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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.
Jumping from Class 3 to Class 4 wasn’t enough to keep Republic’s volleyball team out of the preseason state rankings. The Lady Tigers are ranked #10 in the state in Class 4 by the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association.
Two of their Central Ozark Conference rivals are ahead of them. Ozark is ranked #2, and Nixa is at #9.
In Class 3, COC rival Logan Rogersville is ranked #2.
Here is the top ten for Class 4:
1. St. Joseph’s Academy-Frontenac
2. Ozark
3. Lee’s Summit West
4. Blue Springs
5. Incarnate Word Academy-Bel-Nor
6. Cor Jesu Academy-Affton
7. St. Teresa’s Academy-Kansas City
8. Lafayette-Wildwood
9. Nixa
10. Republic
Here’s some volleyball video I took during the season, but hadn’t edited and posted here yet. [Read more...]
Sophomore Jordan Jones and Senior Elle Aston have both earned all-state honors from the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association. [Read more...]
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.
Three Lady Tiger volleyball players earned All-Region honors in Missouri Class 3. Senior Elle Aston and sophomore Jordan Jones were both named to the first team in the Southwest Region. Sophomore Nicole Hallam earned honorable mention.
The state is broken into five regions, from which the All-Region teams are selected. All-state selections are made from among those All-Region players.
Here are the selections in the Southwest Region:
First Team
Elle Aston, Republic
Hattie Michaud, Reeds Spring
Jordan Jones, Republic
Katelyn Joyner, Carl Junction
Katy Cooper, East Newton
Kenzie Williams, Mount Vernon
Marti Richmiller, Cassville
Shaye Buttram, McDonald County
Second Team
Chloe Blount, Logan-Rogersville
Elly Citron, Mountain Grove
Erica Heim, Logan-Rogersville
Jessica Curl, Mount Vernon
Mackenzie Valenti, Carl Junction
Maddie Redfern, Logan-Rogersville
Meg DeMuri, Buffalo
Ryan Parsons, McDonald County
Honorable Mention
Baylee Henderson, Bolivar
Bethany Decker, Aurora
Danielle Lampe, Springfield Catholic
Haley Hahn, Reeds Spring
Heidi Schmied, Buffalo
Kayla Wilson, Springfield Catholic
Micah Cribbs, Bolivar
Nicole Hallam, Republic
Olivia Cline, Cassville
Republic’s volleyball team takes a #1 seed and a #4 state ranking into its district volleyball tournament at Aurora. I talked to Coach Katie Kreimer about the season so far, and where she thinks her team stands as the postseason begins.
Republic will play Mount Vernon in the volleyball district semifinals at Aurora Wednesday. Mount Vernon advanced to the semis with a win over Springfield Catholic Monday night, 25-20 25-23.
Republic is the #1 seed, and had a bye in the first round. Mount Vernon is seeded #4.
Game time is 6 p.m. Wednesday. The winner advances to the district final later that night.
