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After trips to the state quarterfinals in its last two seasons, Republic ended its volleyball season early this year. Willard knocked off Republic in the first round of the district tournament at Carthage, 26-24 16-25 25-23. Republic had beaten Willard earlier this season.
Nicole Hallam led the team with 11 kills, and Alex Botkin had 10. Botkin also had 22 digs, to go along with Mallory Long’s 19.
Jordan Jones added 19 assists, and Sarah Kreul had 16.
Republic ends its season at 18-14-1.
The Lady Tigers volleyball team dropped a tough one in three sets to Nixa Thursday night, 25-13 22-25 25-19. It was the first conference loss for Republic after opening the COC season with a win over Neosho earlier this week.
Jordan Jones had 11 assists and 10 digs for Republic. Mallory Long contributed 11 digs, and Nicole Hallam had nine kills to power the offense. Alex Botkin served three aces to lead the team.
Republic falls to 7-8 overall. Nixa improves to 17-8.
The Republic JV team also suffered a rare loss, in three sets, 25-15 17-25 25-13. The Republic freshmen won 25-20 25-20.
The Republic Lady Tigers volleyball team narrowly escaped with a win at Stockton Thursday night. Republic jumped to an early lead in the first game, but Stockton came back, and took its first lead at 19-18. The teams went back and forth the rest of the way, with Stockton taking game one, 25-23.
The second game was a mirror image of the first, with Stockton holding an early lead, until Republic got hot. From 10-12 down, Republic nine of the next 11 points to take a 19-14 lead. They went on to take the game 25-20.
Republic seemed to be in control in game three, but could never put Stockton away. Republic built a six-point lead at 17-11. But Stockton clawed back to within one point, at 20-19. Republic stretched the lead again, to 24-20, and Stockton made it 24-23 before Republic scored the deciding point.
Nicole Hallam and Alex Botkin each had 12 kills to lead the Lady Tigers. Jordan Jones had 20 assists, and Sarah Kreul added 17. Botkin had 15 digs and Mallory Long had 10.
Republic improves to 4-3. Stockton suffers its first loss, and falls to 4-1.
Republic’s JV team had an easier time, cruising to victory, 25-7 25-9.
Two of the best volleyball teams in the area met at Republic High School Tuesday night, but Glendale knocked off Republic in 3 games, 22-25 25-21 25-20. [Read more...]
The Republic Lady Tigers volleyball team picked up its first win of the season, beating Carl Junction 25-19 25-22. It was the first game in the new high school for the volleyball team, which finished its season last year before the new school opened.
After winning the first game handily, Republic fell behind in the second game, 6-1, before storming back. They took an 11-10 lead, and never relinquished the lead the rest of the way.
The match was interrupted just before the start of the second game because of a tornado warning. But play resumed quickly, after about a 15-minute delay.
Nicole Hallam led the offense with eight kills for Republic. Alex Botkin had four aces. Jordan Jones added 12 assists. Three players — Jones, Botkin, and Mallory Long — shared the team lead with five digs defensively.
Both teams are now 1-1. Republic’s JV squad won 25-17 25-18, and the freshmen won 25-19 25-18.
Listen to postgame comments from coach Katie Kreimer.
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The Lady Tigers volleyball team dropped their season opener at Bentonville, Ark., in straight sets, 14-25, 23-25, 14-25.
Alex Botkin led the Lady Tigers with ten kills. Sarah Kreul had nine assists, and Mallory Long led the team with seven digs.
Bentonville improves to 4-0, while Republic drops to 0-1.
The JV team also lost, 25-15, 22-25, 14-16.
The freshman team split its two games, 22-25, 25-19.
Republic opens its home schedule with a match against Carl Junction Thursday.
Republic’s volleyball team made it to the state quarterfinals for the second year in a row. They finished with an overall match record of 25-8-2 (winning 57 individual games and losing just 20). They were 5-2 in the COC, finishing second. And they were ranked as high as #4 in Class 3 by the state’s volleyball coaches.
Here are the team statistical leaders for the season:
Attack Percentage
1) 0.348 – Nicole Hallam
2) 0.295 – Jordan Jones
3) 0.264 – Elle Aston
Kills
1) 211 – Elle Aston
2) 173 – Nicole Hallam
3) 157 – Shelby Gordon
Assists
1) 680 – Jordan Jones
2) 35 – Sarah Kreul
3) 33 – Alex Botkin
Blocks
1) 62 – Nicole Hallam
2) 46 – Elle Aston
3) 28 – Shelby Gordon
Serving Percentage
1) 0.979 – Rachel Nichols
2) 0.972 – Mallory Long
3) 0.944 – Elle Aston & Jordan Jones
Aces
1) 37 – Mallory Long
2) 26 – Alex Botkin
3) 18 – Shelby Patton
Serving Average
1) 1.72 – Mallory Long
2) 2.00 – Rachel Nichols
3) 2.07 – Elle Aston
Digs
1) 368 – Mallory Long
2) 301 – Elle Aston
3) 237 – Shelby Patton
Service Receptions
1) 342 – Mallory Long
2) 259 – Alex Botkin
3) 238 – Shelby Patton
Passing Average
1) 2.30 – Mallory Long
2) 2.25 – Shelby Patton
3) 2.14 – Elle Aston
Four Republic volleyball players won All-District honors for their performances in the district tournament at Aurora last week. [Read more...]
The Republic Lady Tigers barely missed a trip to the state semifinals, losing to Rogersville in three games, 25-21, 16-25, 23-25. It’s the second straight year Republic’s season has ended in the quarterfinals with a loss to the Wildcats.
Republic nearly pulled off a dramatic quarterfinal comeback, trailing 19-24 in the last game. They won four straight points to pull within one, at 23-24 — but Rogersville called a timeout, then, on the next point, tipped the ball to an open spot on Republic’s left side to win the match.
Elle Aston and Nicole Hallam each had 11 kills to lead the Lady Tigers. Defensively, Jordan Jones contributed 12 digs and five blocks, to go along with her 29 assists. Hallam had seven blocks and Mallory Long had 14 digs.
The quarterfinal loss was the second match of the day for Republic. They had beaten Carl Junction in the sectionals, 26-24, 25-15. In that match the Lady Tigers trailed badly in the first game, 14-19, before rallying to take the lead 21-20. Carl Junction won four of the next five to earn two game points — but Republic rattled off four straight points for the win. After taking the momentum, they cruised to an easy victory in game two.
Shelby Gordon was the star of the match for Republic, leading the team in kills, and playing strong defense. She had 10 kills, hitting .666 for the match. Mallory Long had 11 digs for the Lady Tigers, and Nicole Hallam and Jordan Jones each had four blocks. Jones also added 22 assists.
I’ll have video of both matches online Sunday.
On Senior Night, Republic got six kills from senior Rachel Nichols, and easily beat Neosho, 25-17 25-18. The Lady Tigers were coming off a disappointing loss at Branson Tuesday, but this match was never seriously in doubt after the Lady Tigers opened their first lead in game one.
Nicole Hallam also had six kills for Republic. And Jordan Jones dished out 15 assists. Mallory Long led the way defensively, with nine digs.
Before the match, Republic honored Nichols and three of her senior classmates: Elle Aston, Haley Keck and Shelby Patton. You should go check out the photo set from tonight on flickr.
The JV team also won in two games, 25-13 25-16.
