In the first match, the Big Fish eliminated Waterford Kettering 25-20, 25-20 led by Bridget Hickey, Sarah Wojcik, Stephanie Bodien and Colleen Loftus on the attack with the assists led by Mackenzie Bickes and Bodien.  Bickes and Loftus also led the serving attack, with an amazing 20 blocks in the match, led by Hickey and Tracy Whalen and Angel Marinos.  Defensively the Marlins dug up the Kettering attacks, led by Loftus, Kelsey Maxwell, Wojcik, and Jenereaux.

 Match 2 against East Detroit saw the Marlins easily dominate 25-8, and then come from behind to clinch the second game 26-24.  In game 2, Bickes fired off a huge string of serves to close a 6 point gap and put the Marlins in the lead.  Bodien led the assists, with powerfull hitting coming from Hickey, Wojcik, Loftus and Bodien.  Defense once again relied on Maxwell, Wojcik, Loftus, and Jenereaux, while the blocks were led by Whalen and Hickey, against a team that decided they had to avoid the blocks with tips and air balls to keep the Marlins from stuffing the ball down their throats.

 Match 3 against cross town rival Farmington Harrison highlighted the Marlins determination, starting the Power Pool with a convincing 25-10, 25-16 win.  Bickes once again led the serving and assists, while attacks where led by Wojcik, Hickey and Bodien. Seniors Loftus and Maxwell led the defense with quick coverage and scrambling by Bodien, while Whalen, Hickey and Marinos put up a brick wall at the net, logging 8 solo blocks to shut down the opposition.

 Match 4 pitted the Marlins against Royal Oak, and a 25-16 and 25-19 victory, led by a 52% kill rate led by Loftus, Bodien, Hickey and Wojcik, assited by setting led by Bickes, and Maxwell and Loftus leading the passing with no errors.  Marinos and Hickey led the blocks with 4 each, with serving led by Bodien, Loftus, and Jeneraux, each adding aces to their 19 good serves in the match.

 Match 5 started rough with a 16-25 loss against Utica, but turned around with a convincing 25-16, 15-8 comeback. Captain Colleen Loftus slammed Utica with 12 kills and a 71% kill ratio, with no errors, supported by Kelsey Doyle and Bickes on assists.  Loftus also notched 3 aces to lead the serving attack with strong support from Jenereaux and Maxwell.  Andrea Conover, Hickey and Whalen led the blocks with Maxwell and Bodien providing errorless passing.

 Gold Finals – Match 6 vs. Milford and the 7’ Middle – a little intimidating to start with, but the Marlins put up a good match, eventually losing 14-25, 16-25.  Loftus and Bodien led the attack, combining for 32 strikes, but the persistant Mavericks' defense keep bringing it right back to the Marlins.  Katie Jenereaux had the serving magic, leading the service attack with 9, but the entire team could only count 2 aces against a good defensive team.  Doyle distributed the majority of sets, and Maxwell, Bickes, and Bodien had solid defense, but the lighting kills from 7 foot up were too much for the Big Fish to handle Saturday.  Just as the Marlins began to figure out how to work around the tall middle, they ran out of runway and daylight, finishing off the day with an overall solid performance winning 12 of 16 games at Waterford, putting the season match count at 37 wins, 6 losses and 9 ties.

 Key Stats for the tournament:

Last Tune-Up Before States
October 24, 2007 This Saturday, October 27, 2007, the Mercy Marlin Varsity Volleyball team will have its last tune-up before the State Volleyball Tournament.  Waterford's, Mott High School is hosting one of the last varsity tournaments of the year.  Come and see how our Marlins perform as they ready themselves for the playoff run.

Check the schedule for time and directions.

2007 -08 Catholic League Awards
October 22, 2007          At the championship matches for the Catholic League, attendees were treated to the presentation of awards for this 2007 volleyball season.  Among the recipients throughout the entire metropolitan area, the Mercy Marlins were represented by four of their magnificent thirteen.  Senior captains, Kelsey Doyle and Colleen Loftus, Junior captain, Stephanie Bodien and Junior hitter and blocker, Bridget Hickey received league awards.  Congratulations to these four young women and to the entire team for personifying the Mercy High School name and reputation.

        Additionally, Marlin Varsity Head Coach Ed Moeller was honored as coach of the year, as he has guided the Marlins to an outstanding match record for this season of 31 wins, 5 loses and 9 ties.  That translates to 78 games won vs. 31 games lost - Way to go Marlins!

Continued good luck in the state playoffs.

Big Fish Bury Gabriel Richard, Fall to ND Prep in CHSL Tourney
October 18, 2007

While easily defeating the Pioneers of Gabriel Richard 25-15, 25-19, 25-16, the Marlins hit the wall against a fired up Notre Dame Prep team, losing in 4 games 25-16, 26-28, 20-25, 12-25.  Unforced errors were the nemesis for the Mercy team as the ND Irish eeked out the victory in some excellent volleyball on both sides.

Key Stats were:

 

Vs. Gabriel Richard

 

Good Attacks/kills:  Loftus 10/18, Bodien 8/5, Hickey and Conover 4/5, Whalen 3/3, Doyle 3/1, Wojcik 3/0.

 

Digs/Serve Receives:  Bickes 14/2, Bodien 9/14, Loftus 8/12, Doyle/Jenereaux 5/0, Gardner 4/7, Maxwell/Wojcik 2/1, Hickey 1/1, Marinos 1/0

 

Blocks: Hickey/Whalen 7, Conover 5, Loftus/Doyle 2

 

Good Serves/Aces:  Doyle 11/1, Bodien 9/1, Bickes 9/0, Gardner 7/0, Maxwell 6/0, Jenereaux 5/1, Loftus 4/0, Wojcik 1/0

 

Assists:  Doyle 13, Conover 9, Hickey 5, Loftus 4, Bodien/Maxwell 1

 

 

Vs. ND Prep

 

Good Attacks/kills:  Loftus 20/21, Bodien 15/7, Hickey 12/9, Conover 2/4, Gardner 1/0

 

Digs/Serve Receives:  Maxwell 11/22, Doyle 11/0, Loftus 10/9, Bickes 9/10, Bodien 8/9, Gardner 6/12, Jenereaux 3/0, Hickey 1/0

 

Good Serves/Aces: Doyle 20/0, Maxwell 13/4, Bickes 11/1, Loftus 11/0, Gardner 5/1, Bodien 4/1, Jenereaux 2/0, Wojcik 1/0

 

Blocks: Whalen 4, Conover/Loftus 3, Doyle/Hickey 1

 

Assists:  Doyle 36, Hickey 4, Lofuts 2

Marlins Put Out Blazers in Three Straight
October 16, 2007 From the effort of 38 KILLS, 5 ACES and 22 BLOCKS, our Varsity Mercy Marlins finished the regular CHSL season beating the Ladywood Blazers in three straight sets.

The potential of the Marlins showed strongly in the first set of the evening as they tallied 15 kills over 7 hitters without an error.  Bolstered with 2 aces and 6 blocks, they played as the team they were in Kalamazoo when they overwhelmed Marian and surprized #1 State ranked North Branch.  It was a whole team effort culminating in a 25-10 win.

Set 2 found the pace dropped off some.  Mercy pounded in 13 more kills and 1 ace, combined with 9 blocks to set Ladywood back again with a 25-15 loss.  Ending the night in set 3, the Marlins shot in another 10 kills, 2 aces and 6 blocks against a much more effective effort by the Blazers but still being able to send them packing with a Mercy win at 25-22.

Anxious for the CHSL Tournament, the Marlins are scheduled at Notre Dame Prep in Pontiac on Thursday, October 18, for a 5PM match with Gabriel Richard, and a potential 7PM match with host, Notre Dame Prep.  Provided Mercy secures wins in both matches on Thursday, the Marlins will be at the Catholic League Finals on Monday, October 22, at Madonna University for a 7PM championship match.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

JV Marlins have a Tough Day at Marian Invitation
October 13, 2007

The Mercy JV team competed at the Marian Volleyball Tournament on October 13^th.  12 teams competed at the tournament and the Marlins were able to make playoffs. 

The team played the first match of the day and won both games against Woodhaven.  After a two match break, the Marlins were outpaced by a fast moving Lakeland team and dropped both games.  Later, the team was able to regroup to win one out of the two games versus Lahser. 

During playoffs, the Marlins faced a strong Stoney Creek team.  In the first game, Stoney Creek took the lead quickly, but after many excellent passes, kills, and serves, Mercy was able to battle back and win the game.  The second game started out the same as the first, but unfortunately Mercy lost momentum and was not able to win, so the two teams played a deciding third game.  In the third game, both teams worked hard, but Mercy slowly lost momentum to give Stoney Creek the win.  The team ended the day early, but is more motivated than ever to come out strong and play well at Catholic Leagues on Friday!

 

Submitted by Michelle Ho

Varsity takes three straight from Regina
October 9, 2007 At the new Regina Saddle Dome, the Mercy Marlins had the winning ride.  Three straight sets were taken by the Marlins, but it was not without challenge.

Set one was a close battle by both squads.  The Saddlites gave Mercy all they could handle.  The Marlins, not at the top of their game, had some trouble with consistency and Regina took advantage keeping the set close to the end.  However, the Marlins overcame their 15 errors with 5 blocks 13 kills and an ace to pull it out 25-20.  Set two was more in line with the Marlins plan.  Fourteen kills out of 32 attacks and frustrating the Saddlites into errors gave Mercy a comfortable margin and win at 25-14.  But not all was done.  Regina had not rolled over.  Set three turned out to be closer than set one.  The Marlins managed only 24 attacks, but were able to convert 12 into kills.  They reduced their errors and had four aces.  Regina was tenacious and would not go down easy battling to the end of a 25 -22 Marlin victory.

Noteable STATS:

     Kills- Loftus 21; Hickey and McPartlin 6 each; Conover 3; Bodien, Doyle and Wojcik 1 each

    Assists- Doyle 24; Bickes and Conover 1 each

    Aces- Bodien, Gardner, Jenereaux, Loftus, Maxwell and Wojcik 1 each

    Digs- Bodien 16; Loftus 12; Maxwell 9; Doyle 6; Gardner and Jenereaux 5; Bickes and Wojcik 3; Hickey 2; Conover, Marinos and McPartlin 1

    Blocks- Whalen 7; Hickey 6; Conover, Doyle and Loftus 3; McPartlin 2

ALL TEAM MASS FRI. 10/12 3:45PM IN CHAPEL
October 12, 2007

This Friday the Freshman, JV and Varsity Teams will have a Mercy Volleyball Program Mass

 

Date:         Friday Oct. 12th

Time:         3:45pm

Where:      Mercy Chapel

 

Celebrant:   Fr. Bob McCabe

 

Parents/friends are welcome to join. If you have any questions, please call Dave Bodien 586-596-4529.  Dave Bodien and Judy Dennis from Pastoral Ministry will help coordinate the Mass with assistance from the team captains.

 

 

Freshman Place 2nd at Madonna Invitational
October 6, 2007

On Saturday, October 6, the Mercy Freshman team travelled to Plymouth High School for the Madonna University Freshman Invitational.  With 15 teams attending, the girls knew that they were going to have to bring their A game.  In Pool Play, the team showed that they were up to the challenge; they had convincing wins against Livonia Stevenson, Farmington and Redford Union.

 

Coach Jerry Abraham (Madonna) provided some positive feedback to the girls prior to their match against Ann Arbor Huron for 1st place in Pool C.  He was very impressed with the team's court sense and complimented the girls on their movement on the court.  The pep talk worked as the team defeated AA Huron in 2 easy games and finished as the #1 seed heading into the playoffs.

 

In the Semi-final match, the team was able to overcome missed serves and won the match in 2 close games.  The Finals pitted Mercy against the host team - Plymouth.  The girls continued to play strong and won game 1 25-17.  In the game 2, the team was leading 22-18 and ended up dropping the game 25-23.   With the momentum shifted, the team couldn't recover and ended up on the wrong end of a 15-4 score to finish in 2nd Place for the day.

 

The season totals for the Freshman team are:

 

Matches: 40-7-2 (losses to Fraser, Bedford, Marian, Petoskey, East Kentwood, Novi & Plymouth)

Games: 87-17

 

Central Division League Record: 2-1

 

Tournament Results:

    St. Clair Invitational - 5th of 12 teams Gold Quarter Finalists

    Mercy Invitational - 1st of 10 teams Gold Champions

    Airport-Carleton Invitational - 2nd of 12 teams Gold Finalists

    Ferris State Invitational - 9th of 23 teams Bronze Champions

    Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational - 2nd of 16 teams Gold Finalists

    Madonna Invitational - 2nd of 15 teams Gold Finalists

 

# of schools that the team has seen to date: 86

 

Mercy Makes the Playoffs At Northwood
October 6, 2007

Our Mercy Marlins competed at the Northwood University Varsity Tournament today in Midland.  From a field of fifteen teams the Marlins emerged from pool play with seven wins and one loss.  The opening match pitted Mercy against Durand.  Set one found the Marlins getting off to a slow start and not being able to catch-up losing 16-21.  In the second set the roles were reversed and Mercy came out on top 21-19.  Finding their groove the Marlins moved past Mt Pleasant (21-9, 21-9), Lansing Eastern (21-7, 21-12) and Powers Catholic (21-15, 21-12) unscathed.

 

Seeded fourth for the playoffs, Mercy met Pt. Huron (Huskies) in the quarter finals.  The Marlins had trouble getting anything going in set one and fell to the Huskies 21-11.  Set two found Mercy with new life and in a hard fought, see-saw battle, came out on top 22-20.  Tied at one set each, set three had each team tensed.  Unfortunately, Pt. Huron pulled away from the Marlins with a 15-8 win and would go on to win the tournament.

Noteable STATS for the day:

Kills/Attacks:  Bickes 1/1, Bodien 2/4, Conover 5/10, Doyle 2/3, Hickey 11/19, Loftus 14/27, Marinos 4/8, McPartlin 10/13, Whalen 4/6, and Wojcik 1/1

Assists:  Bickes 16, Doyle 27, Loftus and Marinos 1

Serves/Aces:  Bickes 9/1, Bodien 9/2, Conover 9/4, Doyle 15/2, Gardner 19/2, Hickey 5/2, Jenereaux 10/1, Loftus 7/3, Maxwell 19/3

Digs:  Maxwell 10; Gardner 7; Bickes, Jenereaux, Loftus and McPartlin 3; Bodien and Doyle 2; Hickey, Marinos, Whalen and Wojcik 1

Blocks-Solo/Assists:  Conover 1/2; Doyle 1/0; Hickey 1/2; Loftus 2/1; Marinos 2/2; McPartlin 1/4; Whalen 0/5; Wojcik 0/1

Mercy Volleyball Rocks Saddlelites
October 8, 2011

Tonight Mercy Varsity Volleyball Farmington Hills style met the new home of the Regina Saddlelites, and had no problem breaking in those new shoes.....winning in three games, 25-20, 25-14, 25-22.  This victory brings the Marlins record to 27 matches won this season against 4 losses and 5 ties.  The only losses this year are to Top ranked North Branch, Pt. Huron, Brighton and cross town rival Marion.  The Big Fish meet the Marion Mustangs in their new gym this Thursday in what will be a very intense match as the schools have perfectly split the 3 matches so far this year; a tie at the Troy tournament, Marion won the first CHSL match, and Mercy won over Marion in the semifinals of the Kalamazoo tournament two weeks ago.

 

Stats for the Regina game:

 

Digs/Serve Receives: Bodien 16/7, Loftus 12/12, Maxwell 9/7, Gardner 6/8, Doyle, Jenereaux 5/1, Bickes, Wojcik 3/1, Hickey 2/0, Conover 1/2, McPartlin, Marinos 1/1

 

Blocks: Whalen 7, Hickey 6, Doyle, Loftus, Conover 3, McPartlin 2

 

Kills/Good Attacks: Loftus 21/18, McPartlin 6/10, Hickey 6/3, Conover 3/4, Doyle 1/6, Wojcik 1/5, Bodien 1/1, Whalen 0/3

 

Good Serves/Aces: Loftus 10/1, Maxwell, Wojcik 9/1, Jenereaux 8/1, Gardner, Bodien 7/1, Doyle 7/0, Bickes 1/0.

 

Assists:  Doyle 24, Bickes 1, Conover 1

 

 

Mercy Frosh Finish 2nd at Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational
September 29, 2007

On Saturday September 29, 2007, the Mercy Freshman team finished 2nd out of 16 teams at the Pioneer High School Invitational.  During pool play, strong serving and good execution of the ace, bump, set, spike led to convincing victories over Walled Lake Northern, Wyandotte Roosevelt and Salem.  The quarter finals proved to be a little more challenging for the Marlins; however a string of good serves turned the momentum in Mercy's favor and they beat Kalamazoo Central in 2 games.  In the semi final match, Mercy easily swept passed Canton to advance to the finals.  In the Championship match, Novi was quick to take significant leads in both games.  Mercy battled back to within points in each game but ended up taking second place.  The team's strong and consistent serving throughout the day was evident as the girls could be heard rhyming and dancing to their new "ace" cheer.

 

Submitted by Lindsey Pryce

 

JV Fish Defeat East Kentwood, Take 2nd Place in Gold bracket in Ferris this Weekend...
September 30, 2007

MARLIN VARSITY ACHIEVES STATE RANKING!!!
September 28, 2007

Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association State Rankings

September 24, 2007 ( www.MichiganPR.net ) Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association State Rankings For September 24, 2007 Class A 1. East Kentwood 32-1 2. North Branch 38-0 3. Jenison 32-2 4. Portage Northern 23-2-3 5. Livonia Churchill 14-2-3 6. Flushing 19-2 7. Farmington Hills Mercy 20-4-3 8. Bloomfield Hills Marian 23-11-4 9. Grand Haven 22-9 10. Grosse Pointe North 12-1-1 H.M. Caledonia, Fraser, Novi, Holland West Ottawa, Wyandotte Roosevelt, Grand Rapids Christian -------------------------------------------------

Marlins Extinguish Ladywood Blazers
September 25, 2007 - 09:30 PM The Marlins put out the fire of the Ladywood Blazers tonight.  All three teams, Freshman, JV and Varsity swept their respective matches without a loss.  The Blazers did not go down without a fight.  The Mercy JV wound up with its hands full in the second game, eeking out the victory by a couple of points and the match.

The Mercy Varsity started out strong in game one with a 12-2 lead.  Ladywood fought back to close the gap, but the Marlins finished the first game out decidedly at 25-15.  Games two and three saw the tables turned when the Blazers took early leads in both.  The Marlins took time-outs to stem the tide and refocus, coming back to nip away at the Blazers closing out both games 25-21 and 25-17.

Key Stats:  Attacks/Kills-  Hickey 19/4, Loftus 17/7, McPartlin 13/4, Bodien 9/3, Conover 8/5, Wojcik 2/2, Whalen 1/1, Doyle and Maxwell 2/0

                  Assists-            Doyle 21, Bickes 1, Bodien 1, Hickey 1

                  Good Serves/Aces- Maxwell 18/1, Bickes 10/1, Doyle 9/2, Bodien 8/1, Loftus 7/3, Jenereaux 7/0, Wojcik 2/0

                  Digs-                Loftus 15, Maxwell 9, Doyle 5, Bodien 4, Bickes 3, Jenereaux 2, Conover and Marinos 1

                  Blocks-            Conover 3, Hickey 2, Loftus 2, Whalen 2, Doyle and McPartlin 1

JV Marlins Take Champ at Waterford Mott Invitation
September 22, 2007

MARLINS CRUSH MARIAN, BUT JUST MISS NO. BRANCH IN GOLD FINALS AT KALAMAZOO
September 22, 2007

The Big Fish came up with a huge performance at this weekend's gigantic Kalamazoo tournament, capturing 2nd place in the Gold Bracket, topping dozens of Michigan's best teams.  In the semi-finals, the Marlins downed Marian, then fell just short in the championship match vs. North Branch.  The Big Fish also got a big scare early in the playoffs vs. Traverse City West, when Sr. Kathryn Gardner dove for a ball but landed hard, snapping her head back, and earning her an ambulance ride to the hospital on a backboard as a pre-cautionary measure.   The Marlins were relieved to have everything checkout okay, and Kathryn rejoined the team later to watch the championship game.  

 

In a spirited rematch against CHSL rival Marian Mustangs, the BIG FISH tamed the top rated team with ease, seeking revenge against a Marian team that easily beat the Marlins in a dual meet this past week.  Marian started out with a narrow victory in game 1, winning 18-25.  The second and third games were a completely different story.  The Marlins raced out to a 4-0 start in each game, never looking back,  to the cheers of Frank and the parents of the "gills gone wild". Game 2 ended with the Marian team only gaining 11 points vs. the Marlins 25, and the final game ended at 15-9.  Individual highlights started off with a fantastic blocking effort all around, led by Jr. Bridget Hickey with 6 blocks, Morgan McPartlin and Andrea Conover with 3 each, Tracy Whalen with 2 and Colleen Loftus and Kelsey Doyle with 1 each. Colleen Loftus led the arial attack with an amazing 15 kills, Bridget Hickey with 8, and Stephanie Bodien with 5.  Bodien and Morgan McPartlin combined for 18 attacks without an error in the entire match. While Captain Kelsey Doyle directed the offense with 18 assists, Mackenzie Bickes and Bodien led the defense with 21 and 18 digs/serve receives respectively.  Bickes, filling in for the injured Gardner, played aggressively and kept the Marian offense stymied.  Loftus and Maxwell each contributed 11 defensive stops, with Doyle scooping up 8, mostly dinks, as the Mustangs were frustrated by the effective blocking by the Marlins.  Marlins scored well with solid serving with only 1 missed serve in the match. Captains Colleen Loftus and Stephanie Bodien led servers with 11 good serves, 2 aces and 10 good serves, 3 aces respectively.  Maxwell and Bickes pumped across 9 good serves each, keeping the Mustangs back on their heels.

 

In the final match, the Marlins, jumped out to an early lead in game 1, but slowly were outpaced by the North Branch Broncos, losing 21-25, and 22-25, and a very well played, great volleyball match.

 

Stats for the day were:

 

Kills/attacks: Loftus 70/52, Hickey 31/37, Bodien 22/35, McPartlin 16/15, Conover 12/17, Whalen 4/7, Doyle 4/3, Wojcik 3/5, Marinos 1/4, Jenereaux, Bickes 1/0

Good Serves/Aces:  Maxwell 48/2, Loftus 41/4, Bodien 41/3, Bickes 41/1, Jenereaux 28/3, Wojcik 8/1, Conover 5/0

Assists:  Doyle 91, Bickes 11, Bodien 7, Conover 2, Gardner, Hickey, Loftus, McPartlin 1.

Digs/Serve Receives:  Bodien 51/41, Bickes 46/33, Maxwell 34/40, Loftus 32/25, Doyle 26/8, Gardner 16/18, Conover 8/0, McPartlin 7/2, Jenereaux 6/4, Wojcik 3/4, Hickey 3/1, Whalen 1/0.

Blocks: Hickey 13, Conover 8, Doyle, McParlin 7, Whalen 6, Loftus, Bodien 3,

 

 

Mercy loses to Marian, awaiting rematch at Marian
September 20, 2009

The Big Fish came up short before an enthusiastic crowd honoring past Mercy players, losing to the Mustangs in 3 games.  Despite the scores, the Marlins put up a spirited opposition, only losing out to a very patient and consistent Marian team.  Game one provided the most excitement of the evening, as the Marlins were held to only a couple points as Marian inched up into the double digits only to see the Marlins charge back, eventually getting out lasted 17-25.  The second game ended in a disappointing 10-25, and the third was even up midway into the game until Marian pulled away to win 25-14.

 

The Marlins hope to get back on track this weekend with an overnite tournament in Kalamazoo.  Overall record for the Marlins now stands at 38W-15L (games) or  16W 4L and 2T in matches for the season.  Despite the loss to state ranked Marian, the Marlins have started out the season very strong, and expect to give Marian a run for their money in the rematch at Marian's new gym.

 

Key Stats were:

Attacks/Kills:  Loftus 24/8, Conover 14/4, Bodien 13/4, Doyle 10/0, Hickey 8/8, Maxwell 2/0, McPartlin 1/1

Assists: Doyle 16, Bodien, Gardner, Hickey 1

Good serves/aces: Doyle 13/0, Loftus 8/0, Maxwell, Bodien 4/1, Gardner 3/0, Wojcik 2/0, McPartlin 1/0

Digs/Serve Receives Doyle 15/16, Bodien 7/9, Doyle 5/1,  Maxwell 4/9, Loftus 3/14,  Conover 1/2, McPartlin 1/0, Bickes 0/1

Blocks: Hickey, Conover, McPartlin 2, Bodien, Loftus 1

 

 

Mercy Squads win all 3 vs. Regina
September 18, 2007

The Mercy Freshman, Jr. Varsity, and Varsity teams kick the Saddlelites out of town as the perfected the triple play, sending Regina back across town with only 1 game won in 7 games played.  While the Freshman and Jr. Varsity swept all games, the Varisty won 3 of 4 games to easily win their match.

 

Varsity scores were 25-14, 25-16, 23-25, 25-19

 

Key Stats were:

 

Attacks/kills:  Loftus 15/10, Bodien 13/6, Hickey 7/10, Conover 7/5, McPartlin 5/5, Wojcik 5/1, Gardner 5/0, Marinos 3/3, Doyle 2/3, Bickes 2/0, Maxwell 1/2

Assists leading to a kill:  Doyle 20, Bodien 7, Bickes 5, Hickey 2, Conover 1

Good Serves/Aces:  Maxwell 21/2, Doyle 16/0, Loftus 14/0, Jeneaux  11/0, Conover 9/1. Gardner 8/1, Bodien 8/0, Bickes 6/0, Whalen 3/0, Wojcik 1/0.

Digs/Serve Receives: Maxwell 16/10, Loftus 14/10, Jenereaux 11/11, Bodien 9/9, Doyle 9/0, Bickes 6/2, Conover 1/5, Gardner 1/3, Hickey 3/0, Marinos 1/2, Wojcik 2/1.

Blocks:  Conover 9, McPartlin Hickey 8, Doyle & Whalen 3, Loftus/Bodien/ Marinos 2

 

 

After easily winning the Silver Bracket in this Saturday's Walled Lake Central Tournament, the Big Fish increased their season record of matches to 15 Wins, 2 Losses and 3 Ties.  That translates to a game won/loss record of 35-11.  This Saturday the Marlins were 1 point shy of qualifying for the Gold Bracket as they were hampered by the loss of Sr. Captain Colleen Loftus who did not play until the last game of the morning pool play. 

 

In the Silver bracket playoffs the Big Fish clearly dominated their opponents with the full squad back in place, although a strong run by Julian Wargo's John Glenn HS gave the Marlins a wake up until they figured out how to shut down Glenn's outstanding middle hitter. 

 

Scores for the morning pool play were:

Won vs. Franklin 25-19, 25-15

Lost vs. Brighton 25-17, 14-25 (placed 2nd in gold)

Tied vs. Salem 23-25, 25-23

 

Silver Bracket Playoffs:

Qtr Finals - vs. Walled Lake Central  25-11, 25-15

Semis  - vs. John Glenn  23-25, 25-18, 15-7

Finals  - vs. Walled Lake Western 25-19, 25-19

 

Key Stats:

Attacks/Kills: Conover 53/38, Hickey 51/30, Loftus 47/28, Bodien 42/24, McPartlin 28/15, Doyle 20/7, Marinos 11/3, Whalen 9/5, Gardner 4/1, Bickes 3/1, Maxwell 2/0, Wojcik 1/0.

Good Serves/Aces: Bodien 51/1, Doyle 39/5, Gardner 34/2, Maxwell 32/9, Loftus 19/4, Bickes 19/0, Conover 15/2, Jenereaux 13/1, Whalen 10/0, Wojcik 6/1, Marinos 3/0, Hickey 1/1.

Digs/Serve Receives:  Gardner 43/57, Bodien 36/24, Bickes 18/13, Maxwell 15/11, Doyle 11/9, Loftus 10/14, McPartlin 3/2, Conover 2/1, Wojcik 2/0, Jenereaux 1/1

Blocks:  McPartlin, Hickey, Conover - all 14 blocks each, Doyle 12, Whalen 10, Bodien 9, Loftus 5, Marinos 1 

 

Freshman Squad Places 2nd @ Airport Carleton Invitational
September 16, 2007

The Mercy volleyball freshman team touched down at Airport Carleton, determined and ready to win. The team flew through Pool Play undefeated with wins against Birmingham Groves, Carlson and the host team, Airport.  In the playoffs, the girls dominated Livonia Stevenson and showed true grit with 2 consecutive comeback wins against a talented Monroe squad.  After all their hardwork and team support, they made it to the Championship match, ready to take it all the way and finish number one.  In the first game against Bedford, the team got a wake up call and was defeated easily 25-11. The girls battled back in the second game, but came up short, losing 25-21.  The team finished with a 5-1 match record, a 10-2 game record and ended up in second place at the Airport Carleton Tournament.

 

Submitted by: Jasmine Nasser

Mercy Volleyball Program to Host CYO Volleyball Players & Mercy Alumnae
September 10, 2007

Attention all CYO Volleyball Players

Mercy High School will be hosting a CYO Night for all current CYO volleyball players at the Mercy vs Regina home game on Tuesday, September 18.  Please join us for some exciting volleyball: Freshman @ 4:30 PM, Junior Varsity @ 5:30 PM and Varsity @ 6:30 PM. 

 

Attention all Volleyball Alumnae

Mercy High School will be honoring all alumnae who played volleyball at the Mercy vs Marian home game on September 20.  Join us for a reception prior to the Varsity game from 5:30 - 6:00 pm and then be our guest to watch the Mercy Marlins take on the Marian Mustangs.

For more information on either event, or to RSVP email Coach Lau at vbcoachlau@yahoo.com.  RSVP by September 17.

Frosh Sweep Divine Child

The Mercy Freshmen volleyball team's season got underway with a showdown against Divine Child.  After a sluggish start, the Marlins proved that through hard work and commitment, victory could be reached.  They went on to systematically dismantle a struggling Falcons team, taking both games of the match.  The Marlins once again served well and were there for all the tips and hits.  The next outing will be this weekend's tournament at Airport Carleton on Saturday, September 15.  Come out and support your Marlin team.  Go Marlins!!

 

Submitted by Jessica Kramer

 

JV Marlins Take Gold at Mt. Morris
September 8, 2007

After a heart breaking lost to Churchhill last weekend in playoffs at the Ann Arbor tournament, the JV Mercy Marlins came back this week to win their 2^nd tournament at Mt. Morris!  Earlier in the tournament, pool play went extremely well and the Marlins finished 1^st in their pool defeating Brown City, Mt. Morris, Clio, and Parkway Christian with a record of 8-0.

In the first round of playoffs, Mercy faced Brandon and played fantastically, defeating them in two games.  In the championship match, Mercy found themselves playing Mt. Morris again!  The game started out a little rocky and the Marlins found themselves several points behind.  After some fantastic bump, sets, and spikes, they came back from behind to take the first game.  Game two started out the same way that game one did with the Marlins behind Mt. Morris.  However, slowly but surely, the Marlins closed the gap and served to win the second game and the championship!  The JV team ended the day undefeated and with their first tournament win! Great Job girls!

 

 

Submitted by Michelle Ho

Marlins Clean Sweep over Weekend, Take 2 of 3 from Divine Child
September 11, 2010

For the first time in recent memory, ALL 3 MARLIN VOLLEYBALL TEAMS !! took top honors in seperate tournaments around Michigan this last weekend.  The Freshman won their own tournament here at Mercy, the JV won in Mt. Morris, and the Varisty ran the table, not losing a game the entire day at Grosse Pointe South - Score for the BIG FISH!  Continuing the winning ways, the Freshmen and Varsity defeated Divine Child tonite, while the JV lost a hard fought battle to a varsity caliber JV team at Divine Child.

 

In the main event in Dearborn, the Varisty took revenge for last year's loss, winning in 5 games, 25-17, 13-25, 25-16, 26-28, and in overtime, game 5, 21-19.  The Marlins started game one with near perfect spike placement, coupled with 14 blocks (4 for Hickey and 3 each for Conover and McPartlin) that really stunned the Falcons of DC.  Game 2 saw the Marlins struggle making only 3 blocks for the entire team, while unforced errors surprised the then quiet Marlins.  Game 3 was back on track with Loftus, Bodien and Conover contributing 27 attacks between them, with no errors all game, and Gardner firing in the serves with 8 good serves and 1 ace.  The 4th game started with the Big Fish leading the game until the very end when the Falcons came back to win by 2 despite 12 digs by Maxwell and strong serving by Jenereaux and Gardner.  Wojcik, Whalen and Marinos provided solid support throughout the match..  The critical final game inched up to 15-15 tie point by excrutiating point. Doyle, Hickey and Bodien led the attack putting together 16 error free attacks and the defense diggng up all the DC attacks, dinks and garbage they could throw at them.

 

Key Stats:

Attacks/kills:  Loftus 44/19, Bodien 34/8, Hickey 26/12 Conover 23/7, Doyle 21/4, McPartlin 13/3, Maxwell 5/0, Whalen 2/1

Blocks:  Conover 8, McPartlin 7, Hickey 5, Loftus/Doyle 4, Bodien 2, Whalen 1

Digs/Serve Receives:  Maxwell 15/29, Bodien 9/26, Loftus 14/12, Gardner 10/9, Doyle 12/0, Bickes 0/3, Mcpartlin 3/0, Wojcik 1/1, Hickey 1/0, Jenereaux 1/0

Assists: Doyle 40, Hickey 5, Conover 1

Good Serves/Aces: Gardner 18/0, Doyle 13/3, Maxwell 13/1, Loftus/Bodien 10/1, Jenereaux 8/0, Wojcik 2/1, McPartlin 2/0

 

Frosh SHOW NO MERCY at Mercy Invitational
September 10, 2007

On Saturday, September 8, 2007, the Mercy Fresh Woman team participated in their second tournament of the season by hosting the Mercy Freshman Invitational at Mercy High School.  Participating schools included: Hanover-Horton, Plymouth, Our Lady of the Lakes, Algonac, Flint Powers, Mason, Lincoln, Lake Orion and Brandon.  In Pool Play, Mercy successfully won the first two games with scores of 25-9, and 25-8.against Our Lady of the Lakes.  Then they proceeded to take on the other teams in the pool by beating Algonac (25-11.. 25-18), Brandon (25-17..25-16) and Hanover-Horton (25-12.. 25-21), all of which were easy victories.

 

After going undefeated in the pool play with a record of 8-0, the team went into the semi-finals against Brandon and had to kick it up a notch.  With an easy first game win, and a very close second game, with a score of 27-26 victory, the team proceeded into the championship match against Lake Orion.  After losing the first game, the team got it together to win the second game.  In the third "tie breaking" game, the girls ended up winning an intense match 15-11.  By showing no mercy the ladies achieved their goal of the tournament: to repeat as Mercy Freshwoman Invitational Champions!!  Congratulations Mercy Frosh volleyball on a perfect 6-0 day!!

Submitted by: Rena Maria Husaynu

Big Fish Take Over Blue Devil Tournament!
September 8, 2007

The Big Fish are lurking in the Michigan Volleyball world more like silent sharks - ready to quietly strike at any moment rather than the high flying Marlin mascot that represents the team.  This weekend the Varsity Marlins took first place in the Grosse Pointe South Tournament, even without the complete services of two of their senior starters.  Coach Ed Moeller describes the team as extremely consistent, hard working, and having lots of depth.  The depth was obvious this weekend as Sr. captain Kelsey Doyle only saw action in the first 2 of 6 matches and fellow Sr.Kathryn Gardner, a mainstay of the Marlin defense, was injured in warmups, and the Marlins still ran the table winning all 6 matches without dropping a single game!

 

Coach Moeller pointed to the very steady play of Mackenzie Bickes as setter, Katie Jenereaux in defense, and Sarah Wojcik and Andrea Conover as hitters, all turning is exceptional stats.  "There was absolutely no drop off in intensity or consistency as these girls came into the game" Moeller happily reported.  This bodes well for the Marlins for the upcoming season.  Coming off a very close 3 game loss to Marian in last week's Gold round championship match, the Marlins may be the most underestimated team this season.

 

Individual Game results & highlights:

Vs. Roseville      W 25-17   W 25-10

Vs. Richmond     W 25-11   W 25-16

      Bickes 3 aces on 9 total serves with no errors

Vs. Stevenson     W 25-19   W 25-16

      Conover 4 aces, 4 kills on 8 total attacks with no errors, Doyle 12 assists

Vs. Croswell       W 25-19   W 25-18

      McPartlin 7 kills, Bodien 11 assists, Maxwell 18 digs, Hickey 5 blocks

Semi Final Vs Stevenson   W 25-12 W 25-16

      Jenereaux 2 aces on 9 total serves with no errors, Whalen, Hickey 5 blocks

Final Vs. Richmond           W 25-22 W 25-10

      Wojcik 3 aces on 9 total serves with no errors, Loftus 7 kills on 11 attacks with no errors

 

Tournament Results:

Assits: Bodien 30, Bickes 26, Doyle 17, Hickey, 7, Conover, Wojcik 1

Kills/ Kill %:  Loftus 25/50%, Hickey 21/48%, McPartlin 17/47%, Conover 15/56%, Bodien 13/45%, Whalen 8/50%, Marinos 2/20%, Wojcik 1/33%

Blocks: Hickey 17, Whalen 12, Loftus 4, Doyle, Conover, Conover, McPartlin 3, Bodien 2, Marinos 1

Serve %(total)/Aces: 100%- Loftus (30)/4, Jenereaux (23)/2, Wojcik(19)/3, Bickes (17)/3,  Doyle (9)/1, Whalen (1)/0: 98% - Bodien (42)/4, 95% - Maxwell (39)/6, 89% - Conover (28)/5,  80% - Hickey (5)/0, 50% - McPartlin (4)/0

Digs/Serve Receives:  Maxwell 20/50, Jenereaux 18/11, Bodien 11/5, Loftus 8/8, Bickes 5/2, Hickey 4/1, Doyle 4/0, Conover 3/1, McPartlin 2/3, Wojcik 2/2, Whalen 2/0, Marinos 1/0. 

 

 

JV Open at Pioneer High School Tournament
August 25, 2007

After many fantastic plays, unbelievable spikes, and phenomenal digs in pool play, the Mercy Marlins JV team was ready to compete against the well known Church Hill team in the first round of the playoffs. The tournament at