The season comes to a close…

St Francis finished off the season with 2 strong performances, defeating Metea Valley on Tuesday night in 2 games, and giving Glenbard East a tough fight for the Regional Title on Wednesday at home. The Spartans came up short, losing to Glenbard East in 3 sets, but delivered a gutsy performance, coming from behind several times to close the gap.

There were several seasonal highlights:

*Winning the Benet Invitational:  Spartans went 5-0 for the tourney

*Beating Benet Academy twice

*Defeating Glenbard West 3 times out of the 4 matches played

*Runner-Up at the Glenbard East Springfest Tournament:  Spartans went 4-1 for tourney

Another great season for Coach Lynch and Assistant coaches Ston and Roschmann.

Thanks to the Mordell family for going above and beyond all season long for this great group of boys and their families.

Photos from Regional semi-finals vs Metea:

https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBRegionalVsMeteaValley?feat=directlink

Photos from Regional Final vs Glenbard East:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBRegionalFinalVsGlenbardEast?feat=directlink

Soph Photos

Link to the Lt game photos-
https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBSophsVsLyonsTownship?feat=directlink

 Link to the Providence photos-

https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBSophsVsProvidenceCatholic?feat=directlink

Varsity photo update

Here are new photo albums from the recent varsity games…

LT-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBVarsityVsLyonsTownship?feat=directlink

Providence Catholic-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBVarsityVsProvidenceCatholic?feat=directlink

Senior Night-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBSeniorNight2011?feat=directlink

Wheaton Academy-
https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBVarsityVsWheatonAcademy?feat=directlink

Frosh photos

Mr. Shearer has updated his picasa web album with plenty of pictures. See them here-
https://picasaweb.google.com/shearerskip/BoysFroshVBall2011?feat=directlink#

Also, here is the link to the boys LT game.
https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/20110518FroshVsLT?feat=directlink

Spartans Finish Season 23-12.

Next Up:  Regional playoffs at St. Francis. Spartans play Tuesday 5/24 at 6:30, with winner advancing to Wednesday’s 4:30 match.

Wheaton (@St Francis) Regional:

Monday, May 23

Match 1 at 6:30pm:  Metea Valley (13) vs. Proviso East (20)

Match 2 at 7:30pm:  Naperville Central (12) vs. Oswego East

Tuesday, May 24

Match 3 at 6:30pm:  St. Francis (4) vs Winner Match 1

Match 4 at 7:30pm:  Glenbard East (5) vs. Winner Match 2

Wednesday, May 25

Match 5 at 4:30pm:  Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4

Come out and support your Spartans at Home!

Sophs vs. Providence

The sophomore Spartans squeaked by the Providence Celtics in a close 3 game match.  Game one never saw either side take a commanding lead. With a one point lead it appeared that the Spartans were going to claim the game but a wide hit and two kills in a row the Celtics took the 1st game 25-27.  Not discouraged, the Spartans came back in game two. Taking advantage of the numerous Celtic short serves, the Spartans took the lead 15-14 and never looked back.  A strong decisive kill ended the game 25-17.  Game 3 was closer than the previous game and laced with strong blocks, saves and a few touch kills.  The Spartans took game three 25-22

Sophs vs Warriors

The St.Francis sophomores sailed past the Wheaton Academy Warriors Friday evening and put another check in the win column with a two game sweep. Game one was peppered with half a dozen kills and three aces that sealed the game 25-10.  Game two began with a strong double block that set the tone for the game. A couple of tips and two short serves by the warriors to close the game gave the Spartans the match with a 25-14 win.

Brother Rice Tourney

Here is a link to the photos from the Brother Rice freshman tourney:

https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/20110514BRFroshTourney?feat=directlink

Spartans over Wheaton Academy

The Spartans bring home a 2 set victory (25-18, 25-15) over Wheaton Academy on Friday night. The team celebrated the win and Mr Lynch’s birthday at Pal Joeys after the match.  Thanks to Mrs. Shulski for the rear view mirror volleyballs!

We will kick off a busy week of volleyball with Senior Night on Monday, May 16^th before the varsity match vs. Providence. Go Spartans!

Spartan Record now 22-10

Coming off a great run at the Benet Tournament, the team endures a tough string of away game losses against Lake Park, Oak Park-River Forest, and Glenbard West. Thanks to all the team members whose generosity stocked the shelves of the People’s Resource Center food pantry.

Next Up: Wheaton Academy at Home.