Connecticut Volleyball Blog

CT Class S championship… the winner is…

ctvolleyball — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:27 +0000

Coventry d. Morgan, 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-9). That’s #4 in a row for Coventry! Great job girls (and Coach Matt Hurlock and Coach Jon Roberts!)

Class M semifinal result

ctvolleyball — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:13:30 +0000

RHAM d. Law 3-0… well fought match. Law had a good size lead in game 3 but RHAM turned it on and the match ended with Kelsey Welling making a convincing block.

RHAM vs. East Catholic, class M semifinal

ctvolleyball — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:52:56 +0000

Got to see this one (in my backyard)… 2 teams familiar with each other. I missed the first part of game 1. East Catholic seemed to have a strategy and worked it hard. When they executed it was effective but RHAM also seemed to defend the areas attacked well. Really gave EC little room for error.

Game 3 saw RHAM go up early, but East really battled back to make it close again. RHAM pulled away again to put the match away.

Well fought by both teams… good match to East Catholic, I believe this was their best season ever! RHAM off to the semifinals.

11/9 CT Girls Volleyball poll… change at the top

ctvolleyball — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:27:51 +0000

2009 Connecticut Girls Volleyball Poll
11/9/2009

Place	Team Name	Points	# 1^st	Record	Last Wk
1.	RHAM	546	15	21-0	2
2.	Darien	532	12	21-0	1
3.	Southington	454	2	19-2	3
4.	Coventry	418	0	19-1	4
5.	Morgan	295	0	21-0	5
6.	Law	245	0	19-2	9
7.	Bristol Eastern	242	0	17-3	6
8.	Avon	222	0	17-2	8
9.	NFA	193	0	18-3	10
10.	Sacred Heart Academy	190	0	17-2	7
11.	Greenwich	79	0	18-3	13
12.	Seymour	63	0	17-1	12
13.	Fairfield – Ludlowe	56	0	16-3	11
14.	Kennedy	38	0	18-2	14
15.	Foran	16	0	16-2	15

Records are the most recently reported to the CIAC and gathered from various sources

Here’s how last week’s top teams did (based upon reports found online):

Darien (21-0) d. Danbury 3-0, d. Staples, d. #13 Greenwich 3-0 (FCIAC final)
RHAM (21-0) d. Farmington 3-0, d. #6 Bristol Eastern 3-0, d. #3 Southington 3-1 (CCC final)
Southington (19-2) d. Berlin 3-0, d. East Catholic 3-0, lost to #2 RHAM 1-3 (CCC final)
Coventry (19-1) d. #8 Avon 3-2, d. Enfield 3-0, d. #8 Avon 3-0 (NCC final)
Morgan (21-0) d. HK, d. East Hampton 3-0 (Shoreline final)
Bristol Eastern d. South Windsor 3-0, lost to #2 RHAM 0-3 (CCC semifinal)
Sacred Heart (17-2) lost to Cheshire 1-3 (SCC tournament)
Avon (17-2) d. Ellington 3-1, d. Ellington 3-1 (again), lost to #4 Coventry 2-3 (NCC tournament)
Law (19-2) d. Mercy 3-1, d. Cheshire 3-2 (SCC tournament)
NFA (18-3) d. Woodstock Academy 3-0, d. East Lyme 3-1, d. Fitch 3-1 (ECC tournament)

Coaches voting this week:

Jim Amato, Woodland Regional

Stacy Loch, Jonathan Law

Tim Guernsey, RHAM

Bill Howard, NFA

Steve Antal, Joel Barlow

Matt Hurlock, Coventry

Mike Smeriglio, Stamford

Fred Scheithe, Naugatuck

Janice May, East Hartford

George Green, St. Joe’s

Adam Bottone, Woodstock Academy

Jack Biggs, East Lyme

Bob Tarigo, Berlin

Stacy Rivoira, Bristol Eastern

Cindy Turcotte, Hartford Public

Tracey Hollenbaugh, Glastonbury

Rich Heitz, Southington

Victor Rivera, Middletown

Laurie LaRusso, Darien

Pam Cloutier, Maloney

Steve Compson, Plainville

Suzy Miner, Hale Ray

Michelle Abraham, New Britain

Cathy Federowicz, Seymour

George McKinnon, Rocky Hill

Curt Burns, Avon

Steve Lapham, Greenwich

Judy Landry, East Catholic

Laura Arena, Farmington

11/2/09 Girls Volleyball Poll

ctvolleyball — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:42:03 +0000

2009 Connecticut Girls Volleyball Poll
11/2/2009

Place	Team Name	Points	# 1st	Record	Last Week
1.	Darien	576	18	18-0	1
2.	RHAM	542	10	18-0	2
3.	Southington	462	2	17-1	5
4.	Coventry	393	0	16-1	3
5.	Morgan	301	0	18-0	7
6.	Bristol Eastern	280	0	16-2	4
7.	Sacred Heart Academy	268	0	17-1	10
8.	Avon	229	0	15-1	9
9.	Law	211	0	16-2	8
10.	NFA	210	0	15-3	6
11.	Fairfield – Ludlowe	61	0	16-2	11
12.	Seymour	48	0	17-1	12
13.	Greenwich	43	0	16-2	14
14.	Kennedy	41	0	17-1	-
15.	Foran	28	0	16-2	13

Records are the most recently reported to the CIAC

More interesting results…

ctvolleyball — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:30 +0000

Avon over Farmington in 5… Southington over Coventry in 4, (last game 32-30)!

The Flu’s impact this season

ctvolleyball — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:55:03 +0000

I’ve heard several reports of teams being down 4-6 players on their varsity teams. Glastonbury had no varsity setters available for a match this week and used their JV setters (a freshman and sophomore). They managed to pull out the match though.

What’s been going on around your school?

ctvolleyball — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:43:23 +0000

2009 Connecticut Girls Volleyball Poll
10/26/2009

Place	Team Name	Points	# 1st	Record	Last Week
1.	Darien	686	23	16-0	1
2.	RHAM	630	12	17-0	2
3.	Coventry	565	0	15-0	4
4.	Bristol Eastern	384	0	15-2	6
5.	Southington	380	1	15-1	3
6.	NFA	325	0	14-1	7
7.	Morgan	320	0	16-0	8
8.	Law	275	0	15-2	10
9.	Avon	213	0	13-1	9
10.	Sacred Heart Academy	211	0	15-1	5
11.	Fairfield – Ludlowe	150	0	15-2	12
12.	Seymour	68	0	16-1	15
13.	Foran	58	0	15-2	11
14.	Greenwich	39	0	14-2	-
15.	Farmington	38	0	12-4	-

Records are the most recently reported to the CIAC

10/19/09 Girls Poll

ctvolleyball — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:52:45 +0000

Place	Team Name
1.	Darien
2.	RHAM
3.	Southington
4.	Coventry
5.	Sacred Heart Academy
6.	Bristol Eastern
7.	NFA
8.	Morgan
9.	Avon
10.	Law
11.	Foran
12.	Fairfield – Ludlowe
13.	Joel Barlow
14.	Ridgefield
15.	Seymour

Junior Club Volleyball News

ctvolleyball — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:30:40 +0000

Check out info for a new tournament this season for the top level club players of all age levels (and both boys and girls)… www.NEwinterfest.com sponsored by Mizuno.

It’ll be on MLK weekend in 2010 at the CT Convention Center! Teams from all over will be there.