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Box Score 4 Joliet Invitational – Saturday/Sunday 9/11-9/12, 2021
Harper went 3-1 at the Joliet Invitational this weekend.
D3 #3 Harper College lost to Kaskaskia 18-25, 20-25, 22-25
Joliet, IL 9/11/2021: In the first set, Harper fell behind early at 2-6. Harper continued to track behind by 4 points… 4-8, 5-9, 8-12, but called a timeout at 8-13. Kaskaskia extended the lead to 10-16 on the way to kind of a bad error prone 18-25 loss.
Patricia Wadas (/Hoffman Estates) led Harper with 3 kills. Harper had 8 hitting errors in this set.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) led Harper with 7 digs.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) had 6 digs.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) was 7-7 serving with 2 aces.
In the second set, the score was tied at 4-4, 5-5, and 7-7, before Harper fell behind by the typical 4-point margin at 8-12… Kaskaskia continued to extend the lead to 13-18, 15-20 and finally a 20-25 loss for Harper. Vicky Gorny had 4 kills on 7 attacks, but Harper had 7 hitting errors in this set.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) added 5 more digs.
In the third and final set, the score was tied at 5-5. Harper fought hard and led 9-6 and 12-9 before Kaskaskia tied the score at 16-16, 17-17 and 18-18. Harper took a brief and encouraging lead to 20-18, only to see Kaskaskia knot the score again at 20-20… and 21-21 before Harper fell behind 21-24 and then lost 22-25 to end the match. Vicky Gorny had 5 kills, and
Rugile Jaciunas (/Wheeling H.S.) and
Katie Hofmann (/Elk Grove) each had 3 kills.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) was 10-10 serving with 3 aces in this close defeat.
Coach
Bob Vilsoet said, "I felt we didn't play especially well. We were error prone, but I fell like we lost to the best team in the tournament."
D3 #3 Harper College defeated Southwestern Illinois College 25-16, 22-25, 25-12, 26-24
All was good in the first set as Harper took leads of 4-1 and 17-10 on the way to a well-played 25-16 win.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) and Vicky Gorny each had 3 kills and a block.
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) was 7-9 serving with an ace.
The second set went a different direction. The score was even at 6-6. Harper had leads of 15-13 and 20-17 before Southwestern Illinois College tied the score at 20-20. Harper lost a point when the refs missed a touch call to make it 20-21. Refs missed another touch call to make it 20-22. Harper landed in the net to make the score 21-23. Harper went on to lose 22-25.
Cassie Schweikle (/Glenbard East), back on track, had 4 kills, and
Rugile Jaciunas (/Wheeling H.S.) had 3 kills off the bench.
Jocelyn Mercado (/Schaumburg) was 7-7 serving.
In the third set there was a VERY long rally at 4-0. Both teams were fighting hard for this set! Harper went on to a 10-2 lead behind
Natalia Smiech's (/Dundee-Crown) serving… then 20-7, for a 25-12 win.
Cassie Schweikle (/Glenbard East) had 4 more kills.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) had 4 kills.
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) and
Daniela Pineda (/Buffalo Grove) each had 6 digs.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) and Vicky Gorny each had 5 digs in this 25-12 win.
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) was 6-6 serving with 2 aces. And
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) was 6-7 serving.
The forth set was another barnburner. Harper led 5-3, then 9-6, 10-7, 12-9, 14-11 and 16-13 before finally gathering a seemingly commanding 19-13 lead. But Southwestern Illinois had other ideas, and tied the score at 22-22! But at 24-24, Southwestern Illinois had a double hit called, and then hit one barely out of bounds for a 26-24 Harper win.
Cassie Schweikle (/Glenbard East) had yet another 4 kills for match-high 12 kills.
Daniela Pineda (/Buffalo Grove) added 10 more digs, while
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) had 6 digs.
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) was 5-5 serving with 2 aces.
D3 #3 Harper College defeated Lake Michigan 27-25, 24-26, 25-14, 27-25
Joliet, IL 9/12/2021: Speaking of barn-burners! In the first set, Harper fell behind a talented Lake Michigan team 6-9. Harper tied the score at 11-11, 12-12, 13-13 and 14-14 before taking a slim 17-14 lead… then 18-15 and 20-17. Unfortunately for Harper, Lake Michigan then tied the score at 20-20, and 21-21. Harper took a slim 23-22 lead, but Lake Michigan tied the score again at 24-24 and 25-25, before Harper win 27-25.
Cassie Schweikle (/Glenbard East) had 5 kills. Birthday girl
Patricia Wadas (/Hoffman Estates) had 4 kills on her first 4 swings. Vicky Gorny added 4 kills on a bunch of attack attempts.
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) had 7 digs.
Katie Hofmann (/Elk Grove) was 8-8 serving with 2 aces.
In the second set, Harper had a 10-5 lead, and extended the lead to 13-5. With help from another random double-hit call this time on Harper's setter, Lake Michigan closed the set to 13-10, and then 15-12 before tying the set at 17-17. Harper jumped ahead a bit to 20-18, 21-19 but … lost 24-26.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) led Harper with 4 kills on her bunch of attack attempts in this set.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) had 7 digs, Vicky Gorny had 7 digs,
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) had 6 digs, and
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) had 5 digs.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) was 6-7 serving.
In set three, Harper jumped ahead 5-2, 9-3, 14-6, 17-11, 20-13 and 22-14 before winning 25-14. Vicky Gorny and
Katie Hofmann (/Elk Grove) each had 3 kills.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) had 9 digs in this set.
Katie Hofmann (/Elk Grove) was 5-6 serving with an ace.
In the final set, Harper fell behind 5-8, but caught up at 13-13. There was another tie at 18-18. Had Harper let the ball fly out of bounds instead of playing it, Harper would have been ahead 19-17. Harper then extended to 21-19. There was a VERY long rally at 22-19; then 23-20, 23-21 and a tie at 23-23. With Harper ahead 24-23, Harper missed a crucial serve to tie the score at 24-24. Harper won the next point but another tie at 25-25 ensued. Harper won the last 2 points to win the set 27-25, and the match. Vicky Gorny led Harper with 4 kills on even more attack attempts.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) added 10 more digs for a match high 28 digs.
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) was 6-6 serving with 3 aces, and
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) was 6-6 serving with an ace. Good time for some aces in this tight set and match.
D3 #3 Harper College defeated D2 Lansing 25-15, 25-14, 17-25, 25-20
Joliet, IL: Harper started out with a commanding 7-1 lead. But Lansing came charging back at 8-7. Harper extended again to 19-10 on the was to a 25-15 win. Vicky Gorny led Harper with 5 kills. Vicky Gorny had 6 digs, and
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) had 5 digs.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) was 7-8 serving with 4 aces.
In the second set, Harper started out ahead 8-6, then 10-6, 11-7, 12-8… and extended to 19-9 by simply playing well… Harper then led 22-12 and won 25-14. Vicky Gorny led Harper with 5 more kills.
Cassie Schweikle (/Glenbard East) added 3 kills and 2 blocks.
Jocelyn Mercado (/Schaumburg) had 7 digs…
Daniela Pineda (/Buffalo Grove) had 5 digs, and Vicky Gorny had 5 digs. Naalia Smiech was 5-6 serving.
In the third set, the score was tied at 4-4 and 7-7, before Lansing took over… 10-11, 14-20, and a 17-25 Harper loss. Vicky Gorny and
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) each had 3 kills.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) led Harper with 4 digs.
Katie Hofmann (/Elk Grove) was 5-5 serving with 2 aces.
The final set was a very close affair. There were ties at 2-2, 6-6, 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, 12-12 and 13-13, before Harper had a slim lead at 15-13. Then 17-15, 20-17 and a 25-20 win. Vicky Gorny continued her pace by adding 4 more kills.
Rugile Jaciunas (/Wheeling H.S.) added 3 kill and 2 blocks. And
Cassie Schweikle (/Glenbard East) added 3 kills.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) led Harper with 6 digs. Natalie Smiech was 5-5 serving with an ace.
For the tournament, Outside Hitter Vicky Gorny was named to the Joliet Invitational All-Tournament team. Vicky led Harper College with 49 kills (3.27 kills/set), plus had 45 digs (3.0 digs/set), 5 blocks, 4 aces while serving 90%, 3 assists, played 2 days, and earned one All-Tournament award.
