Red Oak v St. Albert: Impact Players!!!

This has been my favorite game this season. A regular season, Hawk-10 conference match, that both teams really wanted to win, but the Saintes really needed to win, this matchup was eye-opening to the possibilities opening up to both teams. At this point in the season, Red Oak had not lost a conference match before tonight and beat the Saintes at an earlier tournament in two sets. They have been viewed as one of the most underrated teams in this conference. St. Albert has been ranked in the middle of their conference so far this season, hanging on to local area rankings by their fingernails. This match shows what the Saintes are capable of and it is a lot. Let’s start out by talking about the setters for these teams to unravel how the Saintes accomplished this win. THE SETTERS [caption id="attachment_110432" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-110432" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/09/Chloe_Devries_2_d091920-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Chloe DeVries, 2021, Setter, Red Oak.[/caption] Chloe DeVries (2021, S, Red Oak) Chloe threw up 34 assists at Thursday night’s match at St. Albert. Chloe was an integral part of Red Oak’s fight for the win. There was one other assist for Red Oak and that was put up by [player_tooltip player_id="93046" first="Abbey" last="Jones"], the libero.     [caption id="attachment_112202" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112202 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Maddy_Horvath_serving_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Maddy Horvath, 2022, Setter, St. Albert.[/caption] Maddie Horvath (2022, S, St.Albert) Maddie had the most assists with 19 for the Saintes. She also scored 1 kill with a .333 hitting efficiency, 4 digs, and had 14 successful serves out of 14 attempted. [caption id="attachment_112178" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-112178" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Ella_Klusman_setting_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Ella Klusman, 2024, Setter, St. Albert.[/caption] Ella Klusman (2024, S, St.Albert) Ella, the other setter at St.Albert and a freshman phenom, threw up 14 assists for the Saintes in their win over Red Oak. There were two other assists for the Saintes, one put up by Lauren Williams, the other by Landry Miller. After seeing the same numbers almost for assists it made me conclude that the rest of the story is either defensive play or hitting efficiency in this conference match-up win for the Saintes. Let’s explore the hitters! THE HITTERS [caption id="attachment_112181" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112181 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Allie_Petry_hitting_Lennon_Oneal_blocking_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> [player_tooltip player_id="79012" first="Allie" last="Petry"], 2021, Iowa State Commit, OH, St. Albert.[/caption] [player_tooltip player_id="79012" first="Allie" last="Petry"] (2021, OH, St.Albert) Allie had the top number of kills for the Saintes in this match. She had 12 kills out of 25 attempts and had only 4 errors meaning she had a .320 hitting efficiency, 2 total blocks, and 13 digs. [caption id="attachment_112182" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-112182" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Lauren_Williams_hitting_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Lauren Williams, 2022. MH/RS, St. Albert.[/caption] Lauren Williams (2022, RS/MH, St.Albert) Lauren had 9 kills out of 20 attempts with 2 errors with a .350 hitting efficiency, with 3 total blocks, 6 digs, and 17 out of 18 successful serves. [caption id="attachment_112183" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112183 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Elizabeth_Elkins_hitting_d100820-e1602655239870-150x150.jpg" alt="[player_tooltip player_id=" width="150" height="150" /> [player_tooltip player_id="93045" first="Elizabeth" last="Elkins"], 2021, OH/MH, St. Albert, hitting from the outside against Red Oak.[/caption] [player_tooltip player_id="93045" first="Elizabeth" last="Elkins"] (2021, OH/MH, St.Albert) Elizabeth had 6 kills out of 12 attempts with only 1 error with a hitting efficiency of .417, the best for the Saintes during this match. She also had 1 total block and 3 digs, 1 aces, and 5 out of 5 successful serves. [caption id="attachment_112185" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-112185" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Lainey_Sheffield_hitting_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Lainey Sheffield, 2022, OH/RS, St. Albert.[/caption] Lainey Sheffield (2022, OH/RS, St.Albert) Lainey had 2 kills out of 11 attempts with 0 errors with .182 hitting efficiency, 3 total blocks, 2 digs, 2 aces, and 11 out of 11 successful serves.   [caption id="attachment_112186" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112186 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Allison_Narmi_hitting_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Allison Narmi, 2022, MH, St. Albert.[/caption] Allison Narmi (2022, MH, St.Albert) Allison had 2 kills out of 8 attempts with 0 errors with .250 hitting efficiency and 1 total block. [caption id="attachment_112187" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112187 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Georgie_Bohnet_hitting_d100820-e1602655396989-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Georgie Bohnet, 2024, OH, St. Albert.[/caption] Georgie Bohnet (2024, OH, St.Albert) Georgie had 4 kills out of 16 attempts with 1 error with .188 hitting efficiency, 2 total blocks, and 3 digs.   [caption id="attachment_112188" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112188 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Lexi_Johnson_backrowhitting_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> [player_tooltip player_id="103050" first="Lexi" last="Johnson"], 2022, OH, Red Oak.[/caption] [player_tooltip player_id="57613" first="Alexis" last="Johnson"] (2022, OH, Red Oak) Lexi had 15 kills out of 35 attempts with .286 hitting efficiency, 1 total block, 9 digs, and 7 out of 8 successful serves to lead the Tigers. [caption id="attachment_112193" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-112193" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Tory_Carrick_hitting_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Tory Carrick, 2022, RS, Red Oak hitting against St. Albert.[/caption] Tory Carrick (2022, RS, Red Oak) Tory had 8 kills out of 21 attempts with .238 hitting efficiency, 7 digs, 1 ace with 9 out of 10 successful serves. [caption id="attachment_112194" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112194 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Liz_Carbaugh_hitting2_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Liz Carbaugh, 2022, MH, Red Oak.[/caption] Liz Carbaugh (2022, MH, Red Oak) Liz had 6 kills out of 15 attempts with .200 hitting efficiency, 1 total blocks, and 1 dig.     [caption id="attachment_112195" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-112195" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Kamryn_Wendt_hitting2_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Kamryn Wendt, 2021, RS, Red Oak.[/caption] Kamryn Wendt (2021, MH, Red Oak) Kamryn had 3 kills and 9 digs.       THE DEFENSE [caption id="attachment_112198" align="alignleft" width="150"]<img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-112198" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Landry_Miller_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> Landry Miller, 2024, Libero, St. Albert.[/caption] Landry Miller (2023, L, St.Albert) Landry really looked good during this game. She had 1 assist, 13 digs, and 3 out of 4 successful serves. [caption id="attachment_112199" align="alignright" width="150"]<img class="wp-image-112199 size-thumbnail" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/10/Abbey_Jones_serving_d100820-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /> [player_tooltip player_id="93046" first="Abbey" last="Jones"], 2021, Libero, Red Oak.[/caption] [player_tooltip player_id="93046" first="Abbey" last="Jones"] (2021, L, Red Oak) Abbey was the fire for her team in this game. She had 1 assist, 1 kill, 21 digs, 1 ace, and 7 out of 8 successful serves. In other words, she was everywhere for the Tigers. All in all, the Saintes beat the Tigers with their hitting efficiency and serving acumen in this yearly rivalry.