Rochester Girls Volleyball — 2006-07
Name: Rochester High School
City: Rochester
City Population: Rochester 2893, Springfield 111,454
County: Sangamon
Enrollment: 640
Nickname: Rockets
Colors: Navy & Orange
Conference: Sangamo
Superintendent: Dr. Thomas Bertrand
Principal: Dennis Canny
Athletic Director: Arnie Spiker
Head Coach: Mandy Wilson
Assistant Coaches: Michelle Wernert, Andrea Newlin
Trainer: Sara Powless
Captain: Heather Cox
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Springfield (Lutheran), 25-20, 25-14, in Sectional Semifinal
No. Name Pos. Ht. Age Yr.
3 *Heather Cox OH 5-7 Sr.
6 Kayla Worker OH 5-7 Sr.
8 Bethany Wellbaum RS 5-6 Jr.
9 *Julia Robert RS-S 5-7 Jr.
10 *Elise Bortmess S 5-6 Sr.
13 Nikki Robinson OH 5-6 Sr.
16 *Katie Turley OH 5-7 So.
17 Madelyn Samuel DS 5-6 Sr.
19 *Kayla Green MB-OH 5-8 Jr.
21 28 Amy Shackelford DS-L 5-5 Jr.
22 29 *Ashley Head DS-L 5-5 Sr.
23 *Antonette Palumbo MB 6-2 Sr.
26 Kelly Werthwein RS 5-7 Jr.
34 Ashley Merschman MB 5-7 Jr.
Season Totals Single-Match High
Name Kill Blk Ace Ast Kill Blk Ace Ast
Elise Bortmess 18 11 24 691 4 2 3 43
Heather Cox 152 18 22 11 10 2 3 3
Kayla Green 59 40 17 1 7 6 3 1
Ashley Head 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
Ashley Merschman 14 18 11 0 5 3 2 0
Antonette Palumbo 330 139 46 5 18 10 5 2
Julia Robert 34 30 0 42 5 3 0 4
Nikki Robinson 6 0 24 0 2 0 5 0
Madelyn Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amy Shackelford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Turley 51 17 3 3 7 3 1 1
Bethany Wellbaum 1 4 25 6 1 1 5 2
Kelly Werthwein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kayla Worker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 666 277 174 759 60 30 28 56
OPPONENT TOTALS
Date Opponent W/L 1st 2nd 3rd
8/28 Mt. Zion W 25-10 25-13
8/29 Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)W 13-25 25-22 25-14
Lutheran Tournament
*9/1 Tolono (Unity) W 25-15 25-9
*9/1 St. Charles (Lutheran), MO L 22-25 17-25
*9/2 Chatham (Glenwood) L 20-25 25-9 15-17
*9/2 LaSalle (L.-Peru) L 15-25 22-25
9/5 Pawnee W 25-21 25-11
9/7 Petersburg (PORTA) W 25-13 25-17
Mahomet (M.-Seymour) Tournament
*9/9 Stanford (Olympia) W 25-22 25-9
*9/9 Urbana (H.S.) W 25-23 25-11
*9/9 Tuscola W 25-17 25-14
*9/9 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) L 26-24 17-25 10-15
*9/9 St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) W 25-16 17-25 15-13
9/12 Carrollton W 25-10 25-18
9/14 Springfield (H.S.) W 25-21 25-20
9/19 Mason City (Illini Central) W 18-25 25-13 25-20
9/21 Pleasant Plains W 25-15 25-23
Sangamon County Tournament
*9/23 New Berlin W 25-18 25-12
*9/23 Riverton W 25-15 24-26 28-26
*9/25 Auburn L 20-25 22-25
9/28 Buffalo (Tri-City) W 25-14 25-12
10/3 Athens W 25-15 25-15
10/5 Riverton W 28-26 25-20
Chatham (Glenwood) Tournament
*10/7 Springfield (H.S.) W 25-18 26-24
*10/7 Granite City W 25-18 25-18
*10/7 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) W 17-25 25-23 16-14
*10/7 Edwardsville (H.S.) L 11-25 25-16 12-25
*10/7 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) L 22-25 24-26
10/10 Mt. Pulaski W 25-22 20-25 25-23
10/16 Williamsville L 19-25 10-25
10/17 Pana (H.S.) W 25-21 25-22
10/19 Taylorville W 25-19 25-20
Pawnee Regional
*10/24 Virden W 25-18 25-9
*10/26 Pawnee W 25-14 23-25 26-24
Concord (Triopia) Sectional
*10/31 Pana (H.S.) W 25-17 25-23
*11/2 Auburn W 16-25 25-20 31-29
Mt. Pulaski Super-Sectional
*11/6 Mt. Pulaski W 27-25 21-25 25-18
Year W-L-T
Morrisonville
2004 14-17
2005 22-10
2 yrs. 36-27
Rochester
2006 28-8
GRAND TOTAL
3 yrs. 64-35
This is the first tournament appearance for Rochester.