Saturday, October 16, 2010

Volleyball Match 28: Immanuel v. Oshkosh Lourdes

Edgar Invitational:
Immanuel 0; Oshkosh Lourdes (Div. 3) 2

Game Scores:
21-25
20-25


Current Match Record: 17-8-3
Current Conf. Record: 7-2
Current Game Record: 52-27
Dairyland Conf. Standings

Volleyball Match 27: Immanuel v. Wittenberg-Birnamwood

Edgar Invitational:
Immanuel 2; Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Div. 2) 1
Game Scores:
23-25
27-25
15-12


Current Match Record: 17-7-3
Current Conf. Record: 7-2
Current Game Record: 52-25
Dairyland Conf. Standings

Volleyball Match 26: Immanuel v. Edgar

Edgar Invitational:
Immanuel 2; Edgar (Div. 3) 0

Game Scores:
25-16
25-22


Current Match Record: 16-7-3
Current Conf. Record: 7-2
Current Game Record: 50-24
Dairyland Conf. Standings

Friday, October 15, 2010

Volleyball: 2010 Dairyland Conference Runner-Ups

There was a very close race this year for the Dairyland Conference championship. Alma and Cochrane-Fountain City are co-champions of the conference, tied with an 8-1 record (WSN list of conference titles). This left Eau Claire Immanuel tied with Melrose-Mindoro for co-runner-ups with a 7-2 record. Immanuel played Alma and CFC very early in the season, Alma in a very tight five-set match. During the fifth set Immanuel led at 16-15 and ended up losing 16-18. That means Immanuel missed being Conference Champs for the 4th year in a row by merely ONE point. Congrats to the Lancers for such a valiant effort during conference play.

Here are the final 2010 Dairyland Conference Standings as posted on WSN:

Conference Standings


Conf GB CW% CPF CPA Total TW% TPF TPA
Alma 8-1 - 0.889 24 7 14-3 0.824 42 17
Cochrane-Fountain City 8-1 - 0.889 26 5 22-5 0.815 59 20
Melrose-Mindoro 7-2 1 0.778 24 8 15-6 0.714 48 21
Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 7-2 1 0.778 24 10 18-9 0.667 53 29
Eleva-Strum 4-4 3.5 0.500 16 14 5-11 0.312 23 34
Independence 3-6 5 0.333 10 20 6-12 0.333 19 36
Gilmanton 3-6 5 0.333 12 20 6-13 0.316 19 39
Whitehall 2-6 5.5 0.250 8 19 4-16 0.200 13 41
Blair-Taylor 1-6 6 0.143 4 19 2-14 0.125 9 38
Alma Center Lincoln 0-9 8 0.000 1 27 0-15 0.000 1 40

Thursday, October 14, 2010

WIAA State Tournament Seeding

Last night was the volleyball seeding meeting for the WIAA state tournament. Eau Claire Immanuel is in Division 4, Sectional 1, Regional D (see the Division 4 brackets, near bottom left of first page). Coach Lau reports in today's Immanuel daily bulletin:
"At the VB seeding meeting last night we received the #3 seed. This means that we will play a home game next Tuesday at [7:00 p.m. with admission charge for all], and if we win, we will most likely have to travel to Greenwood, the #2 seed for Friday's match."
Eau Claire Immanuel will play Granton on Tues., Oct. 19, 7 pm at home.

Here are the seeds in the Region:
#1 McDonell Central
#2 Greenwood
#3 Eau Claire Immanuel
#4 Loyal
#5 Gilman
#6 Granton
#7 Alma Center Lincoln

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Volleyball Match 25: Eleva-Strum @ Immanuel

At Immanuel (Senior Night):
Immanuel 3; Eleva-Strum 2

Game Scores:
21-25
20-25
25-19
25-12
15-13


Video available on PrepsOnTheNet.com (free, but need logon ID)

Current Match Record: 15-7-3
Current Conf. Record: 7-2
Current Game Record: 48-24
Dairyland Conf. Standings


From Prep Roundup in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 3, Eleva-Strum 2: Christina Hein had 17 kills and Heidi Lau had 46 assists as the Lancers rallied from two sets down to beat the Cardinals, 21-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-12, 15-13.
From Prep Statistics in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:
EAU CLAIRE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN 3, ELEVA-STRUM 2
Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran def. Eleva-Strum 21-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-12, 15-
13. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran leaders: Christina Hein 17 kills; Heidi Lau 46 assists, 5 aces; Alyssa Johannes 14 kills, 20 digs; Katie Oster 16 kills; Chrissy Kazemba 15 kills; Rebecca Kazemba 26 digs. Records: Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 7-2.

Volleyball Rankings - October 12, 2010

WI Volleyball Coaches Assoc. (WVCA) has ranked Immanuel as honorable mention (WSN Site Rankings):

(Also a WSN article with Immanuel mentioned in the rankings)

Rankings 2010 - October 12, 2010

Division 4

Rank

School

Previous Weeks Rank
1 Highland 1
2 McDonnell Central 2
3 Cambia-Friesland 8
4 Catholic Central 3
5 Southwestern 4
6 Tigerton 9
7 Royall 7
8 Hillsboro 5
9 Turtle Lake 6
10 Port Edwards HM
10 St Mary's Central 10




Honorable Mention

Albany

Central Wisconsin Christian

Clayton

Eau Claire Imm Lutheran

Florence

Green Bay NEW Lutheran

Greenwood

Rib Lake

Valley Christian

Monday, October 11, 2010

Volleyball Match 24: Immanuel @ Alma Center Lincoln

At Alma Center:
Immanuel 3; Alma Center Lincoln 0

Game Scores:
25-7
25-12
25-6


Current Match Record: 14-7-3
Current Conf. Record: 6-2
Current Game Record: 45-22
Dairyland Conf. Standings


From Prep Volleyball in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

Katie Oster had 12 kills and Heidi Lau added 25 assists and two aces in Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran's 3-0 sweep of Alma Center Lincoln on Monday night in Dairyland Conference volleyball action.

Rebecca Kazemba added seven digs for the Lancers, who topped the Hornets 25-7, 25-12, 25-6.

Eau Claire Immanuel 3, Alma Center Lincoln 0

Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran def. Alma Center Lincoln 25-7, 25-12, 25-6. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran leaders: Heidi Lau 2 aces, 25 assists; Katie Oster 12 kills; Rebecca Kazemba 7 digs. Records: Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 6-2; Alma Center Lincoln 0-8.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Volleyball Tournament: Altoona Invitational Overview

Congratulations to the girls for placing 5th in the Altoona Invitational. The matches were against much bigger schools, but the girls competed well!

From Prep Roundup in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

Altoona Invitational: Altoona defeated Eau Claire North in the championship to win its own tournament.

The Rails beat the Huskies, 25-23, 25-22, in the crossover championship.

Chippewa Falls defeated Somerset in the third-place match, while Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran defeated Cadott in the fifth-place match.

Beth Reyzer had 137 assists and 38 digs, while Kayla Springer had 50 kills and 25 digs to lead Altoona in its championship run.

Kendra Bowe had 33 kills, Mercedes Antolak had 29 kills, Val Hayes had 53 assists and Megan Fransway had 51 digs to lead Chippewa Falls.

Alyssa Johannes had 24 kills and 41 digs and Rebecca Kazemba had 60 digs and seven aces to lead Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran.

From Prep Statistics in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

ALTOONA INVITATIONAL

Team standings: 1, Altoona 5-0; 2, Eau Claire North 4-1; 3, Chippewa Falls 4-1; 4, Somerset 3-2; 5, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 3-2; 6, Cadott 2-3; 7, River Falls 2-3; 8, Colfax 2-3; 9, Rice Lake 1-4; 10, Elk Mound 0-5.

Championship Crossover: Altoona def. Eau Claire North, 25-23, 25-22; Chippewa Falls def. Somerset, 25-20, 14-25, 15-13; Eau Claire Immanuel Luther def. Cadott, 25-18, 25-16; River Falls def. Colfax, 24-26, 25-11, 15-11; Rice Lake def. Elk Mound, 25-18, 25-19.

Pool Play

Pool A: Cadott def. Elk Mound, 25-13, 25-21; Somerset def. River Falls, 25-11, 21-25, 15-13; Altoona def. Cadott, 25-18, 25-22; River Falls def. Elk Mound, 25-21, 25-18; Altoona def. Somerset, 25-23, 25-15; Cadott def. River Falls, 28-26, 25-18; Altoona def. Elk Mound, 25-15, 25-15; Somerset def. Cadott, 25-21, 25-19; Altoona def. River Falls, 25-12, 25-15; Somerset def. Elk Mound, 25-15, 25-13.

Pool B: Eau Claire North def. Colfax, 25-18, 25-18; Chippewa Falls def. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran, 22-25, 25-23, 15-13; Eau Claire North def. Rice Lake, 25-20, 25-15; Chippewa Falls def. Colfax, 25-12, 25-15; Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran def. Rice Lake, 25-15, 25-11; Eau Claire North def. Chippewa Falls, 25-22, 27-25; Colfax def. Rice Lake, 25-23, 27-25; Eau Claire North def. Eau Claire Immanuel, 25-17, 25-15; Chippewa Falls def. Rice Lake, 25-20, 14-25, 15-11; Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran def. Colfax, 19-25, 25-14, 16-14.

Individual tournament leaders: Altoona: Kayla Springer 5 aces, 50 kills, 25 digs; Beth Reyzer 8 aces, 137 assists, 38 digs; Payton Eckwright 40 kills, 25 digs; Courtney Naser 9 kills, 5 digs, 4 blocks; Mackenzie Dahl 14 kills, 9 digs; Ariel Gillespie 4 aces, 43 digs. Chippewa Falls: Kendra Bowe 33 kills; Mercedes Antolak 29 kills; Emily Passint 26 kills; Courtney Passint 18 kills; Val Hayes 53 assists; Megan Fransway 51 digs. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran: Heidi Lau 94 assists, 31 digs; Chrissy Kazemba 44 kills, 43 digs; Alyssa Johannes 24 kills, 41 digs; Rebecca Kazemba 60 digs, 7 aces.