Team Volleyball 9/23/23
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South Suburban Colle SOUTH SU
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Winner Harper College HARPER C
South Suburban Colle SOUTH SU
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Final
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Harper College HARPER C
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
South Suburban Colle SOUTH SU 25 17 25 14 13 (2)
Harper College HARPER C 16 25 20 25 15 (3)
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Saint Ambrose JV SAINT AM
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Winner Harper College HARPER C
Saint Ambrose JV SAINT AM
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Final
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Harper College HARPER C
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Ambrose JV SAINT AM 25 25 12 17 (1)
Harper College HARPER C 27 22 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Harper Volleyball won both Matches at Home on Saturday

Harper College Tri-Match 9/23/2023
DIII #15 Harper College defeated DII South Suburban 16-25, 25-18, 20-25, 25-14, 15-13
Saturday, Sept 23, 10:00 a.m. at Harper College!
Palatine, IL:  South Suburban came in for a rematch at Harper College. Harper defeated South Suburban 3-straight in Chicago Heights just two weeks ago back on September 12th. Today was a different story. Harper Volleyball did indeed win, but BARELY in a hard-fought set 5, 15-13, 2-point win! This too was an instant classic volleyball match.

In the first set, clearly South Suburban came to play. There were ties at 1-1, 8-8, 9-9  and 10-10. South Suburban took a 14-18 lead and a 16-20 lead, and never looked back to defeat Harper 16-25, to win the first set. Maya Sokolowski led Harper with just 2 kills. Asia Williams was on-fire with her serving, she was 7-7 with FOUR aces!

In the second set, Harper started strong with a 4-0 lead, but South Suburban played tough and tied the score at 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, 11-11, 13-13 and 14-14. At that point, Harper took a commanding 19-14 lead on the way do a 25-17 win. Now, the sets are tied 1-1. This match has now become a best of 3. Stacy Maimur led Harper with 3 kills. Jasmine Nitu was 5-6 serving with an ace. 

Another tight set ensued, with ties at 3-3, 6-6,7-7, 16-16, 18-18 and 19-19. At that point, Harper lost its grip, and South Suburban took a 20-23 lead and defeated Harper 20-25. South Suburban now had a 1-2 set lead. It looked grim for Harper Volleyball. Taylor Knuth began to heat up with 3 kills to lead Harper. Eden Suh was 5-6 serving with an ace.

Beginning the 4th set, Harper went back to the drawing board, and changed its lineup, and took an early 7-1 lead, and then a 10-6 lead, despite 3 service errors. Harper maintained the lead at 13-8, 15-9, 18-10  and won 25-14. Now, the match was tied at 2 sets apiece. Sokolowski found her groove and led Harper with 5 kills. Regina Anelli, back in the match was 8-8 serving and Knuth was 6-7 serving with 2 aces.

Time for the final deciding set… Harper jumped ahead 3-0, and 7-1, but an undaunted South Suburban team tied the score at 9-9. The video showed that Harper missed a serve, over-passed the ball, failed to dig a roll shot, flopped on a tipped ball, hit one out, and then set the referee stand; South Suburban tied the score again at 11-11, and then took a relatively commanding 11-13 lead. At that point on a pass over the net, Ava Belluomini confidently screamed "MINE" so loud that legend says could be heard back in the Roman Times, and somehow Harper eeked out a narrow 15-13 win in that next rotation. Knuth led Harper with 3 kills. Anelli had 2 kills including the match-winner, and Medieval Assassin Belluomini had 2 kills. Abby Major, Cana Jones and Kaylee Obrzut each had an ace in this final set. Obrzut had her best set with 7 digs, for 14 digs total for the 5-set match.


DIII #15 Harper College defeated St. Ambrose JV 27-25, 22-25, 25-12, 25-17
Saturday, Sept 23, 2:00 p.m. at Harper College!
Palatine, IL:  In both Harper and St. Ambrose's second match of the day, Harper College played very well against a very defensive minded St. Ambrose University JV team.

In the first set, Harper needed to make an incredible 51 digs to eek out a 27-25 win. On offense, Harper was led by Knuth with 5 kills and a block. Maimur added 4 kills and a block. Suh had 13 assists. Obrzut, Knuth and Jones EACH over 10 digs apiece in this defensive battle.

In the second set, St. Ambrose adjusted something, and Harper had only 15 digs in a 22-25 setback. Back in familiar territory, Harper was tied 1-1 in the match. Knuth had 4 kills, and an improving Sokolowski had 3 kills. Suh had 9 assists. Jones led Harper with 7 of their 15 total digs.

In the third set, Harper ramped up the defense again and had 32 digs on the way to a 25-12 win while St. Ambrose was catching its breath. Belluomini had 4 kills to lead Harper. Suh had 10 assists. Suh played defense with 8 digs to lead Harper.

Finally Harper pulled out a 25-17 win in the final set, against a tired St. Ambrose team. Knuth, smelling victory had 5 kills in a row to finish the set and match. Suh had 13 assists.

 

Next match is Tuesday at Home, 6:00 p.m. against Bryant and Stratton, from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
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