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Did anyone from NCC or NDA make the all tournament team?

NCC's Taylor Snyder and Liz Gruenschlaeger made the All-Tournament team.

Here is something else that is interesting:

Rank Region 10

1 Campbell County

2 Newport Central Cath.

3 Highlands

4 Dayton

5 Bishop Brossart

However, on the state level they have:

15. Highlands

17. Campbell County

19. Newport Central Catholic

Makes you wonder now doesn't it!

Who did most of the scoring for NCC?

Congrats to Coach Mertle on career win # 683. You could tell that her team really wanted to deliver a win against a very solid St Henry team.

First I will reply to the site and then give my thoughts on the match.

 

I don't think you'll ever see anything as far as volleyball goes in THE BANK of Kentucky Center except for MAYBE two cases. 1) the KHSAA State tournament OR 2) NKU making it to the NCAA DII Elite Eight (the Elite Eight never has a scheduled site until after the 8 participants are decided and then one of those 8 would be the host school.....this might cause it to not be in the BOKC since you can't intentionally hold those dates just in case they might make it there).

 

Now on to the match itself. I honestly didn't think either team that up to their capabilities, especially Mercy. There were a couple girls for each team that I was REALLY impressed with. Two were Mercy's outside hitters and the other two were a back row player and an OH for NDA (Bree Popham was the DS....not sure on any of the other names). All three outsides that I was impressed with have loads of talent and were smashing the ball better than some college teams that I've seen so far this year. NDA did have a really tall middle that played okay but looked like she was a little tentative at the net.....she is really lanky and looked like she was still getting used to her body (by this I'm meaning that it looked like she might have grown a little and is still adjusting to that growth)....I hope this makes sense. If not, I'll try to explain better.

 

All in all, it was a GREAT atmosphere for a regular season non-tournament match. Both schools had very vocal fans and they came out in numbers. I was especially impressed with the number of fans that came up from Louisville to watch Mercy play.

 

There are two more dates of volleyball that are scheduled to be in Regents Hall so I hope things can be just as exciting as they were this afternoon.

Sooo...who won and what were the scores?

The pools for the Bluegrass State Games have been released.

It looks like there are several NKY teams participating -- Bishop Brossart, Bellevue, Boone County, Ryle, Dixie, NCC, and Scott.

Pools can be found at: http://storage.ihighdevelopment.com/results/V_Pool.htm

Any predictions?

Notre Dame has nothing to worry about. The current Junior year is VERY strong with Jamie Wulfeck (the greatest middle hitter I have ever seen), as well as libero Leslie Schellhaus. Two great hitters, and I do not know where they will land are Liz Barton (probably outside or middle), and Ashley Robinson (likely right or outside).

 

In addition a great setter for Team Z, also a senior, is Jenna Schriver. Very, very capable.

 

I know each of these ladies and they are all great on and off the court.

 

I dont think anyone ever has to worry about Notre Dame. Never a shortage of talent............this from a die hard TIGER!

Wow! There are a lot of good middles in the Greater Cincy area. (Past and Present)

You mean to tell me that she is better than the likes of Stephanie Niemer, Rachel Adams and Rachel Krabacher.

I have seen them play and they are very talented.

I have never seen Jamie play - looks like I'm going to have to make it to a NDA game.

Per the Bluegrass Games website:

KHSAA has previously ruled that volleyball is not subject to the scrimmage limitations and coaching restrictions. High school teams together with their coach(es) may participate in the BGSG and play shall not count against the two scrimmage limitation.

Jack's dad is 6'4-6'5 and he is at least 3 inches taller than him if not more.

Jake Giesler is about 6'5" he also goes to NewCath.

The 6'8'' freshman at NewCath is Jack Gruenschlager.