .196   Breese (Mater Die).. 15 13 15  27-13-1
   3  20 11  57  .158   Red Bud.............  6 15 17  25-16
                              
    Red Bud                |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2  MELCHING,Nikki......  3|  3   4  14 -.071|  1|  1   3|  1| 13| 0  2  0|  0
 3  GROHMANN,Annie......  3|  1   4  10 -.300|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 1  1  0|  0
 6  POE,Amanda..........  3|  9   2  25  .280|  0|  0   0|  1|  7| 0  0  0|  0
 10 LIEFER,Kelley.......  3|  0   0   3  .000| 35|  2   0|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0
 13 DeMAGE,Tara.........  3| 15   6  40  .225|  0|  3   1|  2| 14| 0  0  0|  0
 15 SHIELDS,Kristen.....  3|  0   0   3  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
 7  CLARK,Charlotte.....  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  2|  8| 0  0  0|  0
 8  SCHAFFNER,Amelia....  3|  9   2  25  .280|  0|  1   0|  0|  6| 1  1  0|  0
 11 GIELOW,Amy..........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 12 DETERDING,Monica....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 14 STAYTON,Brooke......  2|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals..............  3| 38  19 122  .156| 36|  7   5|  6| 57| 2  4  0|  0
                              
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct         
   1   7  9  37 -.054   Site: Normal, IL (IHSA State Final)
   2  16  3  37  .351   Date: Nov 15, 2002   Attend:     Time:
   3  15  7  48  .167   Referees: Daniel Oltman, Barbara Maue
                       
                        
                              



 Notes & Quotes
2002 IHSA Girls Volleyball State Tournament
NOTES & QUOTES


WINNING COACH SANDRA GRIFFIN FROM RED BUD

“The game today was amazing. The girls never game up. I’m very, very proud of them. If you would have told me that this would happen to us at the beginning of the season with all of the injuries, I would have said it wouldn’t have been possible.” “If you give Mater Dei the slightest crack, they will pound it on you. I was very nervous at the end of the game, but I just didn’t want to over react in front of the girls.” “Amanda Schaffner is not as big as some of the girls, but she can get up and put it in front of their face. She has a lot of hops.” “I have never beaten Mater Dei in my entire career; it feels great to finally beat them.”

Tara DeMage, “We just tried to keep our cool and not go psychotic. We really wanted to do this for Coach Griffin.”




LOSING COACH FRED RAKERS FROM BREESE (MATER DEI)
“We dug ourselves a hole that we couldn’t get out of. We let them come back in the second game. We let them hang around to long, and the longer you let them hang around gives them a better chance to win. Red Bud played well to hang in there. They did a lot of great things today. This could have been Coach Griffin’s last game, but her girls played very hard for her to get the win. We were in position to win, but it wasn’t meant to be for today. The momentum didn’t go our way. This is more a momentum game than any other sport. You can ride the wave of momentum a long way in this game.”

Sarah Beer, “Our heads weren’t in the games today; we let them have it.”



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