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

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

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!

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.

Photo Update

New game photos are now available on the picasa site.

JCA-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBVarsityVsJolietCatholic?feat=directlink

Illiana- https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBVarsityVsIllianaChristian?feat=directlink

Benet Tourney-
Day 1-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBAtBenetTournamentDay1?dfeat=directlink

Day 2-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBAtBenetTournamentDay2?feat=directlink

Lake Park-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBVarsityVsLakePark?feat=directlinkOPRF-

OPRF-https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBVarsityVsOakParkRiverForest?feat=directlink

Brother Rice

The photos from the brother rice tournament are now available.

First Day: https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBAtSmackAttackTournamentDay1?feat=directlink 

Second Day:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111829085935219503308/SFVBAtSmackAttackTournamentDay2?feat=directlink

Benet Tournament Champions!

St Francis has won back –to back championships at the Benet Academy Tournament, and delivered the title with some outstanding team play! There were many hard-fought battles to get to the playoff round, and the Spartans overcame deficits and stepped up when the games were on the line to go undefeated for the tournament. Record improves to 22-7.

We won our pool by defeating Waubonsie Valley in 3 games (25-20, 24-26, 17-15),   Glenbard West (25-22, 17-25, 15-11), and Morton (27-25, 25-17). In each match, we came from behind near the end of one the games to deliver the match point win.

We finished 1^st in our pool, and had a Gold Division playoff match with Benet Academy, who finished 2^nd in their pool.  We lost a competitive first set 26-28, but came back with spirited wins in the next two games to win 25-18, 25-17.

In the championship match, we again faced Glenbard West, who had defeated Neuqua Valley in 2 sets. Their confidence lead them to a first game win 14-25; but the Spartans brushed it off and came back to deliver a strong 25-21 win in the second game. In game 3 the Spartans kept the lead most of the game, but allowed Glenbard West to slip past them and take a 22-24 lead.  Some magic was drawn up in the timeout huddle, and the Spartans cruised ahead with 4 unanswered points to take the game 26-24 and win the championship.

It was a true coming-of-age weekend for the Spartan team, where the Seniors lead the charge for their younger teammates, and won the matches in true team fashion. Hats off to the Seniors for delivering all weekend long!

Special shout-outs to Jack Mordell and Nick Konchel on being selected to the

All-Tournament team. We are proud of you both!!

Spartans vs. Illiana

Spartans over Illiana Christian:

St Francis hosted Illiana Christian and served up a dominating win, 25-11, 25-20.

Our record improves to 17-7.

Next up: Benet Tournament this weekend!

Congrats Jack Mo!

Congratulations to Jack Mordell on being named to the 2011 All Tournament Team for the Brother Rice Smack Attack. He continues the family tradition, as his brother Joe was named to the 2010 All Tournament Team. Very well deserved honor, Jack!