2002 Volleyball State Tournament
Championship Game
Ursuline 15,15 St. Elizabeth 9,8
St. Elizabeth (21-3): Brittany Papili 5 digs; Dana Cushing 15
assists, 6 digs; Shea Haney 3 digs, 8 kills; Jill Murphy 4 digs; Adrienne Melvin
17 digs, 6 perfect passes; Jennifer Hunt 11 digs; Dana Olmstead 7 digs, 5 kills,
13 perfect passes; Jennifer O'Conner 4 digs
Ursuline (19-1): Melissa Ferguson 10 kills, 5 perfect passes, 5 digs; Kristen
Bunnell4 digs; Kristen Hultberg 3 perfect passes, 5 digs; Kelly Mark 4 perfect
passes, 6 digs; Maureen McBride 24 assists, 3 digs; Rachel Pawlikowski 3 kills,
4 perfect passes, 4 digs; Kate Mills 6 kills; Sarah Williams 6 kills, 3 perfect
passes.
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| Ursuline's Kate Mills goes up to hit the game winning spike in the 2002 State Volleyball Championship | Mills leaps as the ball hits the floor on the St. Elizabeth's Vikings side of the court and the Raiders begin to celebrate. | Ursuline wins their first state title since 1997 15-9, 15-8 |
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| Dana Olmstead and Dana Cushing accept the second place trophy for St. Elizabeth's |
The 2002 State Volleyball Champions- The Ursuline Raiders |
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Consolation Match
Padua 15,15 A.I. duPont 8,11
A.I.duPont (18-5): Burke 5 digs, 6 perfect passes, 4
kills; O'Byrne 3 aces, 4 blocks, 4 kills; Chiquoine 7 kills; Shropshire 9 digs,
7 perfect passes, 6 kills; Salzenberg 4 assists; Elliot 13 assists.
Padua (13-7): Olmstead 14 kills, 4 perfect passes, 6 digs, 6 blocks; Brennan 6
kills; Russell 5 kills, 9 blocks; Fetters 11 perfect passes, 4 digs; Sabol 8
digs, 3 perfect passes, 28 assists; Alles 4 kills, 5 perfect passes, 4 digs;
Swan 8 perfect passes, 4 digs; Plummer 8 perfect passes, 3 digs.
Semifinal Round 11-7-02
Ursuline 15,15 A.I. duPont 13,10
A.I. duPont (18-4) Burke 10 perfect passes, 6 kills, 6
digs; O'Byrne 3 perfect passes; Chiquoine 3 blocks; Shropshire 5 perfect passes,
5 kills; Dugan 3 perfect passes; Elliott 4 aces, 9 assists; Crowe 4 perfect
passes
Ursuline (18-1) Pawlikowski 8 kills, 3 perfect passes, 3 digs; Mills 7
kills; Ferguson 5 kills, 5 perfect passes, 5 digs; Flanders 4 kills; Williams 5
kills, 3 perfect passes; McBride 29 assists; Hultberg 5 perfect passes, 4 digs;
Bunnell 4 perfect passes; Mark 3 perfect passes, 5 digs.
St. Elizabeth 15, 15 Padua 7,7
Padua (12-7) Olmstead 12 kills, 5 blocks, 5
perfect passes, 5 digs; Russell 8 kills; Alles 9 perfect passes, 6 digs; Sabol
21 assists; Fetters 8 perfect passes, 8 digs
St. Elizabeth (21-2) Melvin 18 digs, 5 kills, 5 perfect passes; Cushing
22 assists, 10 digs; Hunt 8 digs, 6 kills, 4 perfect passes; Hazewski 13 digs, 6
perfect passes; Olmstead 6 blocks, 10 digs, 8 kills, 10 perfect passes
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| Dana Olmstead serves for the St. Elizabeth Vikings in the semifinal round of the state tournament. | Amanda Olmstead serves for Padua in the same game. | Dana tries to block Amanda at center court. The two sisters played evenly against each other |
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| Shea Haney blocks a shot for the Vikings who swept Padua in two games 15-7, 15- | Shea Haney | Kelly Mark serves for Ursuline in the other semifinal round game against A.I. duPont |
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| Raider setter Maureen McBride helped lead the Raiders to a 15-13, 15-10 win. | Rachel Pawlikowski drills a spike through the Tigers Clair O'Byrne in the first game. | Lauren Burke tries a diving attempt at a dig with Maureen Dugan watching. |
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There are a lot of highlights from the state volleyball tournament. We will most likely now break up those highlights into two shows beginning 11-12 in NCC. Check other local listings for airdates. |
| Maureen Dugan makes a diving dig for the Tigers | Melissa Ferguson hit the ball hard all night for UA |
Quarterfinal Round Results 11-5-02
A.I. duPont 15,15 Tower Hill 8,12
Tower Hill (17-3) Johnson 5 aces; Thew 8 kills; Cecala 13
assists
A.I. duPont (18-3)O'Byrne 4 kills; Chiquoine 5 kills; Shropshire 4 perfect
passes, 4 kills; Salzenberg 6 assists; Elliott 5 assists
Ursuline 15,15 Charter 3,2
Charter (11-7) L. Douglas 3 digs; A. Sanders 7 kills, 4 digs;
Benson 4 digs; Busch 3 assists; Appleby 5 assists.
Ursuline (17-1) Ferguson 7 kills, 3 perfect passes; Mills 5 kills; Pawlikowski 4
kills, 3 perfect passes, 4 digs, 5 aces; McBride 20 assists; Flanders 3 kills;
Bunnell 3 perfect passes, 4 digs; Mark 4 digs; Hultberg 3 digs
St. Elizabeth 15,15 Archmere 8,4
Archmere (9-9) Horenburger 6 kills; Hassink 4 kills, 4 digds;
Meany 25 assists, 5 digs; Bussiere 6 digs
St. Elizabeth (20-2) Melvin 6 digs, 6 perfect passes, 4 kills; Cushing 18
assists, Haney 5 kills, 4 blocks; Hunt 8 digs; Papili 4 digs; Hazewski 6 digs, 4
perfect passes; Olmstead 8 digs, 10 kills, 5 perfect passes
Padua 15,15 St. Marks 13,14
Padua (12-6) Plummer 5 perfect passes, 14 digs; Alles 10
perfect passes, 7 kills; Olmstead 5 blocks, 14 kills, 9 perfect passes, 11 digs;
Russell 13 kills; Gricol 4 kills, 6 perfect passes, 5 digs; Sabol 31 assists
St. Marks (14-8) Bree 9 digs, 6 perfect passes; Darby 3 kills, 3 aces, 9 perfect
passes, 20 digs; Criel 9 kills; Hicks 9 assists, 7 digs, 4 perfect passes; Axe
11 digs, 5 perfect passes; Papili 5 kills, 11 assists, 15 digs, 4 perfect
passes; Denhoed 4 digs
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| The Padua Pandas defeated the St. Marks Spartans 15-13, 16-14 in the quarterfinal round of the State Volleyball Championship | The Pandas Kendy Russell led Padua in kills | Michelle Criel led St. Marks in kills. |
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| Rachel Pawlikowski starred for Ursuline as the Raiders disposed of Charter 15-3, 15-2 in the other quarterfinal game played at St. Elizabeth. | Melissa Ferguson's steady play from the outside was another key factor for the Raiders. | The Force couldn't get their ace hitter Allyson Sanders involved as much as they would have liked. But when she was involved she was unstoppable. Also advancing to the semifinal round were the Tigers of A.I. duPont who beat Tower Hill, and the Vikings of St. Elizabeth who dropped Archmere from the tournament. The Semifinal round will feature Ursuline vs. A.I. duPont and St. Elizabeth vs. Padua. |
Second Round Tuesday 11-5-02
At St. Elizabeth
#1 Ursuline (16-1) vs. #9 Charter (11-6) at 6:30 pm
#3 St. Marks (14-7) vs. #6 Padua (11-6) at 8 pm
At St. Marks
#4 A.I. duPont (17-3) vs. #5 Tower Hill (17-2) at 6:30 pm
#2 St. Elizabeth (19-2) vs. #10 Archmere (9-8) at 8 pm
First Round Results 11-2-02
St. Elizabeth 15,15 Brandywine 6,6
St. Elizabeth (19-2): Melvin 3 aces, 11 digs, 5 kills, 4
perfect passes; Cushing 16 assists; Haney 6 kills; Hunt 3 digs, 4 kills; Papili
4 perfect passes; Bradley 3 digs; O'Conner 3 digs; Olmstead 4 digs.
Brandywine (11-6): Hannig 2 assists; McGovern 4 digs
Archmere 15,15 Newark 7,7
Archmere (9-8): Abessinio 12 kills, 4 digs; Horenberger 5
kills; Hassink 4 kills, 3 aces, 9 digs; O'Connell 4 kills; Stepanski 3 kills, 4
digds; Meany 3 digs, 21 assists; Murphy 3 digs
Newark (14-4): Mitchell 3 kills, 9 perfect passes; Denver 10 assists; McLaughlin
4 digs, 3 perfect passes; Walker 9 kills, 5 digs, 7 perfect passesl Finkley 3
kills, 5 digs, 4 perfect passes; Reale 6 assists.
A.I. duPont 15,15 Dover 6,1
A.I. duPont (16-3): Burke 7 perfect passes; O'Byrne 5 kills;
Chiquoine 5 kills; Salzenberg 5 assists; Elliot 9 assists
Dover (13-7): Jegede 2 blocks; Deprima 2 assists.
Tower Hill 15,15 Caravel 0,4
Tower Hill (17-2): Thew 9 kills, 4 digs; Johnson 4 perfect
passes, E. Perkins 10 perfect passes; E. Pierce 7 perfect passes, 4 kills;
Cecala 17 assists
Caravel (11-6): Parisi 8 digs; Belles 6 digs
Charter 15,15 Caesar Rodney 0,8
Charter (11-6): A. Sanders 6 kills, 2 blocks; L. Douglas 5 kills,
4 digs, 2 aces; M. Douglas 5 kills; Busch 9 assists; Benson 5 digs.
Caesar Rodney (13-3): Reed 6 kills; Miller 6 assists; Younger 3 blocks; Barry 2
aces
Ursuline 15,15 Christiana 1,5
Ursuline (16-1): Mills 8 kills, 2 blocks; Pawlikowski 5 kills, 3
perfect passes, 2 aces; Ferguson 4 kills; McBride 23 assists, 3 aces; Williams 3
kills; Flanders 3 perfect passes, 2 kills; Bunnell 4 digs
Christiana (11-9): Carberry 4 kills; Williams 3 perfect passes, 2 digs;
Hoenigman 3 perfect passes, 2 digs; Freel 3 perfect passes; Cooper 2 digs; Hubbs
2 assists
St. Marks 15,15 McKean 1,7
St. Marks (14-7): Papili 14 assists, 2 kills; Bree 6 kills;
Criel 6 kills, 2 perfect passes; Hicks 7 assists, 4 kills, 2 aces; Axe 8 digs;
Dougherty 5 digs, 3 aces; Darby 4 perfect passes, 2 digs
McKean (12-8): Newcomb 5 perfect passes, 4 aces, 3 digs; Fallers 4 digs; Foti 4
digs; Meconi 4 assists, 2 kills; Wentling 4 perfect passes, 2 digs
Padua defeated St. Thomas More- Box Score not available
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| Brandywine's Lydia Jones get both hands on a Dana Olmstead spike as the Bulldogs tried to fend off the second seeded Vikings of St. Elizabeth | The Vikings Dana Cushing sparked her offense from her setters position and recorded 16 assists. | Outside hitter Adrienne Melvin had 5 kills as the Vikings dropped the Bulldogs in two straight games 15-6, 15-6. |
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| Newark's Amber Walker did all she could to block and kill shots for against the Archmere Auks at McKean high. She ended the game with 9 kills. | But the Auks Alexa Hassink had other plans. She ran off seven straight service points to help lead Archmere into the second round of the tournament. | Allison Abessinio was hot from the outside in game two for Archmere. The Auks swept Newark in two games, 15-7, 15-7. Check listings for when these two games will air. |
Saturday’s first round
Well check out Ursuline’s road to the Bob Carpenter Center
on November 9th. Not a single Catholic Conference team stands in
their way until the final match. A.I. duPont, the 4 seed, will most likely have
the honor of trying to stop the Raiders from playing in the championship game.
Meanwhile, St. E’s, St. Marks, Padua and Archmere are all in the bottom
bracket. That is where the action will take place this coming week. Newark has
the best shot of keeping an All-Catholic quarterfinal round from happening when
they take on Archmere. The Spartans will see the return of Outside Hitter Ashli
DenHoed for the tournament, and that is where the difference in this bracket
will be.
It is nice to see two Henlopen Conference teams in the mix, however, Dickinson
High, the only public school team to defeat St. Marks in years, doesn’t get to
play when they can easily handle both of those two southern teams.
Tower Hill is the lone representative from the Independent Conference and the
Hillers had a nice year. They should earn a few Delaware Sports Cup points for a
first-round victory, perhaps, but the Tigers stand in their way from a second
set of points.
With the exception of the Dickinson Rams absence, this year’s seedings didn’t
turn out all that bad. I see an Ursuline-St. Elizabeth final right now but I'll
never count out the Spartans. I give that edge to St. Elizabeths because of
their experience playing St. Marks in these big tournament games. Simply, the
Vikings will bring more to the court when it counts this year.
Teams preceded by seeding. Records in parentheses.
At St. Elizabeth
(1) Ursuline (15-1) vs. (16) Christiana (11-8), 6:30
(8) Caesar Rodney (13-2) vs. (9) Charter (10-6), 8
At Brandywine
(4) A.I. du Pont (15-3) vs. (13) Dover (13-6), 6:30
(5) Tower Hill (16-2) vs. (12) Caravel (11-5), 8
At McKean
(2) St. Elizabeth (18-2) vs. (15) Brandywine (11-5), 6:30
(7) Newark (14-2) vs. (10) Archmere (8-8), 8
At Friends
(3) St. Mark’s (13-7) vs. (14) McKean (12-7), 6:30
(6) Padua (10-6) vs. (11) St. Thomas More (11-5), 8