Source: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.文件倉Oct. 19--Two of the top four teams in the Class AA state volleyball rankings are in the Section 1AA volleyball playoffs.Four of the top nine ranked teams in Class A are in the Section 1 playoffs.Only one team in Section 1A and one in 1AA can make it to the Xcel Energy Center for the state tournaments, Nov. 7-9. That means a lot of good volleyball players will have their seasons come to a close without the opportunity to play for a state title, or even a section title.Such is life annually in Section 1 volleyball.Section 1A playoffs begin Monday with six first-round matches. The Section 1AA tournament begins Thursday with subsection quarterfinal matches at eight home sites.SECTION 1AAEast SubsectionTop-seeded Chatfield (21-8) is unranked, but head coach Troy Swancutt's Gophers are on quite a roll heading into the postseason.They have won 11 of their past 12 matches, with the only loss in that stretch coming at Fillmore Central, the top-ranked team in the state in Class A. Half of the Gophers' eight losses came against ranked teams -- two against Fillmore Central, one against Belle Plaine (No. 3 in Class AA) and one against Concordia Academy (No. 10 in Class AA).Chatfield is one of just two teams in the subsection, along with No. 3 seed Dover-Eyota (11-7), with a winning record. The Gophers are led by a pair of seniors -- setter Gabrielle Salisbury and libero Alex Duxbury.No. 2 seed Caledonia (13-16) is the defending section champion. It has won five of its past six matches, losing only a home match against Fillmore Central in that stretch.No other team in the subsection has more than eight victories.West SubsectionJust how dominant has top-seeded Stewartville (22-1) been this season? The Tigers didn't drop a game until their 12th match of the season, a 3-1 victory against Kenyon-Wanamingo.A balanced and talented team, No. 2-ranked Stewartville's lone loss this season was a 2-1 setback to Prior Lake, the No. 8-ranked team in Class AAA, in the championship match of the Eastview Invitational on Oct. 12. Stewartville is led by senior setter Stephanie Schmidt and senior hitter Maddie Hettinger.If the seeds hold up, a rematch of last year's subsection final will take place between Stewartville and No. 2 seed Kasson-Mantorville (24-5), the No. 4-ranked team in the state in Class AA. K-M, which defeated Stewartville in last year's subsection final, dropped a 3-0 decision to the Tigers in their only meeting so far this season.This subsection figures to be competitive throughout the postseason, as seven of the eight teams have at least 10 wins this year.Third-seeded Cannon Falls (15-7) will be no pushover. The Bombers went 10-2 in Hiawatha Valley League play this season, losing only to Stewartvi存倉le and K-M.SECTION 1AEast SubsectionAt least one team in top 10 or receiving votes in the Class A state poll won't make it as far as the subsection title match. No. 1-ranked Fillmore Central (29-2) is the top seed in the subsection, while No. 7-ranked Mabel-Canton (30-2) is the No. 2 seed. Goodhue (20-7) is receiving votes in the state rankings and the Wildcats are the No. 3 seed in the subsection.And the team lurking as the No. 4 seed? Defending subsection champion Wabasha-Kellogg.The top-seeded Falcons are by far the hottest team in the section right now. Their only losses this season came to Rosemount, a 20-win Class AAA school, in mid-September at the Wabasha-Kellogg Invitational. Fillmore Central has won 18 consecutive matches and, remarkably, has dropped just one game in that span.The Falcons are led by their two seniors, hitters Taylor Case and Tori Peterson, and junior setter and captain Morgan Malley.Led by all-state hitter Belle Sand, the Mabel-Canton Cougars are back in the hunt for another subsection title. The Cougars, who have six seniors with a good amount of postseason experience. Their only losses this season came at the Class A Showcase to No. 2-ranked Southwest Christian and No. 4 Win-E-Mac. M-C hadn't lost a game in any of its victories this season until it beat Lyle/Pacelli 3-1 on Tuesday in the Southeast Conference championship match.Goodhue, the No. 3 seed, has lost seven times this season, with five of those coming against ranked teams. The other two setbacks came against Cannon Falls, a Class AA team, and W-K, the defending subsection champ. The Wildcats are playing well in recent weeks, winning seven of their past eight matches.West SubsectionThis subsection includes the No. 5-ranked team in the state, defending state champion Faribault B.A. (13-9) and the No. 9 team in the state, Hayfield (15-7). They are the top two seeds in the subsection, which figures to be more competitive than it has been in recent seasons, as five of the top six seeds have at least 13 victories.Hayfield has been strong against Class A teams. Five of the Vikings seven losses came against Class AA or AAA teams, while another came at the hands of Goodhue, a 20-win team that has received votes in the state poll. Hayfield is led by senior hitter Dani Wagner and setters Jessica Foster and Maggie Streightiff.Third-seeded Medford is 22-7, while Blooming Prairie, the No. 4 seed, is 21-6. Lyle/Pacelli, the Southeast Conference West Division champion, is the No. 6 seed with a 14-10 record. Blooming Prairie has won seven of its past eight matches and had a nine-match winning streak earlier this season.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Post-Bulletin Visit the Post-Bulletin at .postbulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存
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