H.-W.: MANY HAPPY RETURNS WOLVERINES STRONG AT FULL STRENGTH H.-W. 3, LA CANADA 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 LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Courtney Schultz has a sore back and Karalyn Kuchenbecker and Alex Dunphy are playing with bandaged wrists, but that's nothing compared to the pain the Harvard-Westlake High 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 is bringing its opponents. The Wolverines, still on the mend recovering from an illness or injury. See also: Mend as they defend their Southern Section Division III-A title, looked as strong as ever as they defeated La Canada 15-5, 15-6, 15-10 in a quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. match Saturday at La Canada High. Schultz returned to the middle Saturday after playing her way back into the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. , first in the back row and then as an outside hitter. Dunphy, the Wolverines 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. who broke her wrist two weeks ago in a practice collision with Kuchenbecker, returned to action. Schultz had nine kills, second only to Terbrie Taylor's 16, and Dunphy had 31 assists for the Wolverines (15-2), who advanced to Tuesday's semifinals. ``It's just nice to have everybody back together,'' Schultz said. ``Watching from the bench is no fun.'' The Spartans also were recovering from injuries, including middle blocker Jennifer Geisbauer's stress fracture stress fracture n. A fatigue fracture of bone caused by repeated application of a heavy load, such as the constant pounding on a surface by runners, gymnasts, and dancers. in her leg. La Canada was at full strength Saturday for the first time this month, but it wasn't enough. Geisbauer had 13 kills and eight digs for La Canada (18-7), but she was the tallest La Canada hitter at 5-foot-9, and the Wolverines have three hitters at 6-foot or taller. ``You could see that they were setting the back row a lot because I don't think they had a lot of confidence at the net,'' 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. La Canada came out with a lot of fire and scored three of the first four points in the first game, but it didn't last. Devin O'Fallon served seven consecutive points and the Wolverines never were threatened. Harvard-Westlake built its lead to 13-3 before the Spartans scored two points, but the Wolverines quickly got a sideout and scored the final two points on a block and a spike by Schultz. The Wolverines scored five of the first six points in the second game and never trailed, and although the Spartans did tighten up Verb 1. tighten up - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" constrain, stiffen, tighten confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the on defense, they were hurt by inconsistent serving. La Canada closed to 12-6, but Harvard-Westlake closed out the game with an ace by O'Fallon and two kills at the net. Harvard-Westlake scored the first five points of the third game, but La Canada played its best defense of the night and got back in the game by closing to 8-4. The Spartans later would cut their deficit to 13-10, but Kuchenbecker closed out the match with a spike on game point. ``We had fun out there,'' Quiroz said. ``We hadn't had Alex on the court for a week and a half, but she did a good job. She was a little off in setting the middle at first, but she got on target. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Harvard-Westlake, with Justine Davidson (15) and Courtney Schultz (14) up front, was too much for Suzanne Swenson (2) and La Canada. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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