Volleyball: Freedom Has Best Week in School History with 3 Dulles District Wins; Hosts Broad Run in Benefit Game This Week

South Riding (Sept. 20, 2010) - The Freedom High School volleyball team is coming off its biggest week in school history as the Eagles improved to 5-1 in the Dulles District last week with three wins. Freedom's very big week included erasing a two-game deficit on the road to take Dominion in five and a victory over rival Briar Woods.

The Eagles are 5-2 overall with their two losses coming to 3-time defending AA state champion Loudoun County and AAA power Heritage.

Freedom has another big week planned as they host Park View Tuesday night on Youth Night in South Riding, travel to Fauquier for a non-district match Wednesday and then host Broad Run on Thursday.

The Spartans (3-0, 3-1) come into this week unbeaten in district and are headed for a showdown Tuesday in Leesburg with Loudoun County (5-0, 7-1). Thursday's game will be a charity match to benefit Leukemia/Lymphoma Society.

To raise funds the Eagles are selling t-shirts for $15. Cash donations can also be made to any of the volleyball staff, players or at the game. Checks can be made out to Freedom High School. For more information you can email Freedom coach Jim Clark (jam6rv@yahoo.com).

All proceeds from T-shirt sales and donations will go to supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. There will also be numerous drawings during the game for prizes including a roundtrip airfare for two anywhere JetBlue flies and a BluRay player. Only those wearing one of the benefit T-shirts and present at the game will be eligible to win.


The Eagles are led by 6-foot-1 senior Jenna Flanigin, who has 71 kills on the season but Freedom features a balanced attack with junior Jasmine Jackson (54 kills), sophomore Kayleigh Kennedy (34 kills), senior Tori Kramer (31 kills) and junior Kaitlyn LaMantia (21 kills) all capable of scoring.

Sophomore Noa Bell has led a potent service attack with 21 aces. The team has 90 aces already in seven matches with LaMantia and Flanigan with 15 apiece and Kennedy with 13 and Jackson a dozen.

LaMantia leads the squad with 49 digs and has 104 assists from the setter spot. Junior Courtney Phung has 44 digs and junior Maryam Kaymanesh has 56 assists.

Last week Freedom finished with a 27-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-20 win over Briar Woods. Flanigin and Jackson both had 12 kills in the win. LaMantia (20 assists) and Kaymanesh (13) combined for 33 assists in the win.

Before that the Eagles had swept Woodgrove, 25-15, 25-13, 25-13 with Flanigin and Jackson both with nine kills.

The Eagles started the week with a huge road win, falling 23-25 and 22-25 to open before coming back to win 25-20, 25-19 and 15-10. Kennedy and Kramer each had 11 kills and Flanigan finished with 10. Flanigin and LaMantia combined for 10 total blocks in the victory.

Freedom Stats for last week:

Thursday, September 16, 2010 (07:00 PM)
League match at Briar Woods HS
Freedom Eagles Eagles 3, Briar Woods 1
Freedom Eagles def. Briar Woods, 3 games to 1 (27-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-20)
Freedom Eagles Eagles (Kills-Aces-Blocks) - #11 FLANIGIN, JENNA 12-2-4, #1 JACKSON, JASMINE 12-4-0, #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 6-2-3, #6 KENNEDY, KAYLEIGH 5-3-0, #10 KRAMER, TORI 5-0-1, #7 BELL, NOA 1-2-0, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 0-2-0, #2 PHUNG, COURTNEY 0-0-0, #3 PHUNG, ANDREA 0-0-0 (Assists) - #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 20, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 13, #10 KRAMER, TORI 2, #7 BELL, NOA 1 (Dig Leaders) - #3 PHUNG, ANDREA 8, #11 FLANIGIN, JENNA 7, #2 PHUNG, COURTNEY 6, #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 6, #1 JACKSON, JASMINE 2, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 2, #7 BELL, NOA 1

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (07:00 PM)
League match at Woodgrove HS
Freedom Eagles Eagles 3, Woodgrove 0
Freedom Eagles def. Woodgrove, 3 games to 0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-13)
Freedom Eagles Eagles (Kills-Aces-Blocks) - #11 FLANIGIN, JENNA 9-4-2, #1 JACKSON, JASMINE 9-0-1, #6 KENNEDY, KAYLEIGH 4-5-0, #7 BELL, NOA 2-2-2, #10 KRAMER, TORI 2-1-0, #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 0-1-0, #12 GREINER, GABBY 0-1-0, #2 PHUNG, COURTNEY 0-0-0, #3 PHUNG, ANDREA 0-0-0, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 0-0-0, #8 PARKER, BETHANY 0-0-0 (Assists) - #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 8, #12 GREINER, GABBY 8, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 7, #10 KRAMER, TORI 1, #8 PARKER, BETHANY 1 (Dig Leaders) - #3 PHUNG, ANDREA 8, #2 PHUNG, COURTNEY 5, #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 4, #11 FLANIGIN, JENNA 1

Monday, September 13, 2010 (07:00 PM)
League match at Dominion HS
Freedom Eagles Eagles 3, Dominion 2
Freedom Eagles def. Dominion, 3 games to 2 (23-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-19, 15-10)
Freedom Eagles Eagles (Kills-Aces-Blocks) - #11 FLANIGIN, JENNA 10-4-5.5, #6 KENNEDY, KAYLEIGH 11-1-0, #10 KRAMER, TORI 11-0-0, #1 JACKSON, JASMINE 8-0-2, #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 4-1-4.5, #7 BELL, NOA 1-6-2, #2 PHUNG, COURTNEY 1-0-0, #3 PHUNG, ANDREA 0-0-0, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 0-0-0, #12 GREINER, GABBY 0-0-0, #8 PARKER, BETHANY 0-0-0 (Assists) - #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 21, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 10, #12 GREINER, GABBY 5, #10 KRAMER, TORI 2, #7 BELL, NOA 1, #1 JACKSON, JASMINE 1, #6 KENNEDY, KAYLEIGH 1 (Dig Leaders) - #3 PHUNG, ANDREA 9, #1 JACKSON, JASMINE 8, #4 LAMANTIA, KAITLYN 6, #5 KAYMANESH, MARYAM 4, #7 BELL, NOA 3, #2 PHUNG, COURTNEY 3, #11 FLANIGIN, JENNA 2, #12 GREINER, GABBY 2, #8 PARKER, BETHANY 1