State Tournament

The Frontenac Raider Volleyball team traveled to Salina October 30th for the State Tournament. The Raiders went in with the 6 seed, leaving them to face the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th seed in the bracket. The Raiders were defeated by Rock Creek, Garden City, and Hoisington on Friday October 31st. Although the Raiders did not win a game, they completed a very successful season. The team finished with a record of 27-10, and a Sub State Championship. It was the Raiders first trip since 2006 back to the tournament. Coach Buche is very proud of all of her athletes, and appreciates all their hard work throughout the season. The Raiders lose four seniors this season, and they will be very hard to replace. It's been a great year for the school and the girls!

Sub State Champs!

The Lady Raiders completed an exciting Sub State Championship on Saturday October 25, 2008. The Raiders defeated the Southest Lancers in round 1 in two games. They went on to defeat Fredonia in two games as well. This set the Raiders up for a championship against the Neodesha Blue Streaks. The Raiders went on fire to defeat the Streaks in two games. The girls are now headed to Salina this weekend for the State Tournament. The Lady Raiders take a 6 seed into the tournament, and have a record of 27-10. Good Luck to the team!

Wrapping Up

The Lady Raiders wrapped up the regular season with two victories Tuesday night. In the first match against the Southeast Lancers, the Raiders won with scores of 25-4, 25-20. In the match, Hannah Ketterman had 14 assists, as well as 13 service points. On the front line, Emily Barto finished the match with 8 kills and Katie Kotzman tallied on 7 kills and 2 blocks. Barto also chipped in with 12 service points including 3 aces. The Raiders then faced host Erie Red Devils. The Raiders continued to roll winning 25-13, 25-11. Alyssa Snow had 10 service points and Katie Kotzman had 6. Hannah Ketterman continued to support her hitters with 10 assists. Emily Barto had 4 kills and Jena Standlee added 5. This brings their record to 24-10. The Raiders head into Sub State with some momentum, and have the goal in mind of winning it. Sub State will be Saturday October 25th at Frontenac. The Raiders will face Southeast in first round play beginning at 2pm. We would love to see you there!

Gaining Momentum

On Monday, October 13th the lady Raiders traveled to Southeast for a quadrangular. In the first match of play the Raiders defeated the Columbus Titans 25-19, 25-5. In the match, Hannah Ketterman had 11 service points and 12 assists. Alyssa Snow continued her strong serving performances adding 8 points. Emily Barto had 6 kills, and Jena Standlee had 5. The Lady Raiders then defeated Southeast 25-15, 25-23. Ketterman had 14 assists. Katie Kotzman tallied up 9 service points to go along with her 6 kills. Also contributing was Emily Barto with 7 kills and Alyssa Snow with 4. To end the evening the Raiders defeated the St. Paul Indians with scores of 25-19, 25-12. Emily Barto led the way with 8 service points and 6 kills. Katie Kotzman finished with a strong performance on the front row with 7 kills and 3 blocks. Ketterman added 15 assists in the final match. This brings the Lady Raiders to 20-9. They will continue action Thursday traveling to Riverton for another quadrangular.

Successful Saturday

Saturday, October 11th, the lady Raiders traveled to Uniontown for a 10 team tournament. The Raiders began pool play defeating the Pleasanton Blue Jays 25-12, 25-22. They then defeated Riverton 25-23, and 25-12. Up next brought a tough Central Heights team who had only 2 losses on the year. The girls competed hard but came up short losing 25-16, and 25-19. The Lady Raiders rebounded with a win in the final pool play game beating Marmaton Valley 25-12, 25-13. Overall, the girls finished 3-1 in pool play, and with the way the tournament was set up they played for 3rd place. The team finished a long day with a strong performance beating Uniontown 26-24 and 25-17. On the day, Hannah Ketterman finished with 62 assists. Katie Kotzman, Jena Standlee, and Emily Barto continue to dominate the front line tallying up 27, 25, and 24 kills respectively. Alyssa Snow had a strong day behind the serving line serving up over 20 points and serving 94% on the day. The team has a record of 17-9, and will be at Southeast tonight for a quadrangular beginning at 5pm.

Raider Volleyball

On Tuesday, October 7, 2008 the Lady Raiders played in a league triangular at Frontenac. In the first game against Galena, the Raiders prevailed 25-17 and 25-8. Leading the team with 3 blocks and 5 kills was Jena Standlee. Also contributing on the strong front line was Emily Barto with 7 kills and Katie Kotzman with 6. Hannah Ketterman tacked on 18 assists. The Raiders wrapped up their night by defeating the Lady Rams of Riverton. The scores of those games were 25-18 and 25-22. Leading the team in this game was again the trio of Kotzman, Barto, and Standlee with a total of 20 kills between the 3. Hannah Ketterman added 21 assists. With the wins, Frontenac's record is 13-8. The Raiders will travel to Uniontown Inviational on Saturday.

Improvement

Frontenac head volleyball coach Cassie Buche is starting to see a lot of improvement in the Raiders. After going 0-2 at Girard and missing out on the finals, the Raiders needed something to put them back on track. Last Tuesday Frontenac did just that by beating Humboldt 2-0 (25-19, 25-20) and Yates Center 2-0 (25-11, 25-11). Buche reported the players are getting better at the physical and mental aspect of the game. Recent highlights:

• In the win against Humboldt, Jena Standlee had five kills to go along with her eight service points. Hannah Ketterman added seven service points and 16 assists. Katie Kotzman picked up six kills while Emily Barto had five.

• Against Yates Center, Alyssa Snow led the Raiders with 19 service points and Standlee had five kills and three blocks.

• Kotzman and Barto each picked up four kills while Ketterman had 13 assists.

Buche said that having the trio of Kotzman, Barto and Standlee pick up their game makes the Raiders a better team overall.