Golden Tornado
Volleyball
2011
Volleyball
Butler - 3 North Hills - 1
Butler - 3 Shaler - 0
Butler - 3 Pine Richland -
0
Butler - 3 Hempfield - 0
Butler - 1 Fox Chapel - 0
Butler - 2 Penn Trafford -
1
Butler - 2 Central Catholic
- 0
Butler - 3 Bethel Park - 1
Butler - 3 Fox Chapel - 1
Butler - 3 North Hills - 0
Butler - 3 Pine Richland -
0
Butler - 3 Bethel Park - 2
March 30th, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
Butler - 3
North Hills - 1
The Butler Boys Volleyball team opened their
2011 season on the road traveling to North Hills.
The Butler
JV started the action by sweeping the Indians in two straight
games by the scores
of 25-12 and 25-20.
The Varsity continued Butler’s
winning ways by winning their match three games to one
by the scores of 25-14, 20-25, 25-13 and 25-20.
DeFrancisis recorded
30 assists for Butler, Mike Dreher had 15 kills and Dylan
Snodgrass had 12 passes to target.
Mike Dreher 15 Kills
Dylan Snodgrass 12 Passes
Dustin DeFrancisis 30 Assists
April 1st, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
Butler - 3 Shaler
- 0
The Butler Boys Volleyball team hosted the Shaler Titans
last night opening up their 2011 home schedule. The Butler
JV started the action by sweeping the Titan in two straight
games by the scores of 25-11 and 25-21. The Varsity continued
Butler’s winning ways by winning their match three
games to none by the scores of 25-12, 25-7 and 25-12. Dustin
DeFrancisis recorded 31 assists for Butler, Mike Dreher
had 22 kills and Dylan Snodgrass had 12 passes to target.
Mike Dreher 22 Kills
Dylan Snodgrass 12 Passes
Dustin DeFrancisis 31 Assists
April 2nd, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
Both Butler Boys Varsity and Junior Varsity Volleyball
teams participated in the North Hills invitation tournament
Saturday with both teams came away with the first place
trophy. The varsity went undefeated throughout pool play
while defeating North Hills and Seton SeSalle in the playoffs.
Mike Dreher had 22 kills, Xavier Krause had 19 kills and
Dustin DeFancisis had 94 assist for the day. The Jr. Varsity
went 6-2 in pool play and went on to defeat Moon, North
Hills and Seton LaSalle to win the championship.
Mike Dreher 22 Kills
Xavier Krause 19 Passes
Dustin DeFrancisis 94 Assists
April 5th, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
Butler - 3 Pine Richland - 0
The Butler Boys Volleyball traveled to Pine Richland last
night to take on the Rams.
Sweeping their best of five
matchup by the scores of 25-10, 25-10 and 25-8. Dustin
DeFrancisis recorded 52 assists, Mike Dreher had 12 kills
while Bill Smith had 5 blocks for the Tornado. Butler continues
section play Thursday night at home hosting the North Allegheny
Tigers.
Mike Dreher 12 Kills
Bill Smith 5 Blocks
Dustin DeFrancisis 52 Assists
Friday April 8th, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
The Butler Boys Volleyball team hosted Hempfield Friday
night. The varsity continued their winning ways by defeating
the Spartans in three straight games by the scores of 25-13,
25-19 and 25-17. Xavier Krause had 11 passes to target
and 14 digs while Dustin DeFrancisis, 25 assist, and Mike
Dreher, 12 kills, added to their respected team leading
totals. The JV lost their matchup by the scores of 22-25,
25-19 and 13-15.
Saturday April 9nd, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
The Butler Boys Varsity volleyball team participated in
the Fox Chapel invitation tournament Saturday. The varsity
went 10-2 overall throughout the day. In pool play they
went 5-1 defeated Peters Township, Plum and Bethel Park.
In the playoffs, Butler also went 5-1 defeated Fox Chapel
and Penn Trafford before capturing the championship against
Central Catholic in the finals 2-0.
April 14th, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
The Butler Boys Volleyball team continued section play
traveling to Fox Chapel to take on the Foxes.
The JV started the contest by losing their matchup in two
tight games by the scores of 24-26 and 23-25. The Varsity
won their best of five matchup 3 games to 1 by the scores
of 25-22, 24-26, 25-17 and 25-19. Mike Dreher and Xavier
Krause both had 11 kills a piece, Dustin DeFancisis had
39 assist and Dylan Snodgrass had 12 passes to target.
Butler goes back on the road today traveling to Bethel
Park to take on the Hawks.
Mike Dreher 11 Kills
Xavier Krause 11 Kills
Dylan Snodgrass 12 Passes
Dustin DeFrancisis 39 Assists
April 20th, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
The Butler Boys Volleyball team started the second half
of the 2011 season last night by hosting the North Hills
Indians. The JV started the contest by winning two straight
games by the identical scores of 25-20. The Varsity won
their best of five matchup 3 games to 0 by the scores of
25-17, 25-17 and 25-6. Mike Dreher had 10 kills, Dustin
DeFancisis had 26 assist, Xavier Krause had 10 passes to
target and Bill Smith stood tall at the net recording 5
block kills. Butler goes back on the road Tuesday traveling
to Shaler to take on the Titans
Mike Dreher 10 Kills
Xavier Krause 10 Passes
Dustin DeFrancisis 26 Assists
Bill Smith 5 Blocks
Butler - 3 Pine Richland - 0
Mike Dreher had 10 kills, Dustin DeFrancisis 17 assists
and Xavier Krause eight passes
to power Butler to a 25-11,
25-12, 25-3 victory over Pine-Richland.
The junior varsity team also won 25-13, 25-18.
Butler (9-2, 7-2)
May 17th, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
The Butler Boys Volleyball team began the first round
of the WPIAL playoffs last night by taking on Baldwin at
Seneca High School. The Tornado swept the match 3 games
to none by the scores of 25-20, 25-19 & 25-19. Dustin
DeFrancisis had 25 assists while Mike Dreher chipped in
10 kills and 9 passes to target and Xavier Krause 7 service
aces. Butler continues their playoff run Thursday night
at Deer Lakes High school taking on the winner of the Bethel
Park and Plum first round matchup.
Xavier Krause 7 Service Aces
Dustin DeFrancisis 25 Assists
Mike Deher 10 Kills & 9 Passes to Target
May 19th, 2011 Butler Boys Volleyball
The Butler Boys Volleyball team took on the #5 seeded
Bethel Park Hawks last night at Deer Lakes High School
in the second round of the WPIAL platoffs. The best of
five match up went back and forth all night but in the
end the Tornado came away with the match victory three
games to two by the scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-22, 23-25
and 15-12. Dustin DeFrancisis had a Butler high record
51 assists while Mike Dreher had 24 kills and Xavier Krause
and Nelson Johnson both had 15 passes to target. Butler
continues their playoff run playing in the semi finals
next Wednesday against the North Allegheny / Penn Hills
matchup.
Dustin DeFrancisis 51 Assists
Mike Deher 24 Kills
Nelson Johnson 15 Passes to Target
Xavier Krause 15 Passes to Target
Past Volleyball seasons
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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