State volleyball: 3A capsules

Team capsules for the Class 3A qualifiers at the state volleyball tournament, in bracket order:

No. 14 IOWA FALLS-ALDEN (32-4)

Nickname: Cadets

Coach: Steve Barhite (10th year, 216-124)

Tourney history: 11th appearance, first since 2001. Class 2A state champions in 1999.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

 

Yr.

Pos.

3

Lindsey Barnhart

 

Sr.

S

5

Kylie Gerstein

 

Jr.

OH

6

Kelsey Redmond

 

So.

MH 

8

Harli Janes

 

Sr.

MH

13 

Jamie Peterson 

 

Sr.

OH

16

Jessi Timm

 

Sr.

OH

 

No. 1 MEDIAPOLIS (42-0)

Nickname: Bullettes

Coach: Dennis Jandrey (26th year, 743-188)

Tourney history: 6th appearance. Most recent was 2010.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

2

Molly Woodruff

5-6

Jr.

DS

5

Kensley Heater 

5-7

Sr.

OH

7

Rachel Holsteen 

5-11

Jr. 

OH

8

Jessica Holsteen

5-11

Sr.

MH

11

Aubrey Siegle

5-6

Sr.

S

15

Haley Hillyard

6-1

Sr.

OH

 

No. 7 UNION (33-7)

Nickname: Knights

Coach: Brian Jesse (3rd year at Union, 94-20; 6th year overall)

Tourney history: 3rd appearance, and third straight. Class 3A semifinalists last year.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

2

Payton Hilton

5-11

Sr.

MH

8

Maria Wrage

5-11

So.

MH

9

Jena Boisen

5-9

Jr.

OH

10

Breann Bader

5-6

Jr.

L

13

Sam Barz

5-10

Sr.

OH

22

Lauren Barz

5-6

Jr. 

S

 

No. 4 SIOUX CENTER (31-6)

Nickname: Warriors

Coach: Julie Oldenkamp (6th year, 167-74; 5th year at Sioux Center, 119-66

Tourney history: 4th appearance. Most recent was 1999.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1

Malyn Hulstein

5-6

Sr.

S

2

Jillian Estes

5-9

Sr.

OH

3

Carrigan Cleveringa

5-6

Sr.

L

5

Amber Bakker

6-0

Sr.

MH 

8 

Jennifer Buyert

6-2

Jr.

MH

10

Jill VanderPlaats

6-0

So.

OH

 

No. 10 MOUNT VERNON (27-10)

Nickname: Mustangs

Coach: Maggie Willems (2nd year, 45-29)

Tourney history: 8th appearance. Most recent was 2010. Three-time state champions (1984, 2009, 2010).

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1

Morgan Melchert

5-8

So.

S

2

Chelsey Schirm

5-7

Sr.

OH

6

Amanda Petrick

5-6

Sr.

OH 

8

Marissa Stark

5-8

Sr.

L

12

Emma Cochrane

5-9

So.

OH 

20

Hannah Whitley

5-10

Jr.

MH

 

No. 2 DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION (28-7)

Nickname: Knights

Coach: Kyle Condon (1st year, 28-7)

Tourney history: 1st appearance.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

3 

Claire Bird

5-8

Jr.

OH

4

Lexi Flynn

5-4

Jr.

L

9

Sydney Lunardi

5-8

Sr.

OH

11

Danielle Cabel

6-2

Jr.

OH

13

Kate Fennelly

5-9

Sr.

S

16

Hailey Schneden

6-0

Sr.

MH

 

No. 9 RED OAK (27-6)

Nickname: Tigers

Coach: Angela Montgomery (4th year, 97-36)

Tourney history: 11th appearance. Most recent was 2010.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

3

Blake Bergren

5-10

Jr.

MH

4

Josie Snyder

5-5

Sr.

DS

5

Angela Mahoney

5-7

Fr.

OH

7

Grace Blomstedt

6-1

So.

MH

9

Kate Walker

5-9

So.

OH

16

Maddie Holmgren 

5-6

Sr.

S

 

No. 3 MOC-FLOYD VALLEY (30-8)

Nickname: Lady Dutch

Coach: Jon Mouw (6th year, 132-70; 4th year at MOC-FV, 97-50)

Tourney history: 2nd appearance, if you count Maurice-Orange City in 1988.

Starting lineup:

No.

Name

Ht.

Yr.

Pos.

1

Katie Landhuis

5-8

Jr.

OH

2

Ali Achterhof

5-11

Jr.

MH

4

Alyssa Brown

5-6

So.

S

6

Alexis Conaway 

6-0 

Jr.

OH

8

Emily McDonald

6-1

Jr.

MH

10

Shelby Schouten

5-10

Jr.

OH