The Royals lose to Wayzata in the 6AAA Section Final Thursday Oct 30 at Edina High School

The final score was 3-1 (18-25,25-23,16-25,23-25)

After getting behind 4-13 in set 4 they fought their way back to within 4 at 12-16.
Then they got behind again and it looked like it was over at 17-24.

But we came back again to 23-24, before Wayzata finally scored to win the match.

 Hopkins finishes the season 17-13. 

Placing 2nd in Section 6AAA and 2nd in the Classic Lake conference.

You were great this year. We are proud to be your fans!

Hopkins sweeps Holy Angels 

(at Edina Tuesday Oct 28 5:30 PM in the first Section 6AAA semifinal match)

3-0 (25-17,25-20,25-20)
Hopkins scored 18 more points, 8 more in set 1, 5 more in the other sets.

In the second match, #1 seed Wayzata was nearly upset by #4 seed Bloomington Jefferson (11-12)      Wayzata held on to win in 5. The scores were 3-2 (17-25,25-20,25-17,16-25,15-7)
The overall point margin was +4 for Wayzata.

Lakeville North is not going to state this year

Some surprising news from section 3AAA, #3 seed Lakeville South (who Hopkins beat at the Eastview tournament on Sat Oct 11th) has upset #1 Lakeville North 3-0 (27-25,25-23,25-21) Tuesday night in the early match at South Saint Paul.

In another upset in section 4AAA, fourth seed Cretin Derham Hall eliminated first seeded Woodbury in five.
3-2 (25-22,14-25,27-25,14-25,15-12) 
Woodbury scored 14 more points overall.
CDH was the last team to beat Wayzata, also in 5, on Oct 21st.

Section 6AAA brackets from mshsl.org website.

6AAA round 2 (Semifinals) Tuesday Oct 28

#1 Wayzata beat #4 Bloomington Jefferson (11-12)     3-2 (17-15,25-20,25-17,16-25,15-7)

6AAA round 2 (Quarterfinals) Friday Oct 24

#3 Holy Angels beat #6 Robbinsdale Armstrong (14-12-1) 3-0 (25-19, 25-16,25-17)
#2 Hopkins beat #7 Benilde-St. Margaret's (16-12)  3-0 (25-22,25-14,25-23)
#4 Bloomington Jefferson beat #5 Mpls Southwest (17-7) 3-2 (19-25, 25-16, 24-26, 25-19, 15-12)
#1 Wayzata over #8 Richfield (9-15) 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-14)

6AAA round 1 Wednesday Oct 22

Armstrong advanced by sweeping #11 St Louis Park (7-13) 3-0 (25-6,25-12,25-9)
BSM beat #10 Minneapolis South (16-10-1) 3-1 (25-14,7-25,25-21,25-23) Wed night at Armstrong Richfield beat #9 Edina (4-17) 3-2 (26-24,16-25,24-26,25-10,16-14) to advance
Southwest beat #12 Robbinsdale Cooper (5-20) 3-0 (25-12,25-15,25-7)

Edina vs Hopkins (last regular season match)

Oct 14th at the Hopkins Lindbergh Center

JV won 2-0 (25-19 ,25-17) 

They ended the season 15-14 overall, 4-4 in conference.

B squad won 2-0 (25-19,25-19)

I will post their record as soon as I get it.

Last 9th grade match at Wayzata

Monday Oct 13th 4 PM at Wayzata

9A lost in 2 -   They finished with a record of 13-5 overall, 9-3 in conference

9B won in 3 - Their record for the year was 12-3 overall, 8-1 in conference

Saturday at the Wayzata 9th grade Tournament

9A won their pool then beat Minnetonka

They played Wayzata for the championship. They lost in 2.

9B won their pool easily, then played Bethlehem Academy and lost in 3 but played very well.

Next they beat Mpls South to take 2nd place.

Varsity at Eastview Invitational  

scoreboard page 1 (left)          page 1(right)           page 2   
(Not the official tournament scoreboard, just me keeping track)

Friday 

• 5 PM - Royals over Anoka  2-0 (30-28,29-27)

• 7:30 PM - Royals almost beat St Michael Albertville 1-2 (25-14,29-31,13-15)

As Kevin Anderson pointed out in his blog girlsvolleyballrecruit, Hopkins actually scored 7 more points in the match! 

After this match, STMA goes to 19-1 and Hopkins goes to 13-11.

Click this link to see all Kevin's blog entries with the word Hopkins.

Saturday

• 10:15 AM - Royals beat Lakeville South  2-1 (25-19, 18-25, 15-9)
  
  Kevin Anderson of the girlsvolleyballrecruit was at this match.
  He missed the first set from the same traffic tie-up that made me late, but he did an "Out and About" report for sets 2 and 3.
  You can also view pictures he took that he is selling from his site.
  You may remember Kevin was also at the first match of the season with Moorhead.
  

• 12:45 PM - Then they lost to Stewartville  0-2 (19-25,23-25) 

Final finish

1. Eastview
2. St M-A
3. Woodbury
4. Andover
5. Stewartville
6. Hopkins
7. Lakeville So
8.  Eden Prairie
9. Forest Lake
10. Anoka
11. Tartan
12. Concordia Ac.
13. Warroad
14. Totino Grace
15. Richfield
16. S. St. Paul

• 12 at Marshall in August
• 7th at Lakeville North
• 6th at Eastview (and almost 4th or even higher!)

And these are not easy tournaments that you went to so you could pad your record or get a trophy. You're playing against some of the top teams in the state. 

We are all so proud of you!

Royals Varsity Sweep Benilde-St. Margaret's 

Oct 2 2008 @ Benilde-St. Margaret's
3-0 (25-13,25-18,25-18)

Steph said the B squad lost in 2

I think the JV won but I don't know the score.

Lakeville North Todd L. Bachman Invitational Volleyball Tournament 

Varsity   brackets with results listed  pg1 pg2

Beat Mayer Lutheran 2-0 (25-14,25-12)
Lost to Lakeville North 0-2 (11-25,17-25)
They lost to Marshall on Saturday morning 0-2 (24-26,20-25)
They came back to beat Hibbing 2-1 (18-25, 25-22, 15-13)
We placed 7th in the tournament out of 16 teams.

Wayzata was also there. They took 11th place.
They lost to Hibbing & beat New Prague Friday night. 
Saturday they lost to Owatonna, and then beat Mayer Lutheran in two close sets (29-27,25-23)

JV

Lost to Shakopee in their first match 0-2 (9-25,14-25)

Beat Jordan 2-0 (28-26,25-23) Friday night

Beat Eastview 2-1 (19-25,25-20,15-11) Saturday morning.

They beat Mayer Lutheran in 2 to take 9th place.
I don't have the exact score but it was something like (25-19, 25-22).

Way to go Hopkins!

Congratulations to the 9A team who won the Mound-Westonka Invitational last Saturday Sept 27th!  Thank you to Cindy Schaefer who has created created a web photo album with some great pictures.

Royals Varsity loses to Wayzata  in 5 sets

at Lindbergh Center Oct 2 2008

2-3 (22-25,26-24,25-23,20-25,7-15)

I think this was the first time anyone has taken them to 5 sets all year. 

Oct 2nd Wayzata was recorded by Channel 12. (Comcast Brooklyn Park/Northwest suburbs)
It is available to view online (requires Internet Explorer, I think. Didn't work with Firefox browser)

Varsity loses to Armstrong in 5

Tuesday Sept 23 2008 at Armstrong HS

2-3 (25-16,24-26,25-17,21-25,12-15)

JV lost 0-2

B squad won 2-0 

 Hopkins beats Minnetonka

Thursday Sept 18 at Minnetonka High School

3-1 (25-12,20-25,25-18,25-15)

JV won 2-0

B squad lost 1-2

Hopkins sweeps Edina 

Tuesday Sept 16 at Edina High School

Varsity won  3-0 (25-16,25-18,25-13)

JV beat Edina 2-0 (25-15,25-18)

B squad won 2-0 (25-18,25-13)

Hopkins Wins 3-2 over Holy Angels Varsity  

Monday Sept 15 at Lindbergh Center 

(25-21,18-25,8-25,25-21,15-9)

 JV over Holy Angels (25-11,25-20)

B Squad also won (25-13,25-15)

JV takes 4th place out of 11 teams in Burnsville Tournament Sat Sept 13th

Here is a message the Coach sent me:

Mark

B squad 3rd in Lakeville on Saturday Sept 13th

Yesterday the B-squad team took 3rd in the Lakeville tournament! We beat Irondale 2-0, Elk River 2-1 and Hill Murray 2-0. Our only lost was to Marshall who went on to win the championship. The team played great together and keeps getting better individually and as a group. And they know how to have fun on and off the court too!

Steph 

 Hopkins looses to Wayzata in 3

Thursday Sept 11th at Wayzata HS

The scores were (26-28, 19-25, 14-25)

B squad lost also, don't know about the JV.

We'll get them on Oct 2nd.

V/JV/B Hopkins teams beat Rogers

The Varsity won in 3 (25-18, 29-27, 25-16)

The JV won (25-12, 25-14)

The B squad also won in two sets, but I don't have the scores. Steph told me they placed 2nd in the B-squad Bash last Saturday at Burnsville, Way to go!

Results from Southwest Minnesota Challenge held at Southwest Minnesota State University and Marshall High School in Marshall MN

The Royals Varsity won their first match against Willmar (25-22, 25-15) Friday night

They lost to St Michael Albertville in their 2nd match on Friday (23-25, 11-25)  STMA was ranked #4 in the state in the coaches association poll on August 1st and went on to win the tournament!

At 9:30 AM on Saturday, the Royals beat Pipestone Area  (25-21, 25-21)

Their next opponent was Burnsville. Hopkins won the first set 25-23, but lost sets 2 and 3. Final scores were (25-23, 23-25,8-15). Brunsville was not ranked in the top ten of the coaches association poll, but was listed as receiving votes.

Then they played the Woodbury Royals. They won the first set again, but lost the next two. (25-17, 17-25, 6-15) Woodbury was ranked #6 in the state in the August 1st poll.

They finished 12th out of 32 teams. They played 3 very tough teams, wining sets from two of them. Great work girls!! We are all very proud of you.

I thought the tournament went very smoothly for doubling in size from last year. (from 16 to 32 teams)

I thought the it would have helped if they had a website to list the results on. (and for me to link to!) 

I also found it confusing that the match numbers were not unique, but numbered 1-16 at the SMSU and then 1-16 at the High school. I almost went the wrong court once because of that, other than that it was a very well run tournament.

My own list of the final results from Marshall.

Info about Marshall Tournament on Sept 5th and 6th      Brackets

JV takes 4th place at the Blaine JV Tournament

Coach Nelson sent the results from the Blaine Tournament which happened Saturday, he said,

 Thanks for the report coach, great job girls.

 Royals Varsity over Armstrong in 3

Sept 4th at Lindbergh Center

Hopkins Royals went to 2-0 in Classic Lake Conference play (3-2 overall) by beating the Robbinsdale Armstrong Falcons this evening in 3 sets. (25-16, 25-11, 25-21)

It was the first loss for Armstrong who had not lost a set until tonight, after beating Champlin Park, Park Center and Edina.

The Hopkins B Squad won (25-12, 25-14)

The Royals JV lost a very close and exciting match (25-11, 21-25, 12-15).

Royals over Minnetonka in 3

Sep 1 2008 @ Lindbergh center (Parents Night)

 Varsity loses close match to Centennial in 5

August 28 2008 at Centennial High School

15-25, 25-19, 25-27, 25-20, 13-15

Not sure of the scores of the JV or B squad games, will post them if someone emails me.

Varsity lost to Shakopee in 3 sets

Tuesday Aug 26 2008 at Hopkins Lindbergh Center

They played well and kept with the Sabres in the first and second games. ( 25-22, 25-19, 25-8 )

B-squad won a very close and exciting 3 game match last night. 23-25, 26-24, 17-15!
Steph said "Everyone contributed and we really played well as a team." Here are some pictures.

Coach Rose said the 9B team played the Shakopee 9A team and lost 11-25 and 18-25. 

Royals Varsity over Moorhead Spuds in 5 sets

Saturday August 23 at Hopkins Lindbergh Center   (First game of the season)

(23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-15, 15-12) 

For details see girlsvolleyballrecruit.blogspot.com 

You can even look at some pictures from the Varsity match.

The JV lost in 2 sets (14-25, 23-25) 

After the Varsity match a potluck picnic was held in the HHS cafeteria.