Girls Volleyball: Live! Blog - AAA State Semifinals: Unbeaten Kellam Sweeps Stone Bridge

Girls Volleyball AAA State Semifinal from VCU
Kellam def. Stone Bridge, 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-15)
Set 3
*Final 25-15 Kellam
*Set and match point 24-14
*Auerbach with ace ... maybe Bulldogs can find inspiration in football team's amazing comeback against Broad Run this year!
*Theme of the night: Too many unforced Stone Bridge errors against a very good Kellam team that took full advantage ...
*Stone Bridge with the loss will finish a brilliant season at 28-3 ... and back-to-back Northern Region champions ... Kellam up 22-11
*Only a miracle comeback now as Kellam is up 21-11
*Bulldogs still fighting with Ackeramann kill ... but huge deficit to defending state champs, down 2-0 in sets and 19-11 in third
*Kelly Stancik with great hustle but alas ...Kellam scores the point ... 19-10 Knights
*Almost time to say "Good Knights" as Kellam is now up 18-10
*Sarah Fairchild scores a point for SB, 16-10 Kellam
*Bulldogs pressing now ... another hitting error ... 16-9 Kellam
*Service error Kellam ... but a block by Stone Bridge goes out and it is 15-9 Kellam
*They might be warming up the SB bus ... time out Bulldogs down 14-8 to a very talented unbeaten Kellam
*SB hits one out ... followed by another hitting error ... 13-8 Kellam ... Danger. Danger.
*Haslett with another kill but SB can't afford to trade points, down 11-8 in set and trailing 2-0 in match
*Now 11-7 Kellam
*Stone Bridge's Megan Bryn with kill but Kellam maintains 3-point advantage, 10-7
*Kellam shows they have that championship attitude, will not let SB take a single lead in entire match as Knights pull back ahead, 9-6 ... sands of Stone Bridge's season are running out fast ...
*Stone Bridge with 3-point run: nice dig by Mariah Brantley, kill by Rachel Auerbach and then ace by Auerback to tie 6-6!
*Hitting errors on Stone Bridge and Kellam takes 6-3 lead ... come on Bulldogs!
*Kellam back up 4-3
*Tied 3-3! I think this is the first time all night that Stone Bridge has been tied with the Knights!
*Libby Haslett, doing well tonight, has a kill but Stone Bridge trails 2-1
*This is how the night has gone for Stone Bridge ... two big blocks by Rachel Auerbach during a rally but Kellam wins the point



Set 2
*Kellam is rolling takes set 2 25-16
*Kellam up 24-16
*Hitting errors are really hurting SB in this match
*Kellam up 21-15 about to take 2-0 lead
*Big block by SB's Libby Haslett!
*Kellam maintains advantage ... up 19-14
*Kellam is named for judge Floyd Eaton Kellam and is 3rd oldest in Virginia Beach, opened in 1962 with boundary that stretches from VA Beach down to the NC border ...
*Kellam has 3 seniors on roster ... Stone Bridge 4 ....
*Every time SB gets close to even, Kellam pulls back ahead, now 11-8 for Knights
*Ackermann is good and warmed up ... another kill for SB ... 9-8 Kellam
*Kellam, however, won't give up that lead ... they are up by 2, 9-7
*Double hits on Kellam ... it is now 7-6 Kellam as Bulldogs claw back!
*Libby Haslett with a tip for a point! Forces Kellam timeout as their lead is now 7-5
*And Osuchukwu for Kellam finally hits it out ... 7-4 Kellam
*And again for the hard-hitting JR Ackermann as she cuts into Kellam lead, 7-3
*Ryan Ackermann trying to get SB going, her kill makes it 7-2
*Kellam cruising with 7-1 lead!
*Oh boy! Kellam up 1-0 has now jumped to a 6-1 lead in set 2
*Much like the first set, Stone Bridge falls behind early, down 3-1 in set 2


Set 1
*Undefeated Kellam takes first set 25-16
*Rachel Auerbach kill for Bulldogs
*Time out Stone Bridge trailing 23-15 in first set
*Kellam 3 points from set, up 22-15
*Another kill for Ackermann but it is 21-15 Kellam
*Ryan Ackermann, Northern Region Player of the Year, gets her first kill but Bulldogs trail 19-14
*Kellam JR middle blocker Chichi Osuchukwu is giving Bulldogs fits!
*Kellam leads 17-12
*SB gets block by Libby Haslett
*Kellam leads 13-9
*Kellam 12-7
*Kellam 11-7
*SB kill by Rachel Auerbach, something to cheer about!
*Kellam 10-6
*Kellam 9-5
*Libby Haslett kill for SB cuts lead to 7-5 Kellam
*Kellam 7-4
*Kellam 4-2
*Kellam opens on top, 2-0, they are undefeated and won the state title last year, beating Stone Bridge in the championship!