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| Tipton's Kamryn Chapman goes up or a block attempt on a hit by Mid-Prairie's Tori Boyse (18) during the Tigers 3-0 sweep over the Golden Hawks. Tipton advanced in Regional play to the semifinal round with the win. Photo by Darren Miller. |
By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor
Tipton Needs Two More WIns To reach State
TIPTON — The Tipton Tiger volleyball team began their postseason run last week, hosting a familiar foe in River Valley Conference South opponent Mid-Prairie. The two teams met twice in the regular season with Tipton winning both contests without dropping a set. Last week the Tigers defeated the Golden Hawks 3-0 to advance to the semifinals of Region 6 play. The Tigers will face Williamsburg (19-17) who beat South Tama in another Region 6 quarterfinal.
The Tigers beat Mid-Prairie 3-0 at home in a regular season match on Tuesday, September 11 and again at home on the first day of the 2018 RVC tournament pool play, 2-0. The win over Mid-Prairie last week was the Tigers 35th of the season against three losses. Mid-Prairie ends the season 7-23.
“We had some things to work on. It can be difficult to do in a match like this, but we did what we needed to do tonight,” said Tipton volleyball coach Amy Calonder.
“We want to get teams out of their system in matches and that is a key to things. We were able to do that tonight, and got them out of the system early,” said Calonder.
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| Tipton junior Sommer Daniel had 13 kills in the Tigers win over Mid-Prairie. The Tigers are two matches away from a return trip to the state tournament. Photo by Darren Miller. |
Tipton led early in each of the three sets. The Tigers won the match by scores of 25-13, 25-9 and 25-16. Tipton would score first and never trailed in each of the three sets of the match. A Blake Ehler kill started the match in the first set with a 1-0 Tipton lead and a side out. The Tigers then got five straight service points from Amanda Smith to take a 6-0 lead. Sommer Daniel had three kills and Emily Hermsen one kill in the run of points.
Later, a Danie kill gave Tipton a 9-2 lead, and a Hermson kill gave Tipton a 10-2 lead. Mid-Prairie would cut the Tigers lead in half, 14-7 after outscoring Tipton 5-4 during a stretch. The Tigers would take the momentum for good shortly after that on one of the longest rallies in the match.
Mid-Prairie would get the side out serve. Tipton’s Karlee Kamberling received it in the back row and tried to pass to Daniel, but the pass went over the net. The ball came back over on a Golden Hawk hit before the Tigers could get set. Amanda Smith saved the play, diving to the floor for the dig. Ehler and Daniel nearly collided then trying to get the second ball, but Daniel gets it and it becomes a free ball. Smith takes it just over the 10-foot line and hits the ball over the net on a ball that just gets through a double block attempt. Mid-Prairie returned the ball over after working it around. Smith again dug the ball up, passing it to Kamryn Chapman. Chapman puts a free ball up, Smith takes a swing and returned the ball to the Golden Hawks. Mid-Prairie then worked the ball around and got it back to the Tigers. Smith received it and passed to Daniel who had a cross-court set to Blake Ehler who took a big swing and put a kill down for the 15-7 Tipton lead.
The Tigers would outscore Mid-Prairie 10-6 from that point on, claiming the first set 25-13.
Laken Hermiston then served six straight points to give Tipton a 12-1 lead. The Golden Hawks got to within 12 a couple of times at 17-5 and 18-6, but could not get closer. The Tigers got to 10, 15 and 20 points first in the set in taking a 20-7 lead. The Tigers ended the set on a 5-2 run to capture the 25-9 second set win to take a 2-0 match lead.
In the third set, Tipton led early again, taking a 2-0 lead on a Kamryn Chapman kill and Blake Ehler kill. Tipton led by three, 6-3 after a Sommer Daniel kill, but Mid-Prairie rallied and tied the set at 6-6. Tipton could not put distance between themselves and the Golden Hawks, leading by two, 9-7 and four, 14-10. The Tigers then we able to put some distance between themselves and the Golden Hawks. Senior Laken Hermiston served three points to give Tipton a seven-point, 17-10 lead. The Tigers led 19-11 before ending the set with a 25-17 third set win and taking the match 3-0.
Tipton had 45 kills in 85 attacks for a .329 kill efficiency. Sommer Daniel led Tipton in kills with 13 while Kamryn Chapman and Blake Ehler had 9 each. Jamie Kofron had 6 kills, Amanda Smith had 4, and Emily Hermsen had 3. Daniel had 18 assists and Smith 17. Daniel led in digs with 12 while Karlee Kamberling added 11. The Tigers served 58-for-64 in the match with nine ace serves. Laken Hermiston was the top Tiger server, going 17-for-17 with an ace serve.
The second set saw the Tigers again get out to an early lead. Tipton led 5-0 before the Golden Hawks would score their first point of the set, 5-1, to get a side out. The Tigers got the ball right back on a side out with a 6-1 lead.
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| Tipton senior Amanda Smith receives a serve from Mid-Prairie in the Tigers win over the Golden Hawks. Photo by Darren Miller. |
Tipton had six blocks in the match led by Kamryn Chapman with four and Blake Ehler with two.
“It builds my confidence when I get those hits and blocks,” said Tipton junior Kamryn Chapman on her play at the net.
“As a team we really talked about and focused on ourselves. We wanted to push ourselves to get better so when we get to start we can have a deep run there,” she said.
Myah Lugar led Mid-Prairie in kills with 4. Three other Golden Hawks had two kills. Caitlyn Riggan led in assists with 9 and added 7 digs. Abbi Patterson led in digs with 8. Makensie Rich was the top Golden Hawk server, going 8-for-8 with an ace serve. Mid-Prairie served 35-for-40 with an ace.
Tipton senior Jamie Kofron said that the Tigers win was a good one and that the team is looking forward to the postseason.
“It was a good win to have tonight. We are looking forward to the rest of the tournament,” she said. The Tigers used short serves to throw a curveball at the Golden Hawks in the match.
“It’s (short serves) something that we worked on in practice a lot. When you can pull them out in a match, it is a cool tool to have,” she said.
The Tigers will turn their attention to Williamsburg, their opponent in the Region 6 semifinals. Williamsburg beat South Tama 3-2 in the quarterfinals in a WaMac battle. Tipton met Williamsburg last year in their Class 3A quarterfinal opener, 3-0 at Tipton. Sommer Daniel had 19 kills, 12 assists, 12 digs and served 8-for-9 in the match. Amanda Smith had 22 assists, 7 kills and served 17-for-20 as well.
Nine Raiders from last year’s team return on a 19-17 team. Junior Taylor Busch is the kill leader with 229. Two other Raiders have over 100 kills in senior Mia Kittelson with 143 and sophomore Gracie Ehret with 110. Ehret leads in assists with 561 and senior Karly Berkland leads in digs with 507. Williamsburg started the season 1-5, but finished 17-12 in their next 29 matches. Williamsburg’s best win streak was five matches.
Class 3A Region 6 Quarterfinal
Tipton 3, Mid-Prairie 0
Wednesday, October 17
At Tipton
Tipton 25 25 25
MP 13 9 16
Tipton Statistics:
Attacks (68-85 45 kills): Sommer Daniel 20-23 13 kills, Kamryn Chapman 14-16 9 kills, Blake Ehler 12-15 9 kills, Jamie Kofron 8-11 6 kills, Amanda Smith 8-11 4 kills, Emily Hermsen 5-6 3 kills, Grace Nichols 0-2, Baily Schmidt 1-1 1 kill.
Assists (42): Sommer Daniel 18, Amanda Smith 17, Laken Hermiston 3, Blake Ehler 2, Emily Hermsen 1, Karlee Kamberling 1.
Blocks (6): Kamryn Chapman 4, Blake Ehler 2.
Servings (58-for-64 9 aces): Laken Hermiston 17-for-17 1 ace, Sommer Daniel 14-for-16 4 aces, Amanda Smith 12-for-14 3 aces, Jamie Kofron 9-for-9 1 ace, Blake Ehler 6-for-8.
Digs (41): Sommer Daniel 12, Karlee Kamberling 11, Blake Ehler 9, Amanda Smith 5, Laken Hermiston 1.
Mid-Prairie Statistics:
Attacks (62-66 11 kills): Tori Boyse 16-17 2 kills, Makensie Rich 15-15 2 kills, Caitlyn Riggan 10-11 1 kill, Myah Lugar 10-11 4 kills, Cassidy Hershberger 5-6 2 kills, Abbi Patterson 4-4, Tayler Murphy 2-2.
Assists (11): Caitlyn Riggan 9, Abbi Patterson 1, Myah Lugar 1.
Blocks (2): Tori Boyse 2.
Serving (35-for-40 1 ace): Amber Swart 9-for-9 1 ace, Makensie Rich 8-for-8 1 ace, Karson Jehle 5-for-6, Cassidy Hershberger 5-for-5, Abbi Patterson 4-for-4, Caitlyn Riggan 3-for-5, Myah Lugar 1-for-3.
Digs (34): Abbi Patterson 8, Caitlyn Riggan 7, Makensie Rich 6, Cassidy Hershberger 6, Myah Lugar 3, Amber Swart 3, Tayler Murphy 1.
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