Golden Tornado
Volleyball
Season Schedule
Butler - 3 North
Hills - 0
The Butler Boys Volleyball team began their 2010 season
at home by hosting the North Hills Indians.
The Tornado swept the match winning in all three games
by the scores of 25-13, 25-17 and 25-15. Seniors, Joshua
Houston (15 kills), Anthony Lewis (20 passes) and Spencer
Koehring (4 blocks) lead the way for Butler while Junior
Dustin DeFrancisis had 23 assist. The team continues section
play today traveling to Shaler to take on the Titans.
Butler - 3 Shaler - 2
The Butler Boys Volleyball team continued section play
traveling to Shaler to take on the Titans. Butler
pulled out a victory in the best of five match up, three
games to two. The 1st and 4th games went to Shaler 25-22,
25-23, while the 2nd, 3rd and 5th games to Butler 25-17,
25-18,15-13. Leading the way for the Tornado was Dustin
DeFrancisis with 32 assists, Mike
Dreher with 24 kills,
Spencer Koehring with 10 blocks and Anthony
Lewis with
22 passes.
Butler
- 3 Pine Richland -
0
Butler -
3 Pine Richland - 0
Butler - 3 Shaler - 0
Butler's Bill Roberts,
above, prepares to send the ball back across the net
as
Shaler's Neil Pilewsik defends during
Thursday's match. Roberts had 12 kills
and Dustin DeFrancis added
25 assists as the Golden Tornado
swept the Titans
25-17, 25-9, 25-15. Spencer Koehring added
five blocks for Butler (2-0).
The Butler JV team won 25-17, 22-25,
15-9.
Butler spikers claim tourney
Andrew Willison had
32 kills and Billy
Roberts 20 kills
and 16 blocks to spark the Butler volleyball team to
capturing the 12-team Norwin Tournament.
The Golden Tornado ended up No. 1 in their regular
pool, then were re-bracketed as the No. 2 seed. They
defeated
Latrobe and Bethel Park, then dropped a decision to Deer
Lakes.
As the No. 2 team entering the quarterfinals, Butler
defeated Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Hempfield by
1-0 scores
before avenging its loss to the Lancers in a 1-0 championship
final triumph.
Chris Geigle had
11 kills and 10 aces and Spencer
Goehring added 12 blocks for Butler.
Butler 3, Pine-Richland 0
Cody Moffatt had 16
kills, Billy Roberts had six blocks and Dustin
DiFrancisis had 16 assists
as the Tornado (3-0, 3-0) swept the Rams
25-19, 25-15, 25-15.
In JV play, Butler won 2-0 as Xavier
Krause and Steve Stauffer had 12 and 11 assists, respectively.
Past Volleyball events...
"It
feels good to be back in the playoffs. It feels great to
still be alive in the playoffs,"... Butler coach
Lew Liparulo
Head Coach:
Lew Liparulo
lew_liparulo@butler.k12.pa.us
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