Friday, September 28, 2012

Allison Woods, senior vb player, is crowned MHS Homecoming queen 2012!!
SWEEP #10! Lady bulldogs defeat Huntsville!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

WE ARE MAGNOLIA VOLLEYBALL

If you've followed Magnolia Volleyball for long, you know that we have "team time" before every game.  Team time is where a pair of players on each team present something to inspire, fire up, motivate, or build the team concept.

For our away game, it was coaches turn...
I gave the Varsity team this task:
Describe your team...Use the beginning "WE ARE..."
I took those and compiled them...here is the result!

MAGNOLIA VOLLEYBALL 2012
ROCK SOLID


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Lady Bulldogs sweep Brenham!
Varsity 25-19, 25-23, 25-19
1st round ends with Lady Bulldogs #1!!!


JV (7-1): 25-18, 25-27, 25-21
9A (8-0): 25-20, 25-9
9B (5-0): 25-6, 25-15

District Varsity Standings:
#1  MAGNOLIA     8-0
  2  Montgomery      6-2
  3  Brenham            5-3
  3  Huntsville         5-3
  5  Waller              4-4
  6  Willis               2-6
  6  Rudder             2-6
  6  Caney Creek    2-6
  9  West                1-7


Friday, September 21, 2012

IMPORTANT TIME CHANGES!!

Our varsity will play at 5 pm with JV at 6pm on these dates:

9/28  Home vs. Huntsville - our homecoming
               Our own Allison Woods is on the homecoming queen court too!!
10/5  At Caney Creek - their homecoming
10/19 At Waller - their homecoming

Freshman A will still play at 5 pm with 9B following.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Varsity Players in Top Leaders of 4A

If you keep up with Maxpreps.com, you will see that Magnolia is well represented in Texas 4A stat leaders. 

Kylie Randall is #2 in the state in kills with 4.8 per set, while teammate Kerstin Cleveland is at #32 with 2.8 kills per set.

Morgan Miller and Alyssa Fulgium have been racking up enough aces to be #7 and #9 respectively. Morgan has 72 aces on the season and Alyssa has 63. Both are serving aces at .8 per set clip...that's 3 per match!

In assists, Shayna Daniels is averaging 6.0 sets per set, ranking her 17th.  Morgan Miller follows with a 5.5 kills per game record. 

In hitting percentage, Kylie is hitting a .358 to be on the top list at #6, while Morgan Miller is at #22 with a .293 and Kerstin Cleveland is at 44 with  a .237.

Congrats to the Lady Bulldogs for being mentioned on the Top 4A stat list on Maxpreps.com!


18-4A District Standings

9-19-12

STANDINGS
VARSITY   W L
1 Magnolia  7 0
2 Montgomery 5 2
3 Brenham 4 2
3 Huntsville 4 2
5 Waller 3 3
6 Bryan Rudder 1 5
6 Magnolia West 1 5
6 Willis 1 5
9 Caney Creek 1 5
JV      
1 Montgomery 7 0
2 Magnolia  6 1
3 Huntsville 4 2
4 Willis 3 3
5 Brenham 4 2
6 Magnolia West 2 4
6 Waller 2 4
8 Caney Creek 1 5
9 Bryan Rudder 0 6
9A      
1 Magnolia  7 0
2 Huntsville 4 2
2 Magnolia West 5 1
4 Montgomery 4 3
5 Waller 3 3
6 Willis 2 4
7 Brenham 1 4
8 Caney Creek 1 5
9 Bryan Rudder 0 5
9B      
1 Magnolia  4 0
2 Waller 3 1
3 Brenham 1 1
4 Willis 1 2
5 Montgomery 1 3
       
     
       
       

SWEEP #8

The Lady Bulldogs moved closer to the total sweeps record by defeating Waller at the Dog House Tuesday night.

Magnolia Varsity def Waller 25-14, 25-11, 25-17
  • Magnolia - Kills: Kylie Randall 17, Kerstin Cleveland 10; Assists: Morgan Miller 18, Shayna Daniels 16; Digs: Kylie Randall 15, Alyssa Fulgium 11, Kerstin Cleveland 10; Aces: Alyssa Fulgium 5, Shayna Daniels 5

Magnolia JV def Waller 25-13, 25-20

Magnolia 9A def Waller 25-9, 25-18

Magnolia 9B def Waller 25-13, 25-8


Friday, September 14, 2012

Lady bulldogs record SWEEP #7 against Rudder! All teams win! Varsity moves to 6-0 to lead district 18-4A!

LADY BULLDOG ALUMNI REPRESENT!!


Former Lady Bulldogs in the news:

SFA Volleyball 2012 Preview: Setters




Aug. 16, 2012
SETTERS
Returning: Paige Holland
Newcomers: Amanda Rister

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - There is no substitute for experience, and after spending her freshman year gaining just that, sophomore setter Paige Holland looks ready to direct the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks back to the top of the Southland Conference.
Holland, along with junior transfer Amanda Rister, look to be as comfortable with their options at setter as they have since the graduation of all-time assists leader JJ Jones after the 2007 season.
A sophomore from Magnolia, Holland finished seventh in the league after averaging 9.71 assists per set and even had a match with 74 assists in a five-set win at McNeese State. That match was by far a season high and served as the eighth-most assists ever in a single match at SFA as well as being the most by a Ladyjack since 2000.
"It's never easy for a freshman to step in and take over at setter, but Paige did a very nice job for us last season," Humphreys said. "Still, we know there's more in the tank and we expect her to play even better this season."
Not only did Holland provide direction with her sets, but she also was one of the more aggressive attacking setters SFA has had in recent years, and although she averaged just 0.57 kills per set, she hit a very respectable .236 for the year with eight matches with at least four kills.

Katzy Randall was named to the All Tournament Team for SFA! 
Ladyjacks Close UND Classic With Pair Of Wins
SFA picked up wins over South Dakota and North Dakota on Saturday.


Sept. 1, 2012
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks dropped their first two sets of the day, but then proceeded to win six of their next seven en route to a pair of wins over South Dakota and North Dakota to close out the UND Classic on Saturday.
Jill Ivy and Katzy Randall each scored 21 kills in SFA's (5-2) wins, concluded by a strong win over North Dakota which avenged a loss to UND last year on SFA's home floor.
"We played really good volleyball today. I felt like we gave a match away yesterday, but we took giant steps today as a team," head coach Debbie Humphreys said. "North Dakota is an excellent team and program and a win on their home court means we are making great progress."
At the conclusion of the tournament both Randall and Madison Hanlanwere each named to the all-tournament team.



Courtney Felinski is having an awesome start to her year at Georgia Tech University!
The second chapter to sophomore hitter Courtney Felinski's volleyball career is a big hit so far
Sept. 13, 2012
Jon Cooper, Sting Daily -    Courtney Felinski has dreams of being a writer some day.
While Felinski admits it's something of a pipe dream right now, what is very much reality is the compelling story she is authoring in her second year on the volleyball court for Georgia Tech.
Heading into the season's fourth week, the sophomore outside hitter from Magnolia, Texas ranks third on the team in kills (53, tied with fellow sophomore Quinn Evans) and kills per set (1.71). Her 11 digs are two more than she had last season and her seven blocks are only two off last year's total. Her .223 hitting percentage doubles last year's and includes a superb .444 night against Cleveland State.
There's a clarity that she's found as a sophomore that she never thought she'd see as a freshman.
"It's a lot easier," said Felinski. "Now we're giving advice to the freshmen. They're so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when they came in and just overwhelmed. I remember being that way. I'm just telling them, 'You're going to get it. It doesn't seem possible right now but it's all going to come together.'"
Part of that clarity came from taking notes about how the upperclassmen handled their business and, especially, adversity.
"Everything's a process," she said. "They always talk about how they haven't always been at the level they're at today and that gives us a lot of hope whenever we're struggling with something or trying to break a habit. You're going to do it. It's just a really long process to get to where you want to be as a player. You just have to work hard all the time.
"I think I'm mentally tougher than I was," she added. "Last year, if I had been in the same situation I was [after the Cal State-Fullerton match] I don't think I would have bounced back as well as I did. I'm just learning to let things go and communicate with [Head Coach] Tonya [Johnson] better and my teammates better."



Felinski showed her improved resilience after that tough opening night. She talked things over with Coach Johnson and bounced back the next day in a big way. She's still on that bounce trending upward.
"She started out a little slow that Friday night. I gave her another shot on Saturday morning and she responded," Johnson said. "I just told her, 'Hey, you've got to flush Friday night. It's over. It's gone. We can't go back and change it but we can look forward and do things better.' That was huge for her, knowing that she was going to get another shot on Saturday morning. I felt like she held her own that Saturday night against SMU.
Felinski has gotten her point — points, actually — across over the last two weekends. She had a superb Indiana Invitational, putting up eight kills against Bowling Green and finishing with 10 against Indiana. The following weekend at the University of Florida Active Ankle Challenge, she set her career-high with 11 kills in the opener against Louisiana, tying for the team lead with Monique Mead, and led the team in blocks with three. She finished with 16 kills in the tournament.
She'll try to continue building on her successes and keep the team on its winning path this weekend, starting tonight in the ACC opener against Clemson (8-2), as part of the Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic. The action begins tonight at 7:00 p.m. at O'Keefe Gym. Tech will play Georgia State (2-8) Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
While the present looks bright for the Yellow Jackets, who enter the weekend at 7-2, Felinski is really excited about the chapters yet to be written.
"It's really encouraging," she said. "We have great leadership this year and they're setting a really good example for all of us who are going to be, hopefully, in those positions in the years to come."
Knowing where she's going on the court will help as she sorts out where she's going off the court. That may include writing, something she enjoyed a taste of during the team's summer trip to Europe.
"It was really fun. I love writing," she said. "It's my dream to be a writer I had such a great time doing that," she said.
While sportswriting appears out of the picture — she said she'll leave that to libero Nicki Meyer — she is confident that things will work out.
"I really want the Business and Marketing degree but I really don't like business classes, which is an issue," she said, with a laugh. "Especially at THIS school. I don't want to be an engineer. I know that for sure. I can't do that.
"I'm still questioning what I'm going to do," she added. "I'm stuck in between two majors right now, I don't know which one I want to commit to — Business or Communications. I don't know. I'm trying to figure it out."
It's all part of the process.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2012
Patriots Fall to No. 1 CNU, Beat Bridgewater, 3-1
Newport News, Va. -- The UT Tyler Patriots volleyball team had a tough matchup against the No. 1 team in the country, Christopher Newport on Saturday morning.  The Captains proved to be too much for the Patriots, winning in straight sets 25-11, 25-18, 25-16.
After opening the Classic with a loss against No. 9 Eastern,  and a straight-set win over Lasell, UT Tyler coach Suzanne Truitt knew that the third match of the weekend would be the toughest.  
Madison Kosir finished the match with an impressive 32 assists and 16 digs.
WHAT A GREAT START FOR ALL 4 PLAYERS AT THE START OF THEIR SOPHOMORE SEASONS!  CLASSY, COMPETITIVE, AND REPRESENTING MAGNOLIA VOLLEYBALL IN AN AWESOME MANNER!!! 

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

SWEEP OVER WEST MAKES #6 ON SEASON!!! All Bulldog teams win! MAGNOLIA WHO? MAGNOLIA BULLDOGS!
SWEP OVER WEST MAKES #6 ON SEASON!!! All Bulldog teams win! MAGNOLIA WHO? MAGNOLIA BULLDOGS!

Thursday, September 06, 2012

FRIDAY NIGHT AT HOME!!

COME OUT AND GET LOUD!

CHEER THE LADY BULLDOGS ON TO A BIG WIN OVER WILLIS!!


Saturday, September 01, 2012

Varsity wins 3 today to finish 9th in silver at pearland.
Varsity wins 3 today to finish 9th in silver at pearland.
Lady bulldog varsity wins 2nd match of day! Will play at 1 pm for 9th in silver bracket.
Lady bulldogs win 1st match...play next at 1030 am
Lady bulldogs win 1st match...play next at 1030 am
Lady bulldogs win 1st match...play next at 1030 am