2011 Nebraska Capitol Conference Volleyball All-Conference

1st Team
Jessica Bird-Bennington**
Sami Hansen-Bennington**
Hanna Morrison-Syracuse
Katelyn O’Brien-Wahoo
Darcy Barry-Wahoo
Morgan Rieken-Ashland-Greenwood
Rachel Wald-Douglas County West

**Denotes Honorary Team Captain

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Wahoo High defeated Douglas County West 20-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-17 in the Capital Conference Tournament recently.

Rachel Wald led Douglas County West's attack with 15 kills while Hanah Jorgensen added 10 and Emma Coenen six.

Papillion-LaVista South was pushed to the brink of its first loss against St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kan. but survived. Columbus Scotus in C1 also was pushed but remained unbeaten. Lutheran High Northeast in C2 wasn't so lucky as Guardina Angels took down C2's last unbeaten. Paxton and Hitchcock County still are perfect in D1 but could face each other at the conference tournament. Check out all the new NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (25-0) 1
2. Bellevue East (20-5) 4
3. Omaha Burke (23-4) 2
4. Omaha Marian (17-7) 5
5. Grand Island (19-4) 3
6. Lincoln Southwest (18-4) 6
7. Papillion-LaVista (13-10) 7
8. Omaha Westside (11-11) 8
9. Lincoln Northeast (16-11) 9
10. Millard West (9-12) 10

Contenders: Omaha Benson, Kearney, Bellevue West, Fremont, Lincoln North Star

Papillion-LaVista swept Class B's new top team Lincoln Pius X in in the finals of the Lincoln Northeast Tournament, while former Class B No. 1 Gretna was defeated for the first time this season. Earlier last week, Kearney Catholic was defeated by Grand Island Central Catholic, switching up the rankings in C1. D1 BDS lost to Class C2 Blue Hill, but remains atop in D1 as does Bertrand in D2 and Lutheran High Northeast in C2 in this week’s Oct. 3 NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (21-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (20-3) 2
3. Grand Island (18-3) 5
4. Bellevue East (14-5 ) 8
5. Omaha Marian (15-7) 3
6. Lincoln Southwest (16-3) 4
7. Papillion-LaVista (12-10) 6
8. Omaha Westside (8-9) 7
9. Lincoln Northeast (13-10) 9
10. Millard West (9-11) 10

Contenders: Omaha Benson, Kearney, Bellevue West, Fremont, Lincoln North Star

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Fremont Bergan captured the championship of the Cedar Bluffs Volleyball Invitational on Saturday.
The Lady Knights (6-7) defeated previously unbeaten Mead 25-16, 18-25, 25-22 in the championship game.

Mary Alderson had a team-high 10 kills for Bergan to go along with seven assists and one block. Hailey Kirby recorded 15 points, 10 assists and four ace serves. Carly Gross had 13 points, two aces and one block. Michaela Eurek finished with 13 points on five kills and one ace. Amber Wiese and McKenna Shallberg had five and four kills, respectively, while each contributing a block.

The third week of the season has come and gone. There were some more shake ups among some of the top teams in the lower classifications while most of the larger schools remained relatively unchanged in the Sept. 19 NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (9-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (13-2) 2
3. Omaha Marian (10-4) 3
4. Grand Island (14-1) 5
5. Lincoln Southwest (14-2) 4
6. Bellevue East (11-3) 6
7. Papillion-LaVista (6-6) 7
8. Lincoln Northeast (9-6) NR
9. Omaha Benson (12-2) 10
10. Bellevue West (10-9) NR

Contenders: Millard West, Omaha Westside, Millard North, Kearney, Lincoln North Star

There were many big matches during the second week of the high school season that have shook up some of the NebVolleyball/Jones Insurance Agency, Inc. Rankings for each classification.

Class A
(Ranking, Team, Record, Last Week's ranking)
1. Papillion-LaVista South (7-0) 1
2. Omaha Burke (12-1) 3
3. Omaha Marian (5-3) 2
4. Lincoln Southwest (6-1) 4
5. Grand Island (9-0) 7
6. Bellevue East (10-3) 5
7. Papillion-LaVista (4-3) 6
8. Millard West (6-5) 9
9. Lincoln North Star (6-5) 8
10. Omaha Benson (9-2) NR

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FORT CALHOUN - Douglas County West won the Fort Calhoun Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.
The Falcons defeated Logan View 25-11, 25-17 in the championship game.

Rachel Wald led DC West with seven kills and a hitting efficiency of .500. Emma Coenen added six kills while Maddie McCarville had two ace blocks.

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VALLEY - Douglas County West defeated Logan View 25-16, 25-11, 25-21 Thursday night in prep volleyball.

Rachel Wald led the Falcons with 15 kills. Hannah Jorgensen had six kills while Maddie McCarville and Emma Coenen had four kills apiece. McCarville added two ace serves and a block.
Haley Foutch had 28 assists and three ace serves during the win. Anne O'Dell had 14 digs and Mary Kaven had 10.

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Wahoo Neumann volleyball opponents were well aware of Alyssa Stanek's power as a hitter, but her versatility helped the Cavaliers succeed.

"Alyssa is a great athlete that just wants her team to have success even if all eyes are on her," Neumann coach Shelly Hagemann said. "She would find other ways of putting the ball away in the front row like tipping to the open spot or a roll shot to the corners to keep defenses off-balance. Every team was keying on the hard hit so she just changed her tempo and made the defense move."