Banquet Tuesday, Nov. 19th, 6:30 pm

The team banquet will be a potluck in the Cafeteria at 6:30 pm on Tuesday night.  Each class is asked to bring the following items:

Please bring six to eight servings of your item.  If you cannot come, please let us know so we can ensure that we have a proper selection of the food and utensil items.  (You can send an email to Coach Stewart by clicking on the support address below.)

Eagle VolleyFest Time at Lindbergh

7 Nov. 2002:  OK, so the league didn't work out exactly as planned, but we got a lot of volleyball in over the last two weeks anyway, and our games against the Football team today were awesome.   The "C"/JV squad did super.  The boys thought they were going to roll over us, but we pulled together and passed their toughest serves, served them tougher than they expected, and played an exciting 40 minute game.  Tiffany W., Nela and Sarah all deserve some special recognition, especially Tiffany who dug and set tenaciously.  But everyone else, Kaylee, Sam, Justine, Danielle, to name a few, played really steady.  And while we lost 14-16, the way we fought for every point in that game really set up the boys for demolition by the Varsity. 

In the Varsity game(s), after all our troubles finishing a match this year, it was great fun to see us thump the boys.  The first game went 15-2, and the second went 15-5.  While the boys played hard, our serving and our ability to run our offense when they gave us a free ball gave us a huge advantage.  And they knew they really had to serve tough after their difficulties with the "C"/JV's, and this caused them to try a little too hard.   I hope everyone had fun.  I think we should plan on a similar event next year.  Thank you Football team, and let's all work hard for the 2003 season ... weight room, running, and winter and spring sports!  Go Eagles!

USAV Junior Olympic Volleyball

The Puget Sound Region of USA Volleyball is in the process of updating the club listings and tryout schedules for the twenty-five-plus clubs that participate in USAV sanctioned play.  For high school students, the USAV season begins Nov. 17th, the day after the last State Volleyball competition, and finishes next July, 2003.  The club information is accessed by means of the Region's "Club Matrix" web page.  High school players who are interested in playing club volleyball will find the list of clubs on this web page very helpful.  You will see that the price of "club" volleyball will vary greatly from one club to another, and even within a club the cost will vary depending upon the amount of  travel that is planned for a team.  The "elite" traveling teams can cost well over $2000 for the season when air-fare and lodging to three or four out-of-state tournaments are considered.  "Regional" teams, teams that plan on participating in local tournaments only, can be much less expensive.  Some clubs advertise costs as low as $300 for the season.  Check it out, you might find one that looks right for you!  And note that many of the entries are still in the process of being updated (gray background,) so if you don't find what you want now, check it out again in a week or so.

Week Six and a Half:  At Tyee ... Mt. Rainier at Home

Mt. Rainier

25 Oct. 2002:  Senior night was a fun evening despite the outcome of the match.  Our parents were all there and they got to see some quality volleyball, if only for portions of games.  The Varsity played well in the second game and the last part of the 3rd game.  Compared to our visit to Mt. Rainier on Oct. 1st, we showed great improvement in serve receive and in our digging, but we still had lapses in our concentration.  The second game, in particular,  was very even up to 6.  We were able to play side-out ball as long as we kept our focus and maintained our attack at a high level.  But we weren't able to maintain this effort.  The JV also did a much better job competing Mt. Rainier than they did in their first match.  The game hinged on offensive skills, poise, and digging.  Which is exactly where we need to focus our efforts if we are to improve our standings in the King Division next year. 

Tyee

22 Oct. 2002:  A short-handed Varsity team played our best match of the year.  We won the first two games, and had opened a lead of 10-7 in the fifth game, but we began playing tentatively and let Tyee come back and take a 12-11 lead.  In the end, we were once again victims of our old nemesis, serve receive.  Everyone scored a season-high in one category or another during the match.  Cheris had 4 aces (best previous 2), 3 kills (best previous 2), 2 blocks (first of season), 5 assists (best previous 2), and 1 dig.  Megan scored 7 kills (best previous 1), 1 block (first of season), and made 1 assist.  Stephanie had 15 kills (best previous 9), 5 blocks,1 assist, 1 dig.  Tam had 42 assists (best previous 39), 10 digs, 1 ace, 1 kill and 2 blocks.  Shaina had 6 kills, 3 blocks, 7 digs, 3 assists, and 1 ace, tying three of her previous best efforts (kills, blocks, digs.)  Rhemy, playing in the opposite position, had 14 kills (best previous 6), 3 blocks, 8 assists, 1 ace and 3 digs.  And Elizabeth, playing in the middle hitter position, had 13 kills (best previous 5), 7 blocks (best previous 3), 2 assists and 1 dig.

The JV's took care of business in their match with Tyee, winning in two, 15-7 and 15-4.  In the first game, Heather was the terminator, scoring a clean kill for the 14th point, and then wiping off the Tyee block for the game winner.   The final points of the second game featured kills by Heather and Michelle, an ace by Jasmeet, followed by a couple of side-outs, then a block by Jasmeet for the 14th point, and finally an error by Tyee to let us win the match.  JV highlights for the match include 4 kills for both Michelle and Heather, 3 kills each by Sarah and Sara, 1 kill and 3 blocks by Jasmeet, 11 assists by Sara, and 7 assists by Tiffany who also had 2 kills and 4 aces.

The JV's are now 8-5, and are no worse than tied with Highline for 3rd, following Kennedy (13-0,) and Mt. Rainier (10-2.)  Highline had 5 losses going into their match with Mt. Rainier last night, and we might have a one match lead over the Pirates today.

October Tournaments

19 Oct. 2002:  We played some good volleyball at Bellevue Community College's Invitational Tournament ... and got to see some great volleyball.  We played very competitively against 4A Juanita (10-15, 11-15,) and 3A Bellevue (9-15, 15-3, and 5-15.)   The "got to see" part came when we were overpowered by 4A Central Kitsap and 3A River Ridge.  The River Ridge girls were very impressive with their jump serves and terrific leaping and spiking skills.  They were a lot closer to Mt. Rainier than any team we have faced so far this year.  They should do well at States.  We also had a chance to see Sequim, a West Central District 3A team that will be battling with Mt. Rainier, Kennedy, and the other King Division teams for a berth to the State Tournament at Districts.  Sequim ended up finishing second in the Championship Division behind Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma area 4A Catholic High School,) and ahead of River Ridge who tied for third after losing to Bellarmine in the semifinals.  Sequim defeated Central Kitsap and Eastlake (4A) in their playoffs.  Our match against Bellevue featured some great middle blocking by Stephanie (1 stuff, 1 kill and these stats don't tell it all, she rejected a number of hits but not for scores;) Kayli served well (3 aces,) and hammered a couple (2 kills;) Shaina served 2 aces, made 1 kill, and made one great dig; Rhemy served 4 aces; and Elizabeth did a great job in the outside hitter spot, scoring 6 kills.  Unfortunately, we let the match slip through our forearms when we yielded 8 points to one server to let Bellevue build an 11-4 lead in the last game.  End of story, referee a match, get on the bus, go home.  Ugh.

Renton JV's ... No Show

18 Oct. 2002:  The JV and "C" teams hoped to make-up matches with Renton on Friday.  The JV match had been missed in the beginning of the season due to insufficient numbers of eligible Renton players due to the 10-practice WIAA standard.  Unfortunately, Renton was unable to come Friday, and we had to cancel the match.  For the record, we'll count this as a forfeit since we did everything possible to facilitate the match, and were ready to play it twice.

Highline

17 Oct. 2002:  Highline played very well.  We got off to a slow start, but we picked it up in the second game.   But try as we might, we just couldn't put enough steam on the ball to score, mainly due to a much improved Pirate defensive effort.  When we played Highline on Sept. 24th, both our middle hitters had 9 kills each.  But in the second pass through on Thursday, Stephanie was held to 4 kills, and Kayli to 3 kills, mainly due to improved coverage and digging by the fast-improving Pirates.   Siri Wuotila of Highline also put in a very impressive performance against us, and we had difficulties digging the Pirates outside hitters who played very steadily.  This was a loss, but our opponents earned their victory.

The JV team came within two points of a season sweep of the Pirate JV's when they lost the second game 15-17, and were unable to hold them in the rally point third game.  The "C" team showed great progress against Highline when they won their first game.  Just a few days earlier Highline had swept our young Eagles 8-15, 8-15 at the "C" tournament.  But we served very well, and volleyed steadily to take command of our first game, and score a win.  The second game was very competitive, but a number of unforced errors cost us a match victory.   Both teams played well, these high quality efforts hold much promise for next year.

Kennedy

15 Oct. 2002:  Varsity lost, but we showed enormous improvement since our first match against Kennedy three and half weeks ago.  In our previous match, we played well for a few minutes, and then allowed ourselves to be served out.  Tonight we passed well throughout the match.  Not great, but well.  Instead of yielding 21 aces to the "Lancettes", we gave up 12, and we forced them to earn their victory.  Kennedy's setter, Courtney Clark was successful in too many second-ball dumps, and their middle hitters, Alex Gates and Jennifer Patnode, painted our end line and deep corner with some sharp hits.  But we dug them, and we scored a few kills against them.  We lost, but Kennedy had to show that they can play volleyball in order to beat us.

Meanwhile both the JV and "C" teams were doing well.  The JV scores were 11-15 and 7-15, and both games were even for a while.  It wasn't hard to see that a few tweaks in serve receive, and a bit more offense would even things out.   Down in the basement, the "C" team  took Kennedy to three, winning game one 15-7 before losing the next two 8-15, 4-15.  Winning this first game from Kennedy is an important step in what promises to be a very rewarding three or four year journey for our youngest volleyball players.

Thursday we have Highline, and all three teams should be pumped for this one.  The "C"'s lost at the Alice Boyle Tournament to Highline 8-15, 8-15, and lost at Highline three weeks ago 8-15, 10-15.  But we are clearly getting our act together.  The JV's beat Highline last time, and Highline would love to even the score.  And Varsity played three great games against Highline, at least until they got to the 10th point.  Anything is possible.

Still to come in week six:

October Tournaments ("C" Team)

13 Oct. 2002:  The "C" team had a full day at Kennedy's Alice Boyle Invitational Tournament, on Saturday, Oct. 12th.  We had competitive games against all six of our opponents, and we fought with a lot of heart against even the  strongest teams.  The scores by opponent:  Skyline, 15-8, 8-15;  Cedarcrest, 7-15, 12-15;  Kennedy, 11-15, 9-15;  Bear Creek, 4-15, 11-15;  Highline, 8-15, 8-15; and Bishop Blanchet, 8-15, 4-15.  The "C"'s play both Kennedy and Highline again in the upcoming week, week six of competition, and with a few improvements to our free ball transition and server receive, we can look forward to some very competitive matches.

Hazen (Oct. 10).

13 Oct. 2002:  Our JV's won and the Varsity and "C" teams lost.  The Varsity's fifth game loss was very disappointing.  But even in losing we made improvements.  On Tuesday, our passing collapsed in the fourth game to give Evergreen an easy win (three aces and three over-feeds in the fourth game.)  Against Hazen, we gave up just one ace and two over-feeds in the decisive game.  We passed serve well enough to win ... fifteen of our twenty-two serve receives were settable.  The problem came from offensive failures, mostly tentative, weak hits into the middle of the net.  Our hitters simply failed to do their job.

Meantime, the JV's pulled ahead of Hazen in the overall standings.  Kennedy's JV's  are currently 10-0, and Mt. Rainier is likely to be 8-2.  At 6-3, our JV team is no worse than tied for third with Highline, who have lost one to us, and two to Kennedy.  The matches against Kennedy (Oct. 17th) and Highline (Oct. 19th) are thus going to be important milestones for the JV's.

Evergreen (Oct. 8)

9 Oct. 2002:  We played Evergreen even in two of the four games.  After over an hour and a half of very competitive, exciting volleyball we were down 1 game to 2, and playing well.  But once again we lost our focus, and in game 4 we surrendered 3 aces and 3 overfeeds and suddenly we were packing our bags to get on the bus after  ten minutes of poor play.  Meanwhile Tyee was at Hazen, and won their match with a 15-13 victory in the fifth game.  The battle for the mid-level seeds in the King Division is wide open.  Hazen and Evergreen now have four match wins, Tyee has three, and we have two.  

JV won their match 15-0, 15-7.  And "C" lost in three, 15-8, 13-15, 8-15.  The JV's are now tied with Hazen with identical 5-3 match records.

Reminder to parents:  Please pickup your daughter at the lower-level parking lot following week-night away games (like our match with Evergreen on Tuesday, Oct. 8th.)

Mid-Season Heptathlon

4 Oct. 2002:  The Varsity-JV Heptathlon was tied 57-57 going into the final spike speed event, when the Varsity's big guns finally overwhelmed the feisty JV's, scoring 23 of the 29 points available.  The results by event:

1. Agility run:  1. Brittiany (V), 2. Megan (V), 3. Nela (JV), 4. Erin (JV)
2. Serve Distance:  1. Shaina (V), 2. Heather (JV), 3. Sara Fentress. (JV), 4. Megan (V)
3. Serve around the horn:  Varsity 8 pts, JV 5 pts
4. Set through hoop:  JV 4 pts, Varsity 2 pts
5. Serve machine passing:  JV 4 pts, Varsity 4 pts
6. Shuttle (4 x 10):  1. Tiffany (JV), 2. Jasmeet (JV), 3. Stephanie (V), 4. Tam (V)
7. Spike Speed:  1.  Megan (V), 2. Shaina (V), 3. Heather (JV), 4. Rhemy (V).

Renton (Oct. 3rd)

3 Oct. 2002:  All around great effort by both Varsity and JV teams.  The Varsity passing improved remarkably ... lots of great examples of efficient footwork and quiet arms.  And Kayli lit it up in the middle with 10 kills and 4 stuffs.  This offensive effort was due entirely to our improved passing which facilitated Tam's accurate sets.  The JV's served tough, and volleyed well.

Mt. Rainier (Oct. 1)

1 Oct. 2002:  Varsity lost to a short-handed Ram team.  Serve receive continues to be a problem.  The JV team started off slowly in game one, falling behind 1-7 before starting to play.  Mid-way through the game, the team pulled together scoring a few points and many side-outs, but then gave up some aces late in the game.  The second game was a totally different story, and the JV's won even with a quasi-fire-alarm interruption.  The third game was a repeat of the first, with the Ram JV surging ahead to a score of 2-10, before we rallied to close to 10-11.  But we weren't able to sustain the rally and lost 10-15.  The "C" team won game one 15-8, lost game two 2-15, and then rallied from a deficit of 11-14 to win the game 16-14, and the match 2-1.  Kaylee served very well in the last portion of the decisive game, taking the team from 12-14 to 15-14.  Soffia then served the winning point.  Samantha and Tiffany served aces in game one, and Gwen and Justine each had kills in the third game. 

Tyee (Sept. 26)

26 Sept. 2002:  The JV team swept Tyee's JV's by coming back from from a 3-10 deficit in the second game, closing to 10-13, and finally winning 15-13.  Varsity played well at times, but missed too many serves and serve receives to pull out a victory.

Highline (Sept. 24)

24 Sept. 2002:  Varsity worked hard and played smart, but went home disappointed.  Some of the highlights include the super stuff of the Highline slider by Liz and Stephanie in game two, some great thumps and blocks by our middle hitters on overfeeds, many great digs of Highline spikes, good steady outside hitting by everyone, and generally great passing on serve receive in the first 30 minutes of each game.  But in all three losses, we collapsed late in the game and gave up runs to Highline.  Worse yet, it was to the same server in each case.  Chelsea Tuman of Highline, Senior co-Captain, served points 11, 12, 13 and 14 in game one, points 12, 13, 14, and 15 in game two, and points 14 and 15 in game three.  We squandered some real solid volleyball ... over an hour and half of tough, focused play for the evening ... with a few seconds of inattention.

The JV's won with solid passing and good serves, and the "C"'s were very competitive.  A few more serves "in", and the "C"'s would have won the match.  Scores for the teams:

Highline Invitational Tournament .. 3rd in Purple

21 Sept. 2002:  Good effort girls.  Over the course of the day, with five best-of-three matches and 11 games, we made some huge advances in our play.  We had the toughest pool (1st & 5th finishers in Gold, both 3rds in Purple,) and we played well against all our opponents.  Everyone pulled together, and we battled Lincoln (Narrows League 4A) in the Purple Division semi-finals with a ton of heart.  A few more calls in that match could have made a big difference.   Against Peninsula and Vashon Island we were able to play competitively for extended periods, but couldn't keep our focus to finish the job.  Bainbridge was load, but we kept playing and did our best and learned a lot.  The victory over Liberty was a good one, but in both the first and the second game, we kept losing focus and gave up unearned points.  The rally point game was a great experience for us.  We had to serve well, and we did.  I'm pretty sure the scorer misplaced our 14th point, but we played on and closed the door 15-8, after a courageous effort by Liberty to come back from a 5-13 deficit.  The tournament was a good example of what the USAV club season (from December through July) is all about ...lots of competition, lots of volleyball.  The JV's are scheduled to play a tournament next week on the 28th at Tyee.

Kennedy

19 Sept. 2002:  We gave the match away.  Kennedy stats show 26 aces served against us over the match, and from the video, I'd say that's about right.  I counted 11 aces in the first game.  Once we got into the "volley" part, we were competitive, but even there we still have lots of room for improvement.  We'll look at the match video at practice today.

 Hazen

17 Sept. 2002:  Quick recap of scores against Hazen on Tuesday night:

Kayli had 11 kills, and Tam had 26 assists.  We passed serve and set well enough to win the match, but we need make better choices with our hitting and our free ball returns, and we are struggling with our serves.  Over our first three matches, we have served 284 times, scoring 30 aces, but making 40 service faults.  Not counting our ace serves, against Evergreen and Hazen we scored 72 points out of 137 serves that were "in".  So for every two serves that we simply get "In", we score more than one point.  And every time we serve "in", and get a point, we have another chance to serve and score a point.  So getting our serves "in" compounds, letting us score more than simply the odds of winning that first point.  With 27 service faults against Evergreen and Hazen combined, we easily cost our team OVER 20 points in those two matches with our service errors.  Cutting our service errors in half is our immediate challenge. 

Week One

14 Sept. 2002:  The first week of League competition saw the Varsity and JV squads competing in their King Division Jamborees on Monday; the Varsity played Renton on Tuesday at home;  the "C", JV and Varsity teams played Evergreen at home on Thursday, and we hosted the "C" Jamboree on Friday.  With only eleven practices before the Jamboree, and with school-work starting in earnest, this was an epic week for Eagle Volleyball, to say the least!

The Jamboree started with a bit of confusion.  The teams were scheduled to depart Lindbergh at 2:15 pm, but a mechanical problem forced a switch in the charter bus, and we didn't leave until 2:50 pm.  The Varsity got to Tyee in time for a brief warm-up and then we played some fairly good games against Mt. Rainier, Highline, Tyee, Renton, and Evergreen.  We learned we still had a lot to do in the areas of positioning and serve receive, but we showed real improvement in other parts of the game.  Our managers Danielle and Nessa did an exceptionally good job scorekeeping.  The JV's played a different schedule at Mt. Rainier, but they played competitively and did well.  And JV manager Merrie provided some greatly appreciated scorekeeping at the Mt. Rainier site.

The Varsity match on Tuesday against Renton showed great improvement in our serve receive.  And as the match progressed, we did a better job of positioning ourselves and executing fundamentals.  Overall for the match, Varsity served 89 times, tallying 10 aces against 13 errors.  Renton served tough at the beginning of the match winning the first game, 15-12.  But as we settled down and focused on playing, we began to control the game, and we won the next three games, 15-12, 15-6, 15-6, to take the match.

All three teams were in action against Evergreen on Thursday night.  The "C" squad won their match in two, 15-8, 16-14 (but played a third game per our match format,) as did the JV's, 15-10, 15-13 (who also played the "complimentary" third game.)  Stats were kept for the JV match by the Varsity, and Erin and Michelle managed 5- and 4 kills respectively from their middle hitter spot, while Nela, Jasmeet and Danielle each provided 2 kills.  Jasmeet also had 13 assists, followed by Sera with 9 assists.  Nela led all blockers with 3 stuffs, and the team served 44 times, racking up 6 aces versus 5 service errors.  Jasmeet led the team with 3 aces followed by Michelle with 2.

The Varsity lost their Thursday night match with Evergreen in a 5 game slug-fest that finished a little after 9 pm.  In the final game, the score was tied at 11, both teams sided-out twice, then Evergreen scored three to make it 14-11 their favor.  The Eagles then got a side-out and scored one to make it 12-14.  Each team then sided-out, and finally Evergreen won it on a mad scramble following an Eagle block at the right front.  In losing, the Varsity showed a lot of poise and an ability to focus even in tight situations, and our passing continues to improve.  For the whole match, our Lady Eagles served 113 times, scoring 11 aces against 17 service errors.

But our week wasn't over.  On Friday, we hosted the "C" teams from Evergreen, Hazen, Highline, and Mt. Rainier for the King Division "C" Jamboree.  Stephanie was excused from Varsity practice and she did a great job in her alternate capacity as a GSVO referee on Court 2.  Play began at 3:30 pm, and was over by 6 pm.  Coach Chapell shared playing duties over the whole squad, and I was very pleased to see the improvements of our passing and serving skills.  Gwen's parents kindly volunteered to call lines and flip the score cards.  I think we hosted an event that was much appreciated by the other schools.  It also gave us another opportunity to gain valuable experience for our younger players.

And with all that, I still forgot something ... we had team pictures right after school on Thursday!  Next week is a little easier ... at Hazen on Tuesday, at Kennedy on Thursday, and then the Varsity plays in the Pirate Invitational tournament on Saturday at Tyee.

Today's Rules Question

Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002:  During practice the question was raised about center line violations.  It was agreed that if some part of the foot was on the center line, then the foot could project into the opponents court.  But what if the part of the foot "on the center line" is in the air, that is, the "shadow" of the foot is on the center line, but not the foot itself?

Rule 9 - Section 5 - Player Actions - Article 6 ...
A player may touch the floor across the center line with one or both feet/hands provided a part of the foot/feet or hand(s) remains on or above the center line.  Contacting the floor across the center line with any other part of the body is illegal.

Thus it is the "shadow" that counts.  The foot (or hand) does not have to be in contact with the center line.

Previous Rules Questions:

Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002:  During the "C" Jamboree the referee warned us about attacking a serve.  In the incident, one of our players struck a serve with an overhand motion near the height of the net.  The player was standing on the ground, and it appeared to us that the ball was beneath the height of the net.  We are not sure whether the referee saw it as described above, but the question was raised about whether it is legal to attack a serve.  The following are the applicable rules:

Rule 9 - Section 5 - Player Actions - Article 1 ... Definitions
b.  Attack -- Any action other than a block or a serve that directs the ball toward the opponent's court.  A team's third hit is always considered an attack.

Rule 9 - Section 6 - Net Play - Article 6
A ball may be attacked, excluding a served ball, when it has partially crossed the net.  Attacking a served ball while the ball is completely above the height of the net is not permitted.  However, the contact is legal, and the ball is not out of play until it completely crosses the vertical plane of the net or is legally contacted by an opponent.

This would suggest that a served ball may be attacked once part of the ball is both partially  beyond the net and beneath the height of the net.  But the latter condition is the pertinent one, since more than half of a served ball must be beyond the net in order for any part of it to be below the net (or else the serve must touch the net which is a service fault.).

Previous Rules Questions:

Friday, Sept. 6, 2002:  The rules that apply to a double contact on serve receive include both the definition of a legal contact, and exceptions allowing double contacts.  Recall that the serve bounced off the receiver's biceps, off her face, and then was saved and returned by the JV's to score a side-out on Varsity, who had (prematurely) stopped play.  The rules are:

Rule 9 - Section 4 - Contacting the ball - Article 5
Legal contact is a touch of the ball by a player's body above and including the waist which does not allow the ball to visibly come to rest or involve prolonged contact with the player's body. 

Thus if the ball rolled up the arm, or if it came to halt, it would NOT be a legal contact.  But as I saw it, the ball bounced in both contacts.  The rule applying to double contacts is:

Rule 9 - Section 4 - Contacting the ball - Article 8
Multiple contact are more than one contact by a player during one attempt to play the ball.  Multiple contacts are permitted only:
a.  When the first ball over the net rebounds from one part of the player's body to one or more other legal parts in one attempt to block;
b.  On any first team hit, whether or not the ball is touched by the block, provided there is no finger action.

So in the case in point, the service pass is a "first team hit", the ball was legally contacted, and the double contact is permitted in this case since it didn't involve "finger action.".

Thursday, Sept. 5,2002:  The rule for a back row attack is:

Rule 9 - Section 5 - Player actions - Article 5
A back-row player shall not:
a.  Participate in a block or an attempt to block.
b.  Attack a ball which is completely above the height of the net while positioned:
            1.  On or in front of the attack line or its out-of-bounds extension;
            2.  In the air, having left the floor on or in front of the attack line or its out-of bounds extension.
c.  A foul shall not be called on a back-row player until the ball is considered to have crossed the net.  (9-4-4)

Thus if that "laser light at the height of the net" that we talked about illuminates any part of the ball as the back-row player contacts the ball, it should NOT be a foul.  However, this is a very difficult call for the referee because the ref is looking down on the plane (or up if there is no ref stand,) and thus the height of the ball must be estimated.  More often than not the ref will call a back-row attack if the setter jumps to contact the ball no matter the height of the setter plus the jump.

Notice also that if the opponents block the ball before it goes over, it is not a foul.  Practically, this would seem to encourage a back-row setter to try to wipe the ball off the block and back into friendly hands (it's not impossible) if an over-feed into an opponent's block seems likely.

I believe that item c does not apply to the block, item a.  The foul occurs with the attempt.  But I will look into this.

Inter-Squad Scrimmage, Parents Meeting, Potluck

Sept. 14, 2002:  The inter-squad scrimmage and parent's meeting on Saturday, Sept. 7th, was well attended.  Greater Seattle Volleyball Officials President Michael Young volunteered to provide refereeing services and spoke to our parents, and the Eagles Booster club also made a presentation about their fund raising activities.  The games were very competitive.  The Sophomores defeated the Freshmen 15-11, the Seniors narrowly defeated the Juniors 16-14, and the Varsity got a good workout with the JV's, 15-8.  The potluck afterward provided an opportunity to socialize with parents, players and coaches. 

Garage Sale Recap

We had a successful garage sale at Kayli's house on Saturday, August 17.  The big volume items were clothing and books, but we also sold a number of silver rings donated by Kayli's aunt, and a variety of household and sporting goods.  The weather was perfect, and our visitors/customers were very polite and supportive.   The total amount collected was $242.10, and our expenses were limited to the $50 ad placed in the Times and P. I. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Included in the total amount were direct donations to the team in the amount of $85.  Thanks to everyone who participated and/or donated items to be sold.

Schedule for 2002 Eagles Volleyball
Latest Revision: 10/3/02

The schedule has been revised for the Varsity and "C" Tournaments in October.

Away matches are indicated with the “@” symbol. 

League Match Schedules:  JV & C:  5:45 pm, Varsity 7:00 pm.  Matches set for Tuesday/Thursday.  If you plan to attend one of our matches as a spectator, it is always advisable to contact the host school to confirm the date and time of the event.  It is not uncommon for matches to be rescheduled as a result of gym usage conflicts, or due to other school activities that might result in parking problems or other congestion difficulties.

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