Published: September 22, 2008 11:14 am            

Camanche claims title at Marquette

BELLEVUE — Camanche picked up its second consecutive high school volleyball tournament title Saturday, beating Preston in a battle of ranked teams at the Marquette Invitational.

Camanche, ranked No. 13 in Class 2A, defeated the Trojans, No. 5 in 1A, in a three-game match in pool play and then won the rematch in the championship 25-21, 25-13. The Indians reached the final with a 25-11, 25-10 victory against host Marquette, ranked No. 8 in 1A.

“This felt more like a conference tournament than a regular Saturday Invitational,” Camanche coach Mark Cremer said. The top four teams all were from the Big East Conference.

Camanche’s closest test was its 18-21, 21-16, 15-7 win against Preston in pool play.

“Our pool match with Preston was a nail-biter,” Cremer said. “Sloppy serve reception let them jump out to a 5-2 advantage early in the first game. We worked back in front at 17-15 after a half-dozen sideout exchanges but then let Emily Henningsen run off five points in a row to put them up 20-17.”

Cremer said it was more of the same in Game 2. Kills by Tiffany Bormann and Brena Smithson helped the Trojans to the early lead, and they made it 14-8 on an ace serve by Korissa Daniels. But, the Indians got key contributions at the service line to pull it out. Lindsey Nissen had a couple of aces in a five-point run, and Chelsea Moore later finished the game by serving the final six points.

“The third game came down to a four-point service run by Chelsea and then a three-point run by Tiana Bark to end the match at 15-7,” Cremer said.

Marquette defeated East Central 25-17, 25-10 for third place. The win avenged a three-game loss in pool play. After going 3-0 in Pool A, the Raiders played Preston tough, losing two 25-22 games.

“While we fell short of what we wanted to accomplish coming out of pool play, I was very happy with our balanced offense and continued improvements throughout the day,” East Central coach Brenda McKone said.

Marquette Invitational

Pool A

Standings — 1. East Central 3-0; 2. Bellevue Marquette 2-1; 3. Andrew 1-2; 4. Morning Star 0-3.

Results — East Central def. Morning Star 21-13, 21-14; Marquette def. Andrew 21-14, 21-10; East Central def. Andrew 15-21, 21-12, 15-10; Marquette def. Morning Star 21-5, 21-7; East Central def. Marquette 10-21, 21-12, 15-10; Andrew def. Morning Star 22-20, 21-12.

Pool B

Standings — 1. Camanche 3-0; 2. Preston 2-1; 3. Bellevue 1-2; 4. Prince of Peace 0-3.

Results — Camanche def. Prince of Peace 21-14, 21-11; Preston def. Bellevue 21-12, 21-12; Preston def. Prince of Peace 21-10, 19-21, 15-7; Camanche def. Bellevue 21-6, 21-10; Bellevue def. Prince of Peace 21-19, 21-15; Camanche def. Preston 18-21, 21-16, 15-7.

Semifinals — Preston def. East Central 25-22, 25-22; Camanche def. Marquette 25-11, 25-10.

Championship — Camanche def. Preston 25-21, 25-13. Third place — Marquette def. East Central 25-17, 25-10.

All-tournament team — Jill Sieverding (Bellevue), Ashtyn Dixon (Camanche), Chelsea Moore (Camanche), Trista Shannon (East Central), Barb Anderson (East Central), Audrey Sieverding (Marquette), Miranda Heiar (Marquette), Tiffany Bormann (Preston).

Statistical leaders

Camanche

Kills — Ashtyn Dixon 34, Chelsea Moore 27, Tiana Bark 27, Ashley Gonzalez 12, Haley Pulse 10. Blocks — Gonzalez 3, Dixon 3, Moore 3. Assists — Pulse 33, Gonzalez 27, Lindsey Nissen 25. Ace serves — Moore 18, Nissen 8, Gonzalez 6, Dixon 5. Digs — Moore 28, Bark 20, Dixon 17, Jenna Paysen 16.

East Central

Kills — Trista Shannon 19, Sam Lippens 17, Bailey Gray 16, Tessa Daniels 14. Blocks — Shannon 5, Danies 4, Mareah Adolphs 3. Assists — Kelsey McCloy 26, Gray 23. Ace serves — Lippens 8, Gray 5, Sydney Gray 3. Digs — Lippens 39, Barb Anderson 38, B. Gray 25, Shannon 20.

Prince of Peace

Kills — Brooke Craig 9, Carie Kuehn 4, Erica Ugarph 3). Blocks — Rachel Ryan 1, Ugarph 1, Kuehn 1. Assists — Ryan 13. Ace serves — Craig 8. Digs — Ryan 26, Kirsten Heeren 18.

        

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