DIVISION III: H.-W. ABLE TO PASS TEST WOLVERINES RALLY PAST RIVALS TO ADVANCE TO FINAL H.-W. 3, B. MONTGOMERY 0.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer When the Harvard-Westlake of Studio City girls' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team walks over its less-talented opponents, it's easy to forget the Wolverines have such tremendous talent. It takes a team such as Bishop Montgomery of Torrance to bring out the best in Harvard-Westlake, and the Wolverines were in peak form Saturday in a 15-6, 15-6, 17-15 victory in the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, semifinals of the state tournament at Harvard-Westlake. Downn 9-1 and later 14-11 in the third game, the Wolverines showed why they are just two victories away from their second consecutive Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. state title. Harvard-Westlake will host St. Joseph of Lakewood in Tuesday's Southern California final. The Wolverines were led by their three senior starters, outside hitter Karalyn Kuchenbecker (22 kills) and middle blockers Courtney Schultz (19 kills) and Terbrie Taylor (18 kills). Junior setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. Alex Dunphy had 57 assists and nine digs. ``They really tested us,'' Kuchenbecker said. ``It's definitely harder to play a team that's not as good as you are, but Bishop Montgomery does a lot of things really well.'' The Knights (20-8) took a stunning 9-1 lead in the third game, but instead of rolling over and waiting to close out the match in the fourth game, the Wolverines fought back and slowly closed the gap. Schultz served four consecutive points to cut the deficit to 9-7 and the Wolverines then tied the match at 9 and 10. A Schultz block gave the Wolverines their first lead of the game at 11-10, but the Knights scored the next four points to put the teams on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of a fourth game. But a Bishop Montgomery double hit and kills by Kuchenbecker and Taylor quickly tied the game at 14. The teams then exchanged ace serves, and the Wolverines closed out the match on kills by Kuchenbecker and Taylor. ``We practiced hard on defense all week, and they really played it well in the third game,'' Harvard-Westlake coach Jess jesse, jess a leather strap placed around each shank of a hawk used for hunting, for the attachment of a leash. Quiroz said. ``I actually expected (the third-game lull) to come earlier, because this is the third time we've seen each other this season. ``It's to be expected, but we really reacted well as a unit, and there was no panic.'' The Wolverines now have beaten the Knights, their main division rival for much of the past decade, five consecutive times after a stretch in the mid-1990s during which the Knights seemed to have an advantage in the rivalry. ``It's much different now, and it helps that they lost Katie Olsovsky and Terri Zartman,'' Kuchenbecker said, referring to two former Bishop Montgomery standouts. ``It's a whole different mentality men·tal·i·ty n. The sum of a person's intellectual capabilities or endowment. when we play them now.'' The scores might indicate Harvard-Westlake routs in the first two games, but the Knights played the Wolverines far tougher than any of Harvard- Westlake's previous playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. opponents. Harvard Westlake scored four of the first five points in the first game, but the Knights quickly closed to 5-4. The Wolverines took over from there, however, as Kuchenbecker recorded kills on three out of four serves at one point and her team opened an 11-4 lead. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Courtney Schultz, left, and Justine Davidson of Harvard-Westlake block Jamie Crawford of Bishop Montgomery. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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