PTHS Volleyball Results

State Results:

Kiona Benton defeats PT 3-0 at State on 11-11-05.
PT stat leaders:
Tessa Kush 5 kills.
Amy Atkinson 3 kills.
Erica Amico 2 kills, 3 blocks.
Krista Ellis 2 blocks.
Kristine Janssen 1 kill, 4 blocks.
Liane Norcutt 1 kill, 2 blocks.
Brita Guthrie, 5 assists, 3 aces.
Jessie Holbrook 7 assists, 1 ace.

Port Townsend trailed in the first game but caught up to lead 15-14 before falling to eventual tournament semi-finalist Kiona-Benton.

Woodland defeats 3-0 at State on 11-11-05.
PT stat leaders:
Tessa Kush 4 kills, 1 block.
Amy Atkinson 2 kills.
Erica Amico 2 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace.
Krista Ellis 1 kill, 4 blocks.
Kristine Janssen 2 kills, 3 blocks.
Liane Norcutt 2 kill, 2 blocks.
Brita Guthrie, 7 assists.
Jessie Holbrook 4 assists.

Port Townsend fell behind by 10 points in the first game but rallied to close the gap to 3 before falling to Woodland.

West Central District 3 (Nisqually League) Volleyball Tournament at PTHS, 11-5 -05 ( Game #1 on Thursday, 11-3-05: Steilacoom defeats Eatonville, loser out) ( Game #2 on Thursday, 11-3-05: Vashon defeats Klahowya, loser out) Game # 3, Foster defeats Steilacoom. Game # 4, PT defeats Vashon, 25-20, 23-25, 25-14, 25-13. Game # 5, Foster defeats PT, 25-22, 25-15, 25-18, Foster wins District championship, goes to State as District 3, #1. Game # 6, Steilacoom defeats Vashon. Game #7, PT defeats Steilacoom 25-22, 25-23, 25-18, PT #2 in District, goes to State as District 3, #2.

PT stat leaders:
vs. Vashon, Tessa Kush 10 kills, Brita Guthrie 18 assists, Erica Amico 3 blocks, Jessie Holbrook 6 aces.
vs. Foster, Tessa Kush 7 kills, Kristine Janssen 2 blocks, Brita Guthrie 14 assists, Tess Kush 3 aces.
vs. Steilacoom, Tessa Kush 8 kills, Erica Amico 3 blocks, Brita Guthrie 11 assists, Liane Norcutt 3 aces.

Foster and PT will play in the State 2A Championship Tournament in Yakima on November 11-12, 2005.

Port Townsend High School defeats Orting, 3-0, in a Nisqually League match at PT on 11-1-05.
The scores were 25-12, 25-14, 25-17.
PT stat leaders were:
Liane Norcutt 7 kills, Erica Amico and Amy Atkinson 6 kills, Tessa Kush and Krista Ellis 5 kills.
Erica Amico 4 blocks.
Jessie Holbrook 15 assists, Brita Guthrie 11 assists.
Tessa Kush 10 aces.
PT 8-4 league, 9-5 overall.
Orting 1-11 league.

PT comments: Before the game, Tessa Kush asked coach Holly Rohrbacher how to do a float serve. Tessa served 10 floaters for aces, 16 made serves and no errors. That's an example of an excellent learner.
A very nice balanced attack by PT featured five players with 5-7 kills each.
Thirteen players got into the game for PT and all of them contributed to the victory.
Seventeen girls played in the JV match for PT and all of them got in on the 3-0 victory.

Port Townsend HS Volleyball defeats Cascade Christian 3-0 in a Nisqually League match at PT on 10-26-05.
Game scores were 25-22, 25-18, 25-22.
PT stat leaders:
Tessa Kush 13 kills, Liane Norcutt 6 kills.
Kristine Janssen 2 blocks.
Jessie Holbrook 17 assists.
Brita Guthrie 4 aces.
PT record 7-4 league, 8-5 overall.

Tessa Kush with 13 hard kills played a dominate match for PT. The setters, sophomores Jessie Holbrook and Brita Guthrie, did a great job getting the ball to the hitters. Serving and passing was strong for PT. Erica Amico was the passing leader with 13 perfect passes. The C team and JVs also played well and swept their matches.

Foster HS defeats Port Townsend HS 3-0 in Nisqually League volleyball on October 24, 2005 at Foster.
Scores 26-24, 25-22, 25-12.
PT Stat leaders:
Tessa Kush 10 kills, Amy Atkinson 6 kills.
Erica Amico 5 blocks.
Brita Guthrie 14 assists , 2 aces.
PT 6-4 league, 7-5 overall.

The first two games were extremely close, with the first tied at 24-24 and the second at 22-22. Foster was able to win both of the close ones. In the second game, PT overcame a large deficit and almost pulled out the win. Highlights for PT was the offense from the outside hitters, the defense of freshman libero Luna Amico and consistent serving by the whole team. PT swept both the C and JV matches.

PTHS defeats Steilacoom 3-0 in Nisqually League Volleyball, 10-19-05 at Steilacoom.
Scores 29-27, 25-15, 25-21.
PT stat leaders:
Tessa Kush, 8 kills; Amy Atkinson 6 kills.
Erica Amico, 2 blocks.
Jessie Holbrook, 16 assists.
Brita Guthrie, 3 aces.
PT 6-3 league, 7-4 overall.

This was an important match for PT. PT needed to win to set up a bigger match at Foster on Monday. PT and Foster are currently tied for 2nd in Nisqually League 2A VB standings. The top two teams draw a bye for the first round of the district playoffs. Vashon is currently in first place.

Nisqually League Volleyball
Monday, October 17, 2005
at Port Townsend High School
PT defeats Eatonville 3-1
Scores 25-23, 19-25, 26-24, 25-19.
PT stat leaders:
Erica Amico, 11 kills; Amy Atkinson, 9 kills; Liane Norcutt, 6 kills.
Jessie Holbrook, 18 assists; Brita Guthrie, 14 assists.
Erica Amico, 4 blocks; Liane Norcutt, 3 blocks.
Amy Atkinson, 3 aces.
PT 5-3 league, 6-4 overall.

Amy Atkinson had an outstanding game at outside hitter and also played a strong game defensively. Erica Amico dominated the middle in the front row and Liane Norcutt dominated the middle back position. Freshman Luna Amico played almost every minute in the libero position and had a very good match. All of the PTHS blockers had strong games. The PT JV and C teams were also victorious against Eatonville.

Nisqually League volleyball at Chimacum HS on 10-12-05
Port Townsend HS defeats Chimacum 3-1
Scores: 25-13, 21-25, 25-21, 25-11
PT stat leaders:
Tessa Kush, 15 kills; Erica Amico, 12 kills; Liane Norcutt, 9 kills.
Kristine Janssen, 4 blocks.
Jessie Holbrook, 20 assists; Brita Guthrie, 17 assists.
Jessie Holbrook, 4 aces; Tessa Kush and Amy Atkinson, 3 aces each.
Port Townsend 4-3 league, 5-4 overall.

This weeks quotes from Coach Guthrie:
"Monday's game against North Mason was played very good by PT. North Mason has had great success this season with a freshman dominated lineup. PT hit hard, dug many hard shots and blocked well to keep the Bulldogs from doing much.

On Wednesday against Chimacum, PT served tough and played hard all match. Chimacum has some fine young athletes and they played a good match. PT used good shot selection and well placed defense to keep the Cowboys from a match win. Tessa Kush and Erica Amico played very good games. All of the Port Townsend roster saw action in this one and everyone contributed to the victory. PT JV won their matches against both North Mason and Chimacum."

In Nisqually League volleyball, Port Townsend defeated North Mason 3-1 at Port Townsend on Monday, 10-10-05.
PT won 31-29, 25-19, 21-25, 25-8.
PT stat leaders were:
Tessa Kush, 15 kills; Erica Amico, 11 kills; Brita Guthrie and Liane Norcutt each had 5 kills.
Erica Amico and Kristine Janssen, 6 blocks each.
Jessie Holbrook, 20 assists; Brita Guthrie 17 assists.
Tessa Kush, 3 aces; Amy Atkinson, 2 aces.
PT 4-4 overall, 3-3 league.

PTHS volleyball team defeats Klahowya at KHS, Wednesday, October 5, 2005, 3 games to 0.
Scores: 25-19, 25-21, 25-20.
PT stat leaders:
Erica Amico, 9 kills, Tessa Kush 7 kills, Liane Norcutt, and Amy Atkinson, 6 kills each.
Brita Guthrie 14 assists, Jessie Holbrook, 12 assists.
Liane Norcutt and Tessa Kush, 4 aces each.
PT record: 3-4, (2-3).

Life Christian defeats PTHS in Nisqually League volleyball at PT on 10-3-05, 3 games to 2.
Scores: Life Christian wins 22-25, 17-25, 25-22, 25-23, 17-15.
PTHS stat leaders:
Tessa Kush, 19 kills.
Liane Norcutt and Brita Guthrie, 4 aces each.
Erica Amico, 3 blocks.
Brita Guthrie, 28 assists.
PTHS, 1-3 league, 2-4 overall.

PTHS VB loses to Sequim at Sequim on 9-26-05, scores: 25-20, 27-25, 25-23.
PT stat leaders:
Tessa Kush, 15 kills.
Jessie Holbrook, Liane Norcutt, Kristine Janssen, 1 ace each.
Erica Amico, Kristine Janssen, Krista Ellis, 5 blocks each.
Jessie Holbrook, 10 assists.
PT league record 1-2, overall 2-3.
Sequim league record 3-0.

Port Townsend placed 5th in the Eastside Catholic Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, September 24, 2005.
Match scores (PT scores first):
Archbishop Murphy, 25-19, 25-23.
Eastside Catholic, 20-25, 22-25.
Mt. Rainier, 23-25, 18-25.
Liberty, 25-13, 13-25.
Yelm, 25-15, 23-25.
PT stat leaders:
Kills: Tessa Kush, 25.
Assists: Jessie Holbrook, 23.
Aces: Kristine Janssen, 14.
Blocks: Erica Amico, 6.