Volleyball Notebook: Heritage, Loudoun County and Stone Bridge All Remain with Just One Loss

(Sept. 30, 2010) - The top three volleyball teams in the area -- Heritage, Loudoun County and Stone Bridge -- all remain with just one loss on their records.

Heritage (ranked No. 3 in the LoCo Elite 5 poll) survived a pair of 5-game matches over the weekend against Langley and Robinson and opened Cedar Run District play with a sweep to move to 7-1.

Stone Bridge (ranked No. 2)swept non-district rival Broad Run on Monday and beat Mclean on Wednesday to move to 4-0 in the Liberty District and 11-1 overall.

Loudoun County (ranked No. 1) is now 8-0 in the Dulles District after a win over Woodgrove and 10-1 overall.

Tonight's Volleyball Matches - Sept. 30
Loudoun County at Briar Woods, 7
The Skinny: Raiders swept Falcons in first half of season
Woodgrove at Dominion, 7
The Skinny: Wolverines seek first district win
Freedom at Tuscarora, 7
The Skinny: Eagles can't overlook young Huskies
Potomac Falls at Park View, 7
The Skinny: Sterling neighbors square off
Heritage at Loudoun Valley, 7
The Skinny: Game of the Night as this is a key Cedar Run District match-up and a Dig Pink fundraiser

VivaLoudoun Sept. 25-29 Volleyball Round-up


Wed. Sept. 29
Battlefield def. Woodgrove, 3-1
The Skinny: Wolverines take a game from AAA Bobcats

Stone Bridge def. McLean 25-13, 25-10, 25-6
The Skinny: The Bulldogs made quick work of the Highlanders in Ashburn.
For SB:
Christine Beckham 8 kills, 6 blocks, 5 digs
Amanda Miller 23 assists, 10 service pts, 4 aces
Vanessa Paige 10 kills, 11 service pts, 4 aces
Amy Christensen 9 digs, 6 service pts, 2 aces
Mariah Brantley 16 service pts, 2 aces
Ryan Ackermann 6 kills
Haley McClure 5 kills
Delaney Schulte 6 service pts, 2 aces

Tues. Sept. 28
Potomac Falls def. Briar Woods 25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 25-17
The Skinny: Panther Eileen Fauteux broke a school record with 43 assists in a match breaking the old mark of 39. She also had 5 kills, 5 blocks, 12 digs, 6 aces and 11 service points.
Also for PFall:
Kayla Motheral had 17 kills, 12 blocks, 3 digs, 1 ace, 5 service points
Kayla Carlton had 1 ace, 6 service points, 1 assits, 23 digs, 5 blocks, 14 kills,
Devan Baxley had 8 kills, 4 blocks, 9 digs, 1 ace and 4 service points
Megan Gloeckner had 8 digs, 1 ace, 8 service points
Kendall Wise had 2 assists, 1 kill, 4 blocks, 3 digs

Broad Run def. Dominion 12-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-14
The Skinny: The Spartans, down three starters in the first game, bounced back to beat the Titans.
For BR:
Kills leaders:
Emily Sears 11
Mallory Brickerd 11
Jess Feddersen 8
Amanda Swanson 3
Digs leaders:
Emily Sears 11
Jess Feddersen 9
Mallory Brickerd 7
Melissa Miles 6
Block leaders:
Hannah Waller 2
Amanda Swanson 2
Jess Feddersen 2

Loudoun County def. Woodgrove 25-22, 25-10, 25-20
The Skinny: Loudoun County remains perfect in Dulles District. LC was led by Jenna Strange (9 kills, 5 digs, 3 blocks, 2 points), Danielle Cullen (8 kills, 6 points, 3 digs), Georgi Fox (3 kills, 1 block), Maggie Phillips (3 kills), Taylor Huewe (2 kills, 3 blocks), Rachel Roberts (2 kills, 1 block), Katrina Kirby (2 kills, 1 block), Rachel Harrison (2 kills), Colleen Bowlds (16 assists, 4 digs, 4 points), Gabby Serafin (13 points, 2 aces, 4 digs), Kathleen Horvath (11 points, 4 aces, 7 digs), Megan Fox (10 assists, 8 points, 3 digs).

The JV Raiders also swept Woodgrove 25-10, 25-8 to improve to 10-0 on the season. The Freshmen Raiders also swept Woodgrove to remain undefeated at 8-0 with scores of 25-3, 25-4.

Tuscarora def. Park View 25-16, 25-20, 25-18
The Skinny: Huskies notch second district win. Megan Bryn led the offense with 8 kills. Angela Reed and Margaret von Wodtke each added 4. Julia Walsh had 17 assists for Tuscarora.

Heritage def. Osbourn 25-18, 25-10, 25-19
The Skinny: See Owen Gotimer's article on this Pride win here!

Loudoun Valley def. Battlefield 9-25, 25-14, 25-17, 25-17
The Skinny: Vikes shocked in the first game but bounce back to take next three.
LV Leaders vs Battlefield-
kills :Brittany Brown-10
Abby McIntyre- 7
Assists: Brittany Brown- 6
Katelyn Hamilton- 6
Digs: Kristen Caputo- 11
Taylor Maddox- 8
Team blocking combinations: 11 solo, 6 assists

Mon. Sept. 27
Stone Bridge def. Broad Run, 25-19, 25-20, 25-19
The Skinny: Bulldogs win Battle of Ashburn in straight sets.
For SB:
Christine Beckham 10 kills, 8 digs, 8 service pts, 2 aces, 4 blocks
Amanda Miller 30 assists, 3 blocks
Vanessa Paige 21 service pts, 7 aces, 8 kills
Haley McClure 6 kills, 3 blocks
Ryan Ackermann 11 kills, 4 service pts
Amy Christensen 6 digs
Mariah Brantley 6 service pts

For BR:
Kills leaders
Emily Sears 10
Jess Feddersen 5
Mallory Brickerd 5
Blocks leaders
Amanda Swanson 2
Mallory Brickerd 1
Brenna Swanson 1
Digs leaders
Jess Feddersen 8
Emily Sears 6
Melissa Miles 4
Brenna Sullivan 4
Set assists/attempts
Brenna Sullivan 22/53

Sat. Sept. 25
Titan Classic
West Springfield went 3-0
v Dominion 3-1
v Marshall 3-0
v Mason 3-0

Dominion went 2-1
v WSHS 1-3
v Mashall 3-0
v Mason 3-0

Marshall went 1-2
beat Mason 3-0

Mason went 0-3

Heritage vs. Langley, Robinson at Robinson
Langley 3, Robinson 0
HHS def. Robinson, 25-21, 26-28, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12
For the Pride:
Bernett- 15 kills, 2 blocks, 5 points, 1 ace, 9 digs
Busa- 6 kills, 1 block, 2 points, 1 ace, 8 digs
Fowler- 3 kills, 2 blocks, 10 points, 3 aces, 3 digs
Hrebenach- 11 kills, 3 blocks, 2 points, 1 dig
Kamis- 1 kill, 6 points, 2 aces, 3 digs
Le maitre-1 dig
Montanez- 1 kill, 5 digs
Reed- 1 kill
Runyan- 1 kill, 4 digs
Yokoyama- 7 points, 1 ace, 33 assists, 5 digs

HHS def. Langley, 26-24, 23-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-10
For the Pride:
Bernett- 20 Kills, 2 blocks, 2 points, 10 digs
Busa- 4 kills, 2 blocks, 3 points, 4 digs
Fowler- 8 kills, 1 block, 9 points, 1 dig
Hrebenach- 11 kills, 12 blocks, 2 points, 1 dig
Kamis- 9 kills, 2 blocks, 5 points, 2 digs
Le Maitre-4 digs
Reed- 1 point
Runyan- 6 digs
Yokoyama- 6 points, 52 assists, 8 digs

Loudoun Valley at Albemarle/Patrick Henry-Ronaoke
Patrick Henry 3, Loudoun Valley 1
Patrick Herny 3, Albemarle 2
Loudoun Valley 3, Albemarle 2