North Wins Saxon Invite in Straight Sets

First Place, Schaumburg Saxon Invite

The St. Charles North Girls Volleyball team went 5-0 this weekend at the Schaumburg Saxon Invite, winning all 5 matches in straight sets and improving their record 23-5.

The North Stars began the day facing off with St. Viator, East Peoria, and Hononegah in pool play. They finished the day squaring off with Larkin again in the semi-finals, and Cary Grove in the championship.

Sisters Taylor and Daley Krage led the North Stars in kills, Taylor earning 69 kills for the day, while Daley tallied 39. Jaclyn Taylor and Claire Anderson each added 16 kills on the right side, while Sophia Duvall and Emily Carroll each had 14 kills out of the middle.

The North Stars served especially well this weekend, serving up 39 aces. The defense also played great, as Jaclyn Taylor had 7 blocks, Claire Anderson had 6, Sophia DuVall had 8, and Emily Carroll had 8. Sam Lappin had 34 digs, Alex Seavey had 29 digs, Megan Russell had 15, Taylor Krage had 19, Daley Krage had 13, Claire Anderson had 13, and Sydney Wohlert had 20.

Taryn DalDegan and Sydney Wohlert dished out the offense, Taryn earning 35 assists for the weekend, and Sydney earning 65.

The North Stars play next weekend at the Minooka Tournament.

Senior Night Win Over Larkin

Emotions were plentiful during Tuesday's Senior Night festivities prior to St. Charles North's girls volleyball match against Larkin.

But the North Stars (17-5, 4-1) were able to keep their wits when it mattered most during a 25-21, 25-21 Upstate Eight Conference River Division triumph over the visiting Royals (14-12, 2-3).

In the second game, St. Charles North jumped out to leads of 8-3, 14-7 and 16-9 before the Royals mounted another comeback.In Game 1, the Royals trimmed a 21-16 deficit to a single point at 21-20 before a timely back-row kill from senior outside hitter Taylor Krage (team-high 6 kills, 8 digs) gave the momentum back to the North Stars.

Led by seniors Olivia Kofie (match-high 12 kills) and Brianna Stewart (7 kills, 4 blocks), Larkin scored 6 consecutive points to draw within 16-15.

Moments later, an ace from Kofie pulled the Royals within a point at 18-17. Each time, Krage answered with powerful kills to help the North Stars maintain their slim lead.

After Sofie's back-row kill cut St. Charles North's lead to 22-21, the North Stars finally slammed the door on the Royals with a kill from sophomore Daley Krage.

"She is our go-to player (Taylor Krage) but it's a credit to the other girls on the team because they are such offensive weapons that they allow her to be that go-to person," said North Stars coach Lindsey Hawkins.

Senior middle blocker Sophia DuVall collected 5 kills for the North Stars, while senior Corrinne Sullivan and sophomore Claire Anderson each had 4 kills.

"You never know what we're going to run because we have so many weapons," said Hawkins. "We look down the bench and any one of those girls is ready to go at any time and is a real viable threat for us. That's a nice 'problem' to have. I love that — it just makes my job easier."

With the win, the North Stars inched closer to clinching at least a share of the conference title.

But this night was reserved for St. Charles North's 8 seniors — Alex Seavey (12 digs), Sydney Wohlert (11 assists), Camille Kott, Alex Woytich, Shea Miller, Taylor Krage, DuVall and Sullivan.

"There were a lot of emotions, especially before the game," said Taylor Krage. "We had our speeches and a lot of them got emotional but we wanted to cut the emotions off as soon as warm-ups started."

The Northern Illinois University-bound Krage also had to fight through the emotions of facing Larkin's Kofie and Stewart — teammates on Club Fusion's U17 national championship squad this past summer.

"It's fun to go up against them because I haven't seen them in a while," said Krage. "You know each other's little quirks and what shots they might hit."

The narrow defeat served as a bitter reminder for Larkin coach Henry Graack.

"That's kind of been how our season has been going," said Graack. "We're 14-12 now and the losses have been close ones. We just can't get those last couple points."

Playing in a conference with Batavia, Geneva and the two St. Charles schools can get frustrating but Graack quickly turned it into a positive for his team.

"I think we've got one of the toughest conferences in the state just because we're all fairly level," said Graack. "It's tough but it will get us ready for regionals."

October 14, 2013   Girl's Volleyball Top 20

1. St. Francis (29-3) Maddie Haggerty out for the season

2. Glenbard West (25-2) Autumnfest this weekend

3. Benet (23-3) No. 1 seed at Plainfield South sectional

4. Crystal Lake South (25-2) Clinched second straight FVC Valley title

5. St. Charles North (23-5) Takes title at Saxon Invite

6. St. Charles East (21-5) Third at Mizuno Cup

7. Naperville North (23-3) Fifth at Mizuno Cup

8. Lake Zurich (21-2) Bears clinch NSC Lake championship

9. Waubonsie Valley (22-4) No. 4 seed at Plainfield South

10. Hersey (13-9) 1 win from MSL East crown

11. Carmel (23-3) Corsairs outlast St. Viator in 3 sets

12. Metea Valley (16-5) No. 6 seed at Plainfield South

13. Montini (25-3) Took fifth at Huntley

14. Geneva (20-7) 4th-place finish at Mizuno

15. Stevenson (21-6) Pats got 4-1 at Glenbrook/New Trier Invite

16. Glenbard South (25-6) No 1 seed despite moving up to 4A

17. Huntley (17-10) Nearly handed Boylan 1st loss

18. Fremd (16-10) C. Roberts, Stegich all-tourney at GBN

19. Barrington (12-10) Controls own destiny in MSL West

20. Cary-Grove (17-15) Win at Huntley a turning point?

Team One Getting Serious

Getting ready to Bring It.

Wheaton Classic, Round 1

Wheaton Classic

St. Charles North d. Plainfield Central 25-20, 25-19

SCN stats: Anderson 7 kills, T. Krage 6 kills, DuVall 2 kills, Carroll 2 kills, Taylor 4 kills, D. Krage 6 kills, Wohlert 11 assists T. DalDegan 12 assists, Seavey 8 digs , Lappin 4 digs
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St. Charles North d. Hinsdale Central 25-13, 25-15

SCN stats: T. Krage 8 kills, Anderson 5 kills, Taylor 5 kills, D. Krage 3 kills, Wohlert 10 assists, DalDegan 10 assists, Lappin 4 digs, Seavey 3 digs, Carroll 4 aces.

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WHEATON CLASSIC

Match Results
at Wheaton North

Pool A
Benet d. Hinsdale South 23-25, 25-12, 25-14
Benet d. Wheaton Nrth 25-16, 25-19
Wheaton North d. Hinsdale South 28-30, 25-11, 25-22

Pool E
Naperville North d. Downers North 25-14, 25-19
Naperville North d. Rosary 25-10, 25-20
Downers North d. Rosary 25-022, 26-24

Pool D
St. Charles North d. Plainfield Central 25-20, 25-19
St. Charles North d. Hinsdale Central 25-13, 25-15
Hinsdale Central d. Plainfield Central 25-14, 25-12

Pool H
Libertyville d OPRF 25-21, 25-18
OPRF d. Evanston 25-18, 25-10
Evanston d. Libertyville 15-25, 26-24, 25-22
at Wheaton Warrenville South

Pool C
Marist d. Prairie Ridge 25-17, 25-16
Marist d. WW South 25-18, 25-23
WW South d. Prairie Ridge 25-17, 25-20

Pool B
Plainfield North d. Naperville Central 25-19, 25-22
Plainfield North d. Downers South 25-17, 25-18
Naperville Central d. Downers South 25-18, 25-22

Pool F
Sandburg d. Neuqua Valley 25-22, 25-22
Sandburg d. Wheaton Academy 25-13, 25-11
Wheaton Academy d. Neuqua Valley 23-25, 25-18, 25-20

Pool G
Waubonsie Valley d. Lemont 25-22, 25-17
Waubonsie Valley d. Glenbrook South 25-21, 25-15
Lemont d. Glenbrook South 25-18, 21-25, 25-21

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To be continued Saturday.....

North Defeats East!

St. Charles North players celebrate a point against St. Charles East during a varsity volleyball game at St. Charles North on Tuesday evening.

St. Charles North snaps St. Charles East’s streak

With all the noise, emotion and general craziness going on in the St. Charles North gym on the 5th annual Volley for a Cure night Tuesday, the North Stars did an amazing job of tuning it out against a St. Charles East program that has owned this series lately.

The result was a third game with just a single North Star hitting error and no service mistakes. The Saints, meanwhile, missed three serves and committed seven hitting errors in the deciding game, and the steady, calm play by the North Stars proved to be the difference in a thrilling 25-17, 23-25, 25-22 victory that snapped an 8-match losing streak to St. Charles East.

The North Stars didn't lead in the third game until 15-14 when Taryn DalDegan set Emily Carroll for her first kill of the night. They never let go once they got it, improving their perfect record to 11-0 overall and 2-0 in the Upstate Eight Conference River Division.

"We don't have people on our team that will freak out even when we were behind in the third game," said the North Stars' Northern Illinois-bound senior Taylor Krage who led all players with 18 kills. "We knew if we controlled our side there was a good chance to come out with a win."

That the North Stars did, with Krage putting away the final point on a cross-court kill.

"Senior leadership," North Stars coach Lindsey Hawkins said of the difference. "Sydney Wohlert, Alex Seavey and Taylor Krage, they were all on the court, they wanted to win, they have been dreaming of this since they started here. They have been with me a long time and they are some of the best senior leaders I've ever had. They just really dug deep and stayed calm. They did not let the atmosphere rattle them, and they relied on each other."

It also marked the first win in seven tries for the St. Charles East alum Hawkins against her mentor Jennie Kull, and fittingly the North Stars did it with fundamentally sound volleyball.

The North Stars finished with 35 kills and just six hitting errors. The Saints put away more balls with 41 kills but also hit out or into the net 17 times, and they also missed seven serves in the match while the North Stars didn't miss a single serve.

"The big thing is cleaning up our side of the court," Hawkins said. "We have been focusing so much this year on what is going on on our side of the court and not worrying too much about their side of the court."

St. Charles North got off to a great start in front of a large and lively crowd for both sides. The North Stars led by as many as five points early before falling behind briefly at 15-14 on a block by middle Mikaela Mosquera, who was a force all night for the Saints.

The North Stars closed the game on a 13-2 surge. On one rally during the run Wohlert dug what looked like a sure Saints point, getting the ball to Seavey who set Krage for the kill. Strong serving late from Sam Lappin and Seavey and a couple more Krage kills got the North Stars to game point, which Carroll won with a block.

The Saints bounced back in Game 2 behind 5 kills each from Dana Voltolina and Meagan Smith and 4 from Mosquera. They overcame a 9-3 North Stars run in the middle of the game that put them in a 17-13 hole with an 8-2 burst of their own to go up 21-19. An Anne Hughes ace gave them game point, and Carly Jimenez set Mosquera in the middle for a kill that forced the third game.

"In a gym like this I was very pleased with the way they battled back and won that game," Kull said. "We mixed it up, did some different things."

St. Charles East (12-4, 1-1) had its chance early in Game 3 to take control but missed three straight serves at one point and made several other mistakes.

"The first eight points of the third game were our errors," Kull said. "That's what you live and die with in volleyball."

Leading 15-14 Carroll served four straight points to open a 19-14 lead. The Saints did respond and closed within 21-20 on Mosquera's kill and 22-21 on a North Stars lift, but Krage's tip kill made it 23-21, and Claire Anderson slammed down a Saints overpass for a 24-21 lead setting up Krage's kill on match point.

"We were trying to treat this game like any other game and we just need to take care of business," Hawkins said. "I have so much respect for Jennie Kull and so much respect for that program and that school. We want to emulate their tradition."

Jaclyn Taylor and Daley Krage both had 6 kills for the North Stars and Anderson 4. Wohlert (5 digs), Seavey (10 digs), Sophia DuVall (3 blocks) and Carroll (3 blocks) all made key contributions.

Hughes (21 digs, 2 aces), Jimenez (36 assists, 13 digs), Smith (9 kills, 4 digs), Megan Schildmeyer (9 kills, 2 blocks, 6 digs), Mosquera (11 kills, 3 blocks) and Voltolina (9 kills) led the Saints.

"I was really proud of our kids," Kull said. "Everybody said this team was down or whatever and they proved we are not. If we eliminate those errors, those young mistakes we made, if we get that done by the end of the season, it's going to get better."

Girls Volleyball: Taylor Krage takes St. Charles North past rival East

BY GENE CHAMBERLAIN For Sun-Times Media September 17, 2013 9:08PMUpdated: September 17, 2013 9:18PM

St. Charles East’s young girls volleyball team had found ways Tuesday to counter a rival St. Charles North’s outside power game led by Taylor and Daley Krage.

What East couldn’t match was when Taylor Krage came up with her own counter move. Krage’s off-speed hit provided a 23-21 advantage and the Northern Illinois University recruit put down three of her team’s final four points for a 25-17, 23-25, 25-22 victory in North’s own raucous gym.

“That’s the thing with Taylor is she’s a smart hitter,” North Stars coach Lyndsey Hawkins said. “She’ll come up and she’ll bang a couple balls and then she’ll throw you off with a tip. She’s just real smart. She finds the open court really well and she puts the ball down.”

North broke East’s eight-match winning streak behind 18 kills from Taylor Krage and six by Daley to keep a perfect (1-0 record on the year with its second Upstate Eight River win.

“We knew the atmosphere was going to be crazy,” Taylor Krage said. “Both the teams started off really well this year. It’s always a crazy match.”

North seemed in command of the third set after a five-point run with Emily Carroll serving for a 19-14 lead. But East, as Saints did all night, rallied within 21-20 by relying on the middle hitting of Mikaela Mosquera (11 kills) and the outside attacks of Meagan Smith (9 kills).

“We haven’t played a team that’s been that strong with middles like that,” Krage said. “It was a challenge. We just knew we were going to pull it out in the end.”

Krage then went up and put down a tip kill from what essentially was the back row.

After a setting error put the Saints within a point, Krage went to work again by getting high against the East block, and then putting down an off-speed hit — not quite a tip, but not a full blast.

Claire Anderson’s kill off a free ball made it 24-22 North, and after a long hit by the Stars, Krage’s kill finished the match.

“Our senior leadership -- (setter) Sydney Wohlert, (libero) Alex Seavey and Taylor — they all wanted to win,” Hawkins said. “They wanted this win and have been dreaming about this since they started here. They have been with me a long time and are some of the best senior leaders I’ve had.”

East had 21 digs from libero Anne Hughes and 36 assists by setter Carly Jimenez, but its strength in the middle wasn’t quite enough. And three serving errors in the beginning of the third set returned to haunt the Saints. (12-4, 1-1).

“They have lots of different weapons, they deserved to win,” East coach Jennifer Kull said. “But you can’t miss three serves. The first eight points of the third game were our errors.”

Kull came away feeling positive about her team despite the loss.

“Everybody had said, ‘Oh, this team is down,’ or whatever,” she said. “We proved that we’re not. If we eliminate those errors, we eliminate the young mistakes that we made and we get that done all by the end of the season, it’s going to get better.”

St. Charles North won’t let big win go to its heads 

Daily Herald by John Lemon Article updated: 9/18/2013 5:05 PM 

Super scene: It's always interesting to see what unfolds when St. Charles East and St. Charles North's volleyball teams square off, and Tuesday certainly was no exception.

For the first time in nine tries, St. Charles North was able to come out on top, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22.

North Stars senior Taylor Krage led all players with 18 kills but downplayed the significance of the win afterward. Maybe it's a sign that the North Stars, who improved to 11-0 heading into Wednesday's games, have bigger goals on their mind.

"East game always means a little more but it's not the state championship," Krage said. "Just another game. It's a great game to win but it's just another game."

North Stars coach Lindsey Hawkins had a similar take. She didn't seem as interested in talking about getting her first win over the Saints as seeing the continued consistent play by her team taking care of what happens on their side of the net.

"Our team has been working on their resiliency and I think that helps in matches like this because we are not going to give up," said the fifth-year coach.

Gracious in defeat: Saints coach Jennie Kull had kind words for Hawkins afterward.

Hawkins played on Kull's 2001 state championship team at St. Charles.

"I'm proud of what she's doing. You love to win but when they aren't playing us I'm rooting for them," Kull said of the North Stars. "I'm glad she has put the program together like she has. She's a wonderful person. If they are going to beat us I'm glad it is a former Saint who did it."

Chicago Sun-Times    From the Back Row by Pat Brozynski

Another grudge match in the Upstate Eight Conference Tuesday saw St. Charles North nudge their rivals from St. Charles East 25-17, 23-25, 25-22.

"The atmosphere was intense and the match was a dogfight for both teams," St. Charles North coach Lindsey Hawkins said.

Taylor Krage led the way for St. Charles North with 18 kills. Jaclyn Taylor and Daley Krage each had six kills and Claire Anderson added four. Alex Seavey anchored the defense with 10 digs, Taylor Krage had six and Sydney Wohlert added five. Sophia DuVall and Emily Carroll both had three blocks.

The North Stars are now 11-0 and play Plainfield Central and Hinsdale Central in pool play at the Wheaton Classic on Wednesday. St. Charles East slipped to 12-4.

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Batavia Win Recap and East Prediction

Prep Girls Volleyball Insider: "Pack the Place" partnership

By KEVIN DRULEY - kdruley@shawmedia.com

Created: Friday, September 13, 2013 5:33 a.m. CDT

Batavia girls volleyball players kept their eyes on Maddie Jaudon during Tuesday's home match against St. Charles East, but the Bulldogs also are cognizant of what graduates are up to in college. (Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com)

Batavia touted Tuesday's Upstate Eight Conference River Division opener as its "Pack the Place" night.

Visiting St. Charles North got the memo, too, as well as some promotional T-shirts. It was all part of Bulldogs coach Lori Trippi-Payne's plan.
"I think that speaks a lot about their program and just the person that she is," said North coach Lindsey Hawkins, who sported a "Pack the Place" T-shirt during the match. "She really wants to build an Upstate Eight tradition of spirit, and we love that because we're all about that at North. We were happy to join in and get as many fans out here as possible."

Ultimately, the royal blue and black-clad partisans in the overflow crowd found more to cheer about during North's 25-23, 25-21 victory – the North Stars' 10th in as many matches to open the season.

"We knew that it wasn't going to be easy. It was going to be a battle, but we all had to play for each other and we couldn't give up," North middle blocker Emily Carroll said. "We just had to keep fighting. Go all out for every play and never take a play off."

Allie aboard
Burlington Central's three-game win against Rock Falls last week included double-digit kills from hitters Jenna Schudel and Makenna Jensen.

That junior defensive specialist Allie DeTamble (nine kills) wasn't far behind them was especially encouraging to Rockets coach Marv Leavitt, who is looking for extra offense as the team awaits Lauren Wiltsie's recovery from a knee injury.

"That was strong. Allie played tough," Leavitt said. "She's one of our starting DSes, so the passing has been there, but getting that hitting contribution really helps us out."

Old 'Dogs, new fans
Trippi-Payne keeps a firm pulse on the status of former players in college. In October, she and her current batch plan to see two of them face off in Chicago.

Recently minted Missouri Valley Conference member Loyola hosts Evansville at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26, marking a reunion between ex-Bulldogs Stephanie Kinane (Loyola libero) and Kristen Koncelik (Evansville middle hitter).

"That's going to be crazy," Trippi-Payne said. "The girls are looking forward to it."

Depending on Batavia's earlier itinerary – the team is idle from competition on the weekend before regionals – the day could start in Arlington Heights, site of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Batavia grad Briahna Havis, a defensive specialist for NAIA Roosevelt, is now a CCAC athlete.

In the groove:

Molly Haggerty, St. Francis, So., OH
What she did: Haggerty helped the Spartans defend their Conant Early Bird Invitational title over the weekend before shining again Wednesday night, smacking 13 kills during a road sweep of IC Catholic Prep in St. Francis' Suburban Christian Conference opener.

Carly Jimenez, St. Charles East, Sr., S
What she did: Jimenez distributed in style throughout this weekend's Conant invite, including a combined 42 assists in a semifinal win against Pius (Wis.) and the championship match loss to St. Francis.

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK
Geneva's upperclassmen keep rolling. Although the Vikings welcomed an influx of younger talent to the rotation this season, it was Hannah Lanasa (28 kills) Kelsey Wicinski (51 digs) and Courtney Caruso (55 assists) who keyed Geneva's runner-up run in its own invitational Saturday. Lanasa, Wicinski and Caruso – a junior, junior and senior, respectively – led the team in the same statistical categories during Tuesday's sweep at Elgin.

WHAT WE'LL LEARN IN THE WEEK AHEAD
Whether St. Charles North can register its first victory against St. Charles East in the Lindsey Hawkins era. Hawkins, the former Lindsey Linkimer, is winless against her former school and coach, Jennie Kull, since taking the job in 2009. She'll get the chance to turn the tables when the North Stars host the Saints Tuesday night in the programs' annual "Volley For the Cure" breast cancer event.

COACH SLY SAYS

This probably isn't apropos of anything, but Sly still thought he'd point something out.

Since the UEC River debuted in 2010, the winner of the St. Charles East-St. Charles North football game has mirrored the victor when the schools meet in girls volleyball.

This year's football game is tonight, of course, with volleyball squaring off Tuesday night. Will East Side Pride prevail twice for the fourth year running? Stay tuned.

Footnote: Saints edge crosstown rival North, 28-21 in overtime on Friday the 13th. Time to break the trend.

No change in the state rankings for North this week:

Girls volleyball / Top 20

Effinghgam tournament champ St. Francis remains the No. 1 team in this week's Daily Herald Top 20 girls volleyball rankings. Benet is No. 2 and undefeated St. Charles North No. 3.

LAST UPDATED SEP 16, 2013 12:56 PM

North Stars defeat Bulldogs

St. Charles North girls volleyball defeats batavia

By KEVIN DRULEY- kdruley@shawmedia.com

Created: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 5:34 a.m. CDT

St. Charles North players, including Taylor Krage (center) celebrate their 25-23, 25-21 win Tuesday over Batavia. (Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com)

BATAVIA – St. Charles North tussled with Batavia throughout Tuesday’s Upstate Eight Conference River Division girls volleyball opener.

Double-digit leads? Forget about them. Peace of mind? Not until the final point dropped.

North may have maintained its hot start with a 25-23, 25-21 sweep, but not before exhaling first. And then quickly moving on.

“We’re always training to be ready for that next match,” North Stars middle blocker Emily Carroll said. “Even though we’re 10-0, we never settle. It’s not good enough for us. We always try to be better, and better ourselves for the next match.”

Batavia (5-5, 0-1 UEC River) served aggressively and kept North out of sync for much of the night, a rarity for the North Stars (10-0, 1-0) to date.

“That was our goal,” Bulldogs coach Lori Trippi-Payne said, “but sometimes out of system is not a good thing, because Taylor Krage can hit in the back row.”

Krage, the North Stars’ Northern Illinois-bound senior outside hitter, smacked a match-high nine kills, including one to seal Game 1. Sophia DuVall (five kills) and Daley Krage (four) were next.

Audrey Faulhaber (nine digs), Maddie Jaudon (eight) and Heather Meyer (eight) challenged North’s hitters, helping Batavia lead as late as 23-22 in the first game and 18-16 in the second.

Ultimately, North persevered with a focus that has wowed coach Lindsey Hawkins since summer workouts, when players pledged their accountability to each other and to making the most of an experienced, talented core.

“We have a lot of girls that stay calm,” Taylor Krage said. “We don’t really freak out on the court, and we kind of just keep playing volleyball no matter what.” Of course, part of playing volleyball entails what some bystanders would consider “freaking out.” At least after big points.

A pregame announcement warned a boisterous “Pack The Place” crowd against the use of artificial noisemakers. Naturally, it didn’t apply to the North Stars or Bulldogs.

Eventually, North used that encouragement to its advantage at the net, as Claire Anderson, Jaclyn Taylor, Carroll and DuVall stood up to a Batavia attack led by Meyer (eight kills) and Shea Stanley (six).

“Honestly, just being loud and cheering each other on just motivates everyone to get that block,” Carroll said.

Sydney Wohlert had 15 assists for North, while Audrey Faulhaber had 22 for Batavia.

The Bulldogs host defending 4A state champion Benet on Thursday. Batavia counts losses to 3A champ St. Francis and perennial power Providence, as well, and hopes the North result will continue its bid to be a force down the stretch.

“Our schedule, we play that tough schedule to get ready for games like this, and we stayed in there with them, but I thought that we could have done even a little better tonight,” Trippi-Payne said. “What can you do, right? They’re a good team.”

Moving Up in the Rankings!

Girls volleyball / Top 20  Article updated: 9/9/2013 2:19 PM

1. St. Francis (6-1) Spartans three-peat at Early Bird

2. Benet (6-1) How long will Pavich (shoulder) be sidelined?

3. St. Charles North (9-0) Stars pack plenty of power

4. Waubonsie Valley (7-1) Minarick is valuable as a setter, and hitter

5. St. Charles East (7-1) Falls to St. Francis for Early Bird title

6. Glenbard West (6-1) Tough week ahead with Marist, Effingham Invite

7. Crystal Lake S. (7-1) Rival Cary-Grove visits Thursday

8. Lake Zurich (6-2) Bears settle for 4th at Early Bird

9. Naperville North (5-1) Mankowski is much improved

10. Geneva (7-2) Falls to Joliet Catholic for own invite title

11. Stevenson (6-2) Pats lose to CL Central, Boylan at Jacobs

12. Larkin (6-2) Stewart 12 kills in 14 tries vs. Bartlett

13. Barrington (1-2) Roney tough on attack

14. Montini (6-0) Balash, Broncos make statement with win over No. 6

15. Huntley (5-2) Bested defending sectional champ PR in 3

16. Cary-Grove (6-1) Young Trojans placed 5th at Jacobs Invite

17. IC Catholic Prep (7-0) Knights host No. 1 St. Francis Wednesday

18. Glenbard South (11-1) Raiders win West Aurora Invite

19. Rolling Meadows (5-3) Solid fifth at Early Bird

20. St. Edward (9-4) Third place at Timothy Christian tournament

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