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  Girls Volleyball Class A State Final Results 1997-98 

 Kansas d. Normal (University), 15-9, 2-15, 15-11

 Play-By-Play

Referee: Vicky DeMay, Princeton
Umpire: Barbara Maue, O'Fallon
Game 1
University-Kansas -- University-Kansas
-- Tanya Taber -Kansas four hits for sideout
Jenny Rohren - illegal hit for sideout
-- Sarah Ritchey - ace serve -- 0-1
-- Sarah Ritchey - Mandy Tucker and Heidi Kuethe block for sideout
Heidi Kuethe - Crystal Graham for sideout
-- Sarah Ritchey -regular pt. -- 0-2
-- Sarah Ritchey - side out
Erin O'Connor - Ogonna Nnamani kills for pt. -- 1-2
Erin O'Connor - sideout
-- Gretchen Bennett - Ogonna Nnamani kills in end of corner for sideout
Mandy Tucker - Ogonna Nnamani kills again down sideline for pt. -- 2-2
Mandy Tucker - Crystal Graham stuffs it for sideout
-- Crystal Graham - Amanda Webb hits out
Melissa Mericer - Melissa Mericer hits illegal hit out for sideout
-- Julie Washburn - net serve for side out
Jodi Naffziger - net serve for side out
-- Tanya Taber - Amy Nichols kills for a pt. -- 2-3
-- Tanya Taber - Heidi Kuethe kills for sideout
Jenny Rohren - ace serve -- 3-3
Jenny Rohren - Mandy Tucker blocks out of bounds for sideout
-- Sarah Ritchey - ace serve off a Erin O'Connor -- 3-4
-- Sarah Ritchey - ace serve just inside back corner for pt. -- 3-5
-- Sarah Ritchey - Heidi Kuethe gets into net for pt -- 3-6
(TIME OUT NORMAL UNIVERSITY)
-- Sarah Ritchey - out of bounds for side out
Heidi Kuethe - Crystal Graham kills for side out
-- Amy Nichols - regular pt. -- 3-7
-- Amy Nichols - Mandy Tucker out of bounds on return for pt -- 3-8
-- Amy Nichols - Melissa Mericer kills for sideout
Erin O'Connor - Julie Washburn gets through the block for side out
-- Gretchen Bennett - Julie Washburn kill is out of bounds for sideout
Mandy Tucker - Julie Washburn cross court kill for sideout
-- Crystal Graham - Julie Washburn net foul for sideout
Melissa Mericer - Heidi Kuethe kills for pt -- 4-8
Melissa Mericer - Julie Washburn just inside net line for sideout
University-Kansas -- University-Kansas
-- Julie Washburn - Heidi Kuethe down the middle for sideout
Jodi Naffziger - ace serve off of Crystal Graham for pt -- 5-8
Jodi Naffziger - ace serve for pt -- 6-8
-- (TIME OUT FOR KANSAS)
Jodi Naffziger - Gretchen Bennett net violation, net foul for pt -- 7-8
Jodi Naffziger - serves out of bounds for sideout
-- Tanya Taber - ace serve off of Melissa Mericer for pt -- 7-9
-- Tanya Taber - Erin O'Connor kills for sideout
Jenny Rohren - Heidi Kuethe kills for pt -- 8-9
Jenny Rohren - Heidi Kuethe blocks for pt. -- 9-9
Jenny Rohren - Amy Nichols kills for sideout
-- Sarah Ritchey - Jenny Rohren can't return for pt -- 9-10
-- Sarah Ritchey - ace serve for pt -- 9-11
-- Sarah Ritchey - Crystal Graham blasts past Melissa Mericer for pt -- 9-12
(TIMEOUT FOR NORMAL UNIVERSITY)
-- Sarah Ritchey - illegal alignment for pt -- 9-13
-- Sarah Ritchey - Amy Nichols dumps for pt -- 9-14
-- Sarah Ritchey - ace serve off of Wendy Roesch for game pt -- 9-15
Game 2
University-Kansas -- University-Kansas
Jodi Naffziger - Sarah Ritchey hits out for pt. -- 1-0
Jodi Naffziger - Heidi Kuethe blocks Amy Nichols for pt -- 2-0
Jodi Naffziger - Heidi Kuethe kills for pt. -- 3-0
Jodi Naffziger - Heidi Kuethe down the middle for pt -- 4-0
-- (TIME OUT FOR KANSAS)
Jodi Naffziger - Mandy Tucker kills out of bounds
-- Sarah Ritchey - Crystal Graham dumps for pt -- 4-1
-- Sarah Ritchey - Crystal Graham hits into net for sideout
Jenny Rohren - out of bounds for sideout
-- Amy Nichols - Mandy Tucker kills for sideout
Heidi Kuethe - Julie Washburn cross court kill for sideout
-- Gretchen Bennett - Mandy Tucker kills for sideout
Erin O'Connor - Ogonna Nnamani cross court kill for pt -- 5-1
Erin O'Connor - Crystal Graham kills for sideout
-- Crystal Graham - net serve for sideout
Mandy Tucker - Ogonna Nnamani down the middle for pt -- 6-1
Mandy Tucker - Ogonna Nnamani kills for pt -- 7-1
Mandy Tucker - Melissa Mericer gets through the block for pt -- 8-1
-- (TIME OUT KANSAS)
Mandy Tucker - Normal University net foul
-- Julie Washburn - Amy Nichols kills for pt -- 8-2
-- Julie Washburn - illegal hit on Sarah Ritchey for sideout
Melissa Mericer - double hit on Sarah Ritchey for pt -- 9-2
Melissa Mericer - Ogonna Nnamani blocks for pt -- 10-2
Melissa Mericer - Heidi Kuethe hits it into the corner for pt -- 11-2
Melissa Mericer - Ogonna Nnamani into th emiddle for pt -- 12-2
Melissa Mericer - Amy Nichols kills for sideout
-- Tanya Taber - Ogonna Nnamani down middle for sideout
Jodi Naffziger - ace serve off of Sarah Ritchey for pt -- 13-2
Jodi Naffziger - Erin O'Connor cross court kill for pt -- 14-2
Jodi Naffziger - Amy Nichols kills for sideout
-- Sarah Ritchey - Gretchen Bennett illegal hit for sideout
Jenny Rohren - illegal hit on Kansas for game pt -- 15-2
Game 3
University-Kansas -- University-Kansas
-- Tanya Taber - Erin O'Connor drops one into middle for sideout
Jenny Rohren - Amy Nichols kills just inside back line for sideout
-- Sarah Ritchey - after a long volley, Tanya Taber mishandles the set for sideout
Heidi Kuethe - Mandy Tucker cross court kill for pt -- 1-0
Heidi Kuethe - Erin O'Connor blocks for a pt -- 2-0
Heidi Kuethe - Crystal Graham kills for sideout
-- Amy Nichols - Julie Washburn kills into the corner for pt -- 2-1
-- Amy Nichols - Crystal Graham gets past the block for pt -- 2-2
-- Amy Nichols - serves out of bounds for sideout
Erin O'Connor - Julie Washburn down the sideline for sideout
-- Gretchen Bennett - Crystal Graham down the sideline for pt -- 2-3
-- Gretchen Bennett - Mandy Tucker hits to back line for sideout
Mandy Tucker - Melissa Mericer kills into middle for pt -- 3-3
Mandy Tucker - Amanda Webb and Julie Washburn block out of bounds for pt -- 4-3
Mandy Tucker - Crystal Graham hits out for pt -- 5-3
Mandy Tucker - illegal hit for Heidi Kuethe for sideout
-- Crystal Graham - Ogonna Nnamani puts it away for sideout
Melissa Mericer - illegal alignment for Kansas -- 6-3
Melissa Mericer - Gretchen Bennett dumps one in the middle for sideout
-- Julie Washburn - Amy Nichols down the middle for pt -- 6-4
-- Julie Washburn - Heidi Kuethe blasts one off of Crystal Graham for sideout
Jodi Naffziger - Heidi Kuethe kills for pt -- 7-4
Jodi Naffziger - ace serve off of Sarah Ritchey for pt -- 8-4
-- (TIME OUT FOR KANSAS)
Jodi Naffziger - serves long for sideout
-- Tanya Taber - Amy Nichols is touched for pt -- 8-5
-- Tanya Taber - Amy Nichols kill along the back line for pt -- 8-6
-- Tanya Taber - Julie Washburn hits it out of bounds for sideout
Jenny Rohren - Amy Nichols quick kill for sideout
-- Sarah Ritchey - Crystal Graham along the side line for pt -- 8-7
-- Sarah Ritchey - Crystal Graham along sideline for pt -- 8-8
-- Sarah Ritchey - illegal hit on Heidi Kuethe for pt -- 8-9
(TIME OUT FOR NORMAL UNIVERSITY)
-- Sarah Ritchey - ace serve for pt -- 8-10
-- Sarah Ritchey - regular pt -- 8-11
-- Sarah Ritchey - illegal hit on Mandy Tucker for pt -- 8-12
(TIME OUT FOR NORMAL UNIVERSITY)
-- Sarah Ritchey - Heidi Kuethe hits out of bounds for pt -- 8-13
-- Sarah Ritchey - Mandy Tucker kills into middle for sideout
Heidi Kuethe - Crystal Graham blocked out of bounds by Melissa Mericer and Mandy Tucker for sideout
-- Amy Nichols - Melissa Mericer blocks for sideout
Erin O'Connor - Mandy Tucker block for pt. -- 9-13
Erin O'Connor - Crystal Graham kills down middle for sideout
-- Gretchen Bennett - Mandy Tucker kills for sideout
Mandy Tucker - Julie Washburn dinks for sideout
-- Crystal Graham - Melissa Mericer into the corner for sideout
Melissa Mericer - Amanda Webb mishandles the return for the pt -- 10-13
Melissa Mericer - Julie Washburn down the middle for sideout
-- Julie Washburn - Amy Nichols kills for pt -- 10-14
-- Julie Washburn - double hit on Sarah Ritchey for sideout
Wendy Roesch - Gretchen Bennett hits into net for pt -- 11-14
Wendy Roesch - Amy Nichols finds opening in middle for sideout
-- Tanya Taber - Erin O'Connor hits it out of bounds for pt -- 11-15
Kansas (36-4) defeats Normal (University) (37-3), 15-9, 2-15, 15-11

 Box Score
Normal (University) Serv. Total No. Player Assists KillsBlocks Pts. Aces Pts. 2 Wendy Roesch 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Jessica Moody 4 Megan Ferguson 6 Jenny Rohren 34 0 0 3 1 4 7 Ogonna Nnamani 0 10 1 0 0 0 8 Erin O'Connor 0 4 1 4 0 4 10 Mandy Tucker 0 8 4 7 0 7 11 Heidi Kuethe 0 8 3 2 0 2 12 Gina Lamonica 14 Shelley Farnsworth 17 Jodi Naffziger 0 0 0 7 4 11 21 Jasmine Hunt 22 Melissa Mericer 0 4 3 6 0 6 23 Kim Bradshaw Game 1 Totals 9 9 2 6 3 9 Game 2 Totals 12 12 5 14 1 15 Game 3 Totals 13 13 4 9 1 10 Match Totals 34 34 11 29 5 34 Kansas Serv. Total No. Player Assists KillsBlocks Pts. Aces Pts. 1 Gretchen Bennett 36 0 1 1 0 1 2 Marle Grafton 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Crystal Graham 0 16 2 0 0 0 6 Britta Lange 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Amanda Webb 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 Julie Washburn 0 11 1 3 0 3 15 Tanya Taber 0 0 0 5 1 6 28 Amy Nichols 0 10 3 4 1 5 21 Sarah Ritchey 0 0 0 11 7 18 Game 1 Totals 13 13 4 9 6 15 Game 2 Totals 5 5 3 2 0 2 Game 3 Totals 18 19 1 12 3 15 Match Totals 36 37 8 23 9 32
 Notes & Quotes
Winning Coach - Brenda McCarty, Kansas -- "Now that we have extra motivation, we can compete with larger schools. I feel we have the right nine players this year. Our team is unique because we rotate down players."

Amy Nichols, "We didn't play very well at the games before this. I feel that our defense has been better and that we will be better tomorrow."


Losing Coach - Char Lehnen, "I guess that we were a little nervous, but after the first game, I thought we really showed them what we had. Things started to snowball and just couldn't pull ourselves back out."

Mandy Tucker of Normal University, "I'm really proud of this team, but we didn't have quite the show we wanted."



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