Volleyball: 4 Loudoun Teams Move into Regional Semifinals, One Away from States

(Nov. 9, 2011) - Loudoun will send four girls volleyball teams into regional semifinals Thursday night as 4-time defending AA state champion Loudoun County, returning AAA state runner-up Stone Bridge, AA upstart Potomac Falls and AAA newbie Freedom are all within one win of a state tournament bid.

Loudoun County (24-1) will host James Wood at 7 p.m. in the Region II semifinals and Potomac Falls (15-10) will travel to Western Albemarle in the other semifinal.

In AAA, Stone Bridge (25-2) faces Yorktown at 6 p.m. at Centreville High School in the Northern Region finals. Langley takes on Woodson in the second semifinal.

And Freedom (20-5), which advanced to the AA state quarterfinals last year, has a chance to do the trick in AAA as the Eagles host North Stafford at 7 p.m. in a Northwest Region semifinal. Forest Park makes the long trek to Patrick Henry in Roanoke in the other match-up.

Here is how they advanced:

Loudoun County One Step Closer to 6th Straight Regional Title
Loudoun County swept past Powhatan 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-17) Tuesday to move on to the Sweet 16 of the VHSL AA volleyball tournament. The Raiders were led by Jenna Strange (10 kills, 8 digs, 4 points, 2 blocks, 1 ace), Maggie Phillips (9 kills, 7 points, 4 digs, 1 block), Katrina Kirby (7 kills, 17 points, 3 aces, 1 block, 1 dig), Taylor Huewe (4 kills, 1 block, 1 dig), Danielle Cullen (2 kills, 1 block), Jane Feddersen (1 kill, 1 block), Megan Fox (2 assists, 1 kill, 1 dig), Jordan Leiter (31 assists, 6 points, 6 digs, 2 blocks, 2 aces), Gabby Serafin (12 digs), Kelsey Anderon (6 digs, 5 points, 1 ace), Kelsey Slack (6 points, 3 digs).

The Raiders improved 24-1 on the season and extended their winning streak to 15 matches. The Raiders return to action this Thursday night in the Region II Semifinals as they host James Wood at 7 p.m. The Raiders hold home court advantage throughout the Region II playoffs as the top seed.

Potomac Falls Aces Its Way to Region II Semifinals
Potomac Falls, which hadn't won a regional contest in a decade coming into this season, has now won two Region II games this week, both on the road with a sweep at Sherando Tuesday, 25-20, 25-20, 25-18. The Panthers had 13 aces in the win.

For PFalls:

DEVAN BAXLEY LED THE WAY WITH 7 ACES AND 13 SERVICE PTS., 8 KILLS, AND 13 DIGS
KAYLA CARLTON HAD 15 KILLS, 11 DIGS, 1 ACE AND 4 SERVICE PTS.
PATRICIA MOOK HAD 2 KILLS, 3 BLOCKS, 15 DIGS, 1 ACE AND 5 SERVICE PTS.
EILEEN FAUTEUX HAD 28 ASSISTS, 1 KILL, 3 ACES, 8 SERVICE PTS.
MAKAELY THOMAS HAD 5 KILLS, 1 BLOCK, 11 DIGS, AND 2 SERVICE PTS.
RACHEL SCHNAKENBERG HAD 1 KILLS AND 5 DIGS
NICOLE CREW HAD 1 DIG
MEGAN GLOECKNER HAD 3 DIGS, 1 ACE AND 4 SERVICE PTS.

Bulldogs Look for Back-to-Back Regional Titles
Stone Bridge, which won the school's first ever Northern Region title in 2010, defeated Oakton in the Northern Region quarterfinals Tuesday night by a score of 25-19, 25-15, 25-14.

Stats for the Bulldogs:
Kelly Stancik 11 assists, 2 digs
Shannon Williams 2 kills
Mariah Brantley 8 digs
Megan Bryn 8 kills, 12 digs, 2 aces
Kristen Jones 14 assists, 1 dig
Libby Haslett 3 kills
Sarah Fairchild 10 digs, 4 aces
Ryan Ackermann 6 kills, 2 aces, 4 digs
Rachel Auerbach 5 kills
Kendall Schulte 3 kills, 2 digs

Freedom Hits School-Record 20 Win Mark
The Eagles are one step away from the AAA state tournament after a sweep over Riverbend Tuesday. Freedom won a first set battle, 30-28, and then cruised in the final two sets, 25-18 and 25-14.

For the Eagles:
Kaitlyn LaMantia - one ace, 13 kills, 20 assists and two blocks
Jasmine Jackson - one ace and 18 kills
Courtney Phoung - 10 digs
Andrea Phung - 17 digs
Maryam Kaymenesh - 12 assists
Noa Bell - 4 kills
Katleigh Kennedy - 3 kills, one assist, and one block
Gabby Greiner - one kill
Liz Jennison - 3 assists and one block
Aslee Davis - three kills

Heritage Fall at Western Albemarle
All season the only team to get the better end of Heritage was Loudoun County but on Tuesday Western Albemarle swept the Pride in the Region II quarterfinals, 25-21, 25-19, 25-23.

For Heritage:
Busa- 3 kills, 1 block,13 digs, 7 points
Faley-2 digs
Fowler- 8 kills, 2 blocks, 7 digs, 6 points, 1 ace
Hrebenach-7 kills, 3 blocks, 4 digs, 5 points, 3 aces
Kamis-3 kills, 10 digs, 9 points, 1 ace
Montanez- 1 kill, 1 block, 4 digs, 1 cae
Yokoyama- 15 digs, 9 points, 2 aces, 22 assists