Last updated at 5:17 p.m. on Friday, November 10, 2006.
| Hartsburg-Emden d. Rochester, 25-18, 25-10 | 
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2006 IHSA Girls Volleyball State Tournament Redbird Arena Illinois State University, Normal November 10-11, 2006 Hartsburg (H.-Emden) "Stags" (35-4) Coach Jennifer Hayes 12th yr., 361-91 Rochester "Rockets" (29-8) Coach Mandy Wilson 3rd yr., 64-35 Referee: Mark Jackley, Mattoon Umpire: Darcy Hepner, Kewanee Game 1 HEM-ROCH -- HEM-ROCH Sarah Schneider : net violation on Sara Behrends -- 0-1 -- Elise Bortmess : Abby Olson hits it out -- 0-2 -- Elise Bortmess : illegal hit on Katie Turley -- 1-2 Chelsey Rankin : Natasha Johnston manages to find an opening in the middle -- 2-2 Chelsey Rankin : Julia Robert hits it long -- 3-2 Chelsey Rankin : Antonette Palumbo blocks for pt. -- 3-3 -- Nikki Robinson : quick tip by Natasha Johnston is good -- 4-3 Alissa Eeten : Antonette Palumbo puts one in front of Chelsey Rankin -- 4-4 -- Antonette Palumbo : Abby Olson kills -- 5-4 Abby Olson : Sarah Schneider hits it into the net -- 5-5 -- Bethany Wellbaum : Natasha Johnston kill is good -- 6-5 Natasha Johnston : Nikki Robinson can't dig it out -- 7-5 Natasha Johnston : ace serve down the middle -- 8-5 Natasha Johnston : illegal hit by Sara Behrends -- 8-6 -- Heather Cox : net violation on Hartsburg -- 8-7 -- Heather Cox : Katie Turley tips it over for pt. -- 8-8 -- Heather Cox : net serve -- 9-8 Nikki Eeten : Sara Behrends crosscourt kill is out -- 9-9 -- Kayla Green : net serve -- 10-9 Sarah Schneider : Antonette Palumbo kills into the corner -- 10-10 -- Elise Bortmess : Antonette Palumbo blocks -- 10-11 -- Elise Bortmess : Antonette Palumbo blocks it out of bounds -- 11-11 Chelsey Rankin : Katie Turley sends one down the middle -- 11-12 -- Nikki Robinson : Natasha Johnston kills -- 12-12 Jillyn Cross : Antonette Palumbo hits it out of bounds -- 13-12 Jillyn Cross : Julia Robert can't keep the ball in play -- 14-12 Jillyn Cross: Amy Shackelford can't keep the ball in play -- 15-12 Jillyn Cross : Antonette Palumbo sends one into the corner for pt. -- 15-13 -- Antonette Palumbo : Abby Olson blasts one past Antonette Palumbo -- 16-13 Abby Olson : Heather Cox kill is out of bounds -- 17-13 -- Timeout Rochester Abby Olson : Jillyn Cross can't keep the ball in play -- 17-14 -- Bethany Wellbaum : net serve -- 18-14 Natasha Johnston : Heather Cox kill goes off the arm of Jillyn Cross -- 18-15 -- Heather Cox : Sara Behrends kills -- 19-15 Nikki Eeten : Katie Turley gets through the block -- 19-16 -- Kayla Green : Sara Behrends kills -- 20-16 Sarah Schneider : Sara Behrends kills down the middle -- 21-16 Sarah Schneider : Abby Olson kills along the sideline for pt. -- 22-16 Sarah Schneider : an over the back tip by Antonette Palumbo is good -- 22-17 -- Elise Bortmess : Abby Olson gets through the block -- 23-17 Chelsey Rankin : Julia Robert kills -- 23-18 -- Nikki Robinson : illegal hit on Julia Robert -- 24-18 Jillyn Cross : Heather Cox kill goes out for game pt. -- 25-18 Game 2 HEM-ROCH -- HEM-ROCH Chelsey Rankin : regular pt. -- 1-0 Chelsey Rankin : Antonette Palumbo blocks it out of bounds -- 2-0 Chelsey Rankin : Rochester can't return the serve in three -- 3-0 Chelsey Rankin : Elise Bortmess can't dig it out -- 4-0 Chelsey Rankin : net violation on Antonette Palumbo -- 5-0 Chelsey Rankin : Abby Olson quick tip into the middle is good -- 6-0 Chelsey Rankin : Antonette Palumbo hits is good -- 6-1 -- Elise Bortmess : net violation on Rochester -- 7-1 Jillyn Cross : Julia Robert kill is touched as it goes out -- 7-2 -- Nikki Robinson : Abby Olson kills -- 8-2 Abby Olson : after a long volley, Antonette Palumbo blasts one for pt. -- 8-3 -- Antonette Palumbo : Chelsey Rankin hits into the net -- 8-4 -- Antonette Palumbo : net serve -- 9-4 Natasha Johnston : Rochester can't return the serve -- 10-4 Natasha Johnston : Jillyn Cross can't dig it out -- 10-5 -- Bethany Wellbaum : Sara Behrends kills -- 11-5 Nikki Eeten : illegal hit on Sarah Schneider -- 11-6 -- Heather Cox : Sarah Schneider kill is out of bounds -- 11-7 -- Heather Cox : Sara Behrends kills -- 12-7 Sarah Schneider : Sarah Schneider blasts one for pt. -- 13-7 Sarah Schneider : four hits on the serve return -- 14-7 Sarah Schneider : Katie Turley kill is good -- 14-8 -- Kayla Green : Abby Olson kills for pt. -- 15-8 Chelsey Rankin : net violation on Rochester -- 16-8 Chelsey Rankin : ace serve in front of Heather Cox -- 17-8 Chelsey Rankin : Antonette Palumbo kill is out of bounds -- 18-8 Chelsey Rankin : Abby Olson blocks for pt. -- 19-8 Chelsey Rankin : Natasha Johnston hit sit out -- 19-9 -- Elise Bortmess : regular pt. -- 20-9 Jillyn Cross : Rochester hits it out -- 21-9 Jillyn Cross : Abby Olson tips it into the middle -- 22-9 Jillyn Cross : Antonette Palumbo kills for pt. -- 22-10 -- Nikki Robinson : Natasha Johnston tip gets through the block -- 23-10 Abby Olson : Antonette Palumbo hits into the net -- 24-10 Abby Olson : Julia Robert hits it out -- 25-10  | 
| Box Score | 
                              
                              Volleyball Box Score
                     IHSA State Final Volleyball Tournament
            Rochester vs Hartsburg-Emden (11-10-06 at Normal, Ill.)
                              
                              
    Rochester              |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 3  COX, Heather........  2|  1   2  10 -.100|  0|  0   1|  1|  4| 0  0  0|  0
 9  ROBERT, Julia.......  2|  2   3   9 -.111|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0
 10 BORTMESS, Elise.....  2|  0   0   0  .000| 14|  0   1|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0
 16 TURLEY, Katie.......  2|  2   3  11 -.091|  0|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0
 19 GREEN, Kayla........  2|  2   0   7  .286|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 23 PALUMBO, Antonette..  2|  8   5  21  .143|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0
 8  WELLBAUM, Bethany...  2|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
 13 ROBINSON, Nikki.....  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
 22 HEAD, Ashley........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
 28 SHACKELFORD, Amy....  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  4|  3| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  2| 15  13  58  .034| 15|  0   5|  5| 20| 0  6  0|  0
                              
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct         
   1   9  6  36  .083   GAME SCORES               1  2  TEAM RECORDS
   2   6  7  22 -.045   Rochester........... (0) 18 10  29-9
                        Hartsburg-Emden..... (2) 25 25  36-4
                              
    Hartsburg-Emden        |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 3  EETEN, Nikki........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
 5  CROSS, Jillyn.......  2|  1   1   6  .000| 21|  0   0|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0
 8  SCHNEIDER, Sarah....  2|  0   2   7 -.286|  0|  1   0|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  0
 10 JOHNSTON, Natasha...  2|  5   1  10  .400|  0|  2   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0
 14 BEHRENDS, Sara......  2|  7   4  12  .250|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 16 OLSON, Abby.........  2| 12   3  21  .429|  1|  0   0|  0|  5| 0  1  0|  0
 2  RANKIN, Chelsey.....  2|  0   1   1-1.000|  1|  2   0|  0| 11| 0  0  0|  0
 6  EETEN, Alissa.......  2|  1   0   3  .333|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
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    Totals..............  2| 26  12  60  .233| 24|  5   0|  0| 27| 0  4  0|  0
                              
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct         
   1  15  8  36  .194   Site: Normal, Ill. (Redbird Arena)
   2  11  4  24  .292   Date: 11-10-06       Attend:     Time: :43
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