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Leesburg (Nov. 8, 2009) - The Broad Run High School girls volleyball team earned its first ever AA Dulles District tournament title with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-15 win over two-time defending state champion Loudoun County Saturday.
It was the second time this season that the Spartans (17-6) have now beaten the Raiders (20-3) twice this season on their home floor. The two teams have split four games with LC winning twice last week to earn a co-district regular season title with BR and to clinch the district's top spot in the Region II tournament.
Loudoun County will host Millbrook on Tuesday while Broad Run travels to Sherando in the regional quarterfinals.
The last time Broad Run won a district tournament was in 1991 when the Spartans played in the Northwestern District and current coach Ellen Roberts was a player for BR.
"Our goal is to get to States," said Roberts after the win.
The Raiders, playing without injured all-district 6-footer Emily Vandegrift -- who has been out since an injury in the final practice before second LC-BR meeting on Oct. 29 -- won the first game Saturday, something the Raiders hadn't been able to do in the last two victories over the Spartans.
Just as LC rallied twice to win three straight against BR last week in a three-day span, the Spartans rallied Saturday behind the inspired blocking of senior Elisa Scudder, junior Emily Sears and Jessica Feddesen and sophomores Mallory Brickerd and Kate Sims. BR was also helped by a great setting effort from senior Carolyn Pearce who is the lone setter on the floor after BR shifted its offense a week ago from a 6-2 to a 5-1 as well as the defensive backrow led by senior libero Lizzie Deane.
"We seem like two evenly matched teams. I wouldn't be shocked to see them again this season," said LC coach Jarod Brown, who shared Coach of the Year honors with Roberts and Diane Breinig of Briar Woods.
Check back for more details from this game plus a photo gallery. Here is a video interview with the three BR seniors: Elisa Scudder (No. 15), Lizzie Dean (No. 1) and Carolyn Pearce (No. 2).
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Amazing how we tie LC in the regular season and beat them in the tournament but they still get the #1 seed for the District going into Regionals. Pretty unfair. Let's just hope the District has enough sense to make Coach Roberts the Coach of the Year nominated for Regionals - she's the one who deserves it!
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