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Volleyball
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Team Updates
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Centaurs fall in state championship
Adam Bottone didn’t take any time in answering the question about how he summed up the Woodstock Academy volleyball season.
“Awesome,” The Academy coach said.
Despite a 3-0 loss to RHAM in the Class L state championship on Saturday at East Haven High School, Bottone was wearing a smile and was in good spirits.
“We couldn’t have asked for a better story than to come all the way to the final. We knew it was going to be tough, but it’s always been one of our goals and to finally come through in the end and get here - even though it was a loss and the loss stinks and everybody took it hard - it was fun,” Bottone said.
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Team captain recalls 1st state championship match
On Saturday, the seventh-seeded Woodstock Academy volleyball team will play for a Class L state championship against No.1 RHAM at 1 p.m. at East Haven High School.
That fact caught the eye of Amber Fairfield Bierkan.
“It’s all about these young ladies and I think it’s wonderful that they have accomplished this,” Bierkan said.
The 1968 graduate of the Academy has a vested interest.
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Centaurs advance to Class L state championship
It will be an afternoon to remember for the Woodstock Academy Centaurs volleyball team.
The seventh-seeded Centaurs learned on Wednesday night that they will play No. 1 RHAM of Hebron for the Class L state championship at 1 p.m. Saturday at East Haven High School.
The Centaurs earned the honor earlier on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over sixth-seeded Joel Barlow of Redding in a Class L semifinal at Newington High School.
It will be the second state championship for the program, which lost to Farmington in 1967, and made it as far as the semifinals in 2011.
The Sachems advanced with a 3-0 win over Guilford.
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Centaurs advance to semifinals with win over Killingly
In every state tournament, there is generally a game that will test a team.
The Woodstock Academy Centaurs are hopeful that test came on Thursday when they defeated Avon in a Class L quarterfinal match after falling behind by two games.
The Centaurs rallied and passed the test.
They aced the follow-up.
The seventh-seeded Centaurs regained their momentum on Saturday and rolled to a 3-0 win over second-seeded Killingly in a Class L quarterfinal.
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Centaurs rally to advance to Class L quarterfinals
The Woodstock Academy Centaurs lost the first two games of their Class L volleyball state tournament 2nd round match on Thursday.
But they didn’t lose faith.
“I believed,” Woodstock Academy senior Caroline Eaton said. “We just needed to get out of heads and get some energy going.”
They did.
The seventh-seeded Centaurs, with their backs against the wall, found the fortitude to keep going and the energy to rally for a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the No. 10 Avon Falcons.
As a result, it will be Woodstock Academy playing against the Killingly Redgals at 6 p.m. Saturday in a state quarterfinal match.
It’s the first quarterfinal appearance for the Centaurs since 2012.
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Coach
Sammie Orlowski talks about the Centaurs 3-0 loss to RHAM in the Class L volleyball championship at East Haven pic.twitter.com/ta7NiKtuTS
— Woodstock Athletics (@WAAthletics) November 18, 2017
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Schedule/Results
| Centaurs | Opponent | Time/Score |
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| The Academy | vs. East Lyme | 3-1 (L) |
| The Academy | at Lyman Memorial | 3-0 (L) |
| The Academy | at NFA | 3-1 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Plainfield | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Bacon Academy | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | at Killingly | 3-2 (L) |
| The Academy | vs. Waterford | 3-1 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Fitch | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | at Montville | 3-1 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Newtown | 3-1 (W) |
| The Academy | at Coventry | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | at Windham | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | at Ledyard | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | at Bacon Academy | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Killingly | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | at Waterford | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Bristol Eastern | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Montville | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | at Avon | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Ledyard ECC Tournament quarterfinal | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. East Lyme ECC tournament semifinal | 3-1 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Killingly, ECC tournament championship | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Rockville, Class L 1st round | 3-0 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Avon, Class L 2nd round | 3-2 (W) |
| The Academy | vs. Killingly, Class L quarterfinal | 3-0 (W) |
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Roster
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Team Stats
| Player Name | Kills | Assists | Digs | Service Points | Aces |
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| Katie Frankhouser | 10 | -- | 4 | 1 | -- |
| Caroline Eaton | 304 | 3 | 146 | 155 | 46 |
| Maddy Gronski | 3 | 26 | 508 | 154 | 25 |
| Marissa Mayhew | -- | -- | 4 | 17 | 3 |
| Maeve Stevenson | 35 | 7 | 58 | 42 | 14 |
| Denali Johns | 34 | 1 | 58 | 107 | 39 |
| Bekah Wesler | 1 | 5 | 55 | 46 | 6 |
| Rachel Durand | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | -- |
| Hannah Walley | 3 | 3 | 141 | 75 | 16 |
| Sammie Orlowski | 20 | 703 | 133 | 171 | 34 |
| Emma Green | 2 | 69 | 20 | 40 | 10 |
| Katie Papp | 38 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 10 |
| Natalie Low | 194 | 10 | 262 | 202 | 59 |
| Mckenna Gagnon | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Paula Hernandez | 295 | 13 | 212 | 154 | 48 |
