Out & About: Burnsville/St. Paul Arlington

#2 posting 3.19.2008
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BURNSVILLE blaze 5
ST. PAUL ARLINGTON phoenix 2

Burnsville swept the doubles and took two singles matches in a 5-2 non conference win over St. Paul Arlington. The win that put the Blaze over the top came at third doubles, with second doubles coming in later. The doubles contests were tight, but Burnsville pulled away in games three with margins greater than 10 in second and third doubles.

FIRST SINGLES
This contest went back and forth but Novia Josiah prevailed over Ciara Hogenson in two tight sets 21-18, 21-16. Hogenson led in game one 9-7 after three straight points. Josiah tied it at 10. Hogenson got the side out with a smash for point 11 and added a Josiah hitting error for point 12. Hogenson last lead came at 14-12. Josiah ran off three straight to take the lead with a clear/drop/clear sequence. Hogenson tied it on a Josiah hitting error. The game was tied at 17 when Josiah broke away with a drive to the right sideline followed by two Hogenson hitting errors into the net. Josiah fanned on game point, but got it on another Hogenson hitting error into the net.

Game two had a few more runs. Hogenson led 6-3 with four straight points, 3 on Josiah errors. The second game had more service errors with three total. Hogenson kept the lead until at 9-8 Josiah ran off four straight points, all Hogenson hitting errors. Hogenson tied it at 14 on three straight drives. Josiah finished the game off with a 7-2 run as she was able to squeeze points off her serve while getting the side out on Hogenson's serve.

Yesterday the two set match lasted about 8 minutes. today that was the length of the first game. Overall the match lasted a healthy 17:28.

SIDEOUTS: Josiah 18/24-.750; Hogenson 12/25-.480
SERVE RUNS: Josiah 3, Hogenson 3
POINTS:
Josiah 42
Winners: 25: Drives 13, Clears 6, Drops 3, Smashes 2, Ace 1
Hogenson Errors 17: hitting 16 (Net 12, fan 2, wide 2); serving 1 (wide 1)
Hogenson 34
Winners 21: Drives 11, Smashes 7, Drops 2, Clears 1
Josiah Errors 13: hitting 10 (wide 6, net 2, fan 2), serving 3 (wide 2, net 1)
Time: 17:28

After that match I watched the third game of second doubles. At that point the match it was tied up and Burnsville needed one more win for the victory. The Blaze pair of Lisa Dennis and Soogin Moon established control early on with three straight points thanks to Arlington errors. The lead mushroomed from 3-1 to 14-4 after five Burnsville services. The last was a six point service run with five coming on Arlington errors (three of which were fans). The two split after that 5-5. I only had 19 points at the end for Burnsville.
The same problem as last year--not saying the score loud enough or not being aware of the score is still around.

SINGLES
1. Novia Josiah (A) beat Ciara Hogenson 21-18, 21-16
2. Adrienne Sherman (B) beat Pahoua Yang 21-16, 21-11
3. Claire Weiss (B) beat Kazoua Yang 21-8, 21-15
4. Lee Yang (A) beat Bea Soderholm 21-15, 13-21, 22-20
DOUBLES
1. Amy Lindblad/Natalie Leiker (B) beat Cha Her/Kia Her 21-18, 21-19
2. Lisa Dennis/Soogin Moon (B) beat Nancy Vang/Zee Lue Xiong 23-25, 21-17, 21-9
3. Leah Kolstad/Ashley Kolstad (B) beat Wendy Moua/Hayat Ahmed 20-22, 21-12, 21-8

BY THE NUMBERS
SINGLES
Matches: 2-2
Games: Burnsville 5-4 .556
Points: Burnsville 174-148 .540
decided by 10+: Burnsville 2-0 1.000
decided by 3 or less: St. Paul Arlington 2-0 1.000
DOUBLES
matches: Burnsville 3-0 1.000
games: Burnsville 6-2 .750
points: Burnsville 169-130 .565
decided by 10+: Burnsville 2-0 1.000
decided by 3: 2-2

Next up: Tomorrow morning