Highlight Reel: Hudsonville/Zeeland East
November 7, 2014
The Hudsonville volleyball team defeated Zeeland East 3-1 in a Class A District game Thursday. Click the headings below for MHSAA.tv highlights and the final link to watch the match in full.
VANHOOF WORKING OVERTIME - Zeeland East won the first set of this Class A District Semifinal against Hudsonville, 27-25. Alison VanHoof gets the Chix up by a point with this kill. Hudsonville won the next three sets to take the match.
ANDERSON DOWN THE SIDE - Hudsonville finished the second set with a 19-5 run to win, 25-9. Here's a nice play by Jennie Anderson going down the side for a point.
KILLER KELLER - Hudsonville went up 2-1 in the match against Zeeland East when Madilyn Keller attacked from the back row for the set point.
KELLER KNOCKS ANOTHER ONE DOWN - In the fourth set, here's Madilyn Keller again with a nice kill for Hudsonville against Zeeland East.
GREAT RALLY! - The intensity of tournament play shows in this point between Zeeland East and Hudsonville late in the fourth set in great defensive plays on both sides of the net.
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Mercy's Mruzik Adds National Accolade
April 15, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Farmington Hills Mercy senior Jess Mruzik has been awarded as Gatorade’s national “Player of the Year” after earlier earning the state award for the second-straight season.
Mruzik – who missed the start of the high school season while leading the U-18 Team USA squad to a world championship in Egypt – returned to Mercy and led the Marlins to the Division 1 championship, their first MHSAA Finals title in volleyball.
A 6-foot-1 outside hitter, Mruzik totaled 495 kills, 209 digs, 47 aces and 19 blocks with .635 kill and .540 hitting percentages. Mercy finished 59-1.
Mruzik also carries a 3.47 grade-point average and has participated in her school’s community clean-up effort and provided youth volleyball instruction as part of her club and local grade school programs. She has begun her studies at University of Michigan, where she will continue her volleyball career.
PHOTO: Farmington Hills Mercy’s Jess Mruzik winds up for a kill attempt during the fall’s Division 1 Final.