Class 3: Notre Dame-Logan-Rogersville

Notre Dame is the last winless team left in the Class 3 final four, but it has one last chance to change that tonight. The Bulldogs are about to take on Logan-Rogersville in their final pool-play match.

Logan-Rogersville is 1-3 so far tonight and still have a chance to make the title game if things fall exactly right. We know that Notre Dame will be playing for third place at 8:30 tomorrow.

The teams are taking the court.

Game one:

1-0 Logan. A tip for a kill gets things started.

2-2 tie. Setter Shannon Brennan serving for ND.

3-2 Logan. The quick set came a little too slow for Meghan Dohogne in the middle and the ball ended up hitting the floor on the ND side of the net.

5-3 Logan. Allyson Bradshaw with the kill for ND on the outside.

7-4 Logan. The Wildcats get a lucky ace on a serve that caught a lot of the net on the way over.

8-5 Logan. Chloe Blount is causing some trouble of ND in the middle. She just got her second monster kill of the game but was promptly subbed out after a rotation.

11-7 Logan. A Lindsay Strieker block leads to a ND point.

12-8 Logan. Tip goes down for ND.

13-9 Logan. Missed serve gives Notre Dame the ball back.

13-10 Logan. Dohogne gets a solo stuff in the middle.

13-11 Logan. Bradshaw kills an overpass.

13-12 Logan. The Bulldogs are back in this game.

The score on the scoreboard here has been wrong for a while, which is causing some confusion. Logan-Rogersville has had an extra point for a while now.

They've paused play to figure it out. It should be 15-13 Logan-Rogersville at this point. Meanwhile, the student sections are going at it in pretty entertaining fashion.

Logan-Rogersville to smaller ND section: "Where's your pep club?"

ND: "Where's your rings?"

Logan: "Let's play football."

We're finally back underway.

15-15 tie. Two points in a row bring the Bulldogs even.

16-15 Notre Dame. Dohogne ace gives Bulldogs the lead.

17-15 Notre Dame. After a hitting error by Logan-Rogersville, the Wildcats take their first timeout.

18-16 Notre Dame. I think it was Strieker and Bradshaw who combined on a stuff.

19-16 Notre Dame. Amy Wibbenmeyer with the kill.

20-18 Notre Dame. Ace for Logan-Rogersville.

20-19 Notre Dame. Timeout for Notre Dame.

21-19 Notre Dame. Strieker got a block then followed it up with a kill on an overpass.

21-21 tie.

22-21 Notre Dame. Strieker to serve.

22-22 tie. Logan-Rogersville gets a good swing and a kill out of serve receive, if that makes sense.

23-22 Logan. Dohogne stuffed outside.

23-23 tie. Dohogne with the kill this time and from the back side.

24-23 Logan. Wildcats tip around double block.

24-24 tie.

24-25 Logan. Blout out of the middle with the kill.

25-25 tie. Missed serve by Logan-Rogersville.

26-25 Logan. Missed serve by ND

26-26 tie. Strieker with a kill.

27-26 Notre Dame.

27-27 tie. Blout again in the middle, but she has rotated out of the game again.

28-27 Logan. Wildcats tip again.

29-27 Logan. The Wildcats get Bradshaw with a block to seal the win. Both teams played well, particularly at the end, which made it a fun game to watch. We'll see how Notre Dame is able to respond.

Game two:

The student sections are still going at it in the most fun of ways in the stands. Very entertaining.

2-2 tie. Logan-Rogersville misses a serve to even things up after Dohogne got in the net to give the Wildcats a sideout.

4-3 Logan. Blount again with the kill.

4-4 tie. And Logan again with a missed serve.

6-5 Notre Dame. Kate Edwards with a kill on the outside.

7-7 tie. The Notre Dame cheering section has now taken the initiative to move directly behind the Logan-Rogersville section to deliver the message, "Now you hear us."

Logan: "Still can't hear you..."

8-8 tie. Soft set from the back row into the middle of the court works for ND.

ND student section goes back to where it came from.

Logan-Rogersville: "Na, Na, Na, Na. Na, Na, Na, Na, Na. Hey, hey, hey. Good bye."

11-9 Notre Dame. Alyssa Ruopp to serve.

13-9 Notre Dame. In a reversal of roles, Dohogne sets Brennan, who gets a kill.

Timeout Logan-Rogersville.

13-10 Notre Dame. Kill goes down untouched for Logan-Rogersville.

14-12 Notre Dame. Dohogne finds a hole for a soft shot and gets the kill.

15-13 Notre Dame. Bradshaw with a kill.

16-15 Notre Dame.

17-16 Notre Dame. Bulldogs caught in the net.

19-17 Notre Dame. Hitting error for Logan-Rogersville.

19-18 Notre Dame. Kill from Logan on the outside.

19-19 Notre Dame. Dohogne stuffed on the outside.

20-19 Logan. Timeout Notre Dame.

20-20 tie. Dohogne with a kill on the outside. Ruopp to serve.

21-20 Notre Dame.

21-21 tie. Dig goes out of bounds for ND.

22-21 Notre Dame. Amy Wibbenmeyer with a kill.

23-21 Notre Dame. Hitting error by Logan-Rogersville

Timeout Logan-Rogersville.

23-22 Notre Dame. Blount with a kill. Why they don't get the ball to her more, I do not know.

24-23 Notre Dame.

24-24 tie.

25-24 Notre Dame. Bradshaw attack unreturned.

26-24 Notre Dame. Strieker with a kill to end it.

I'm not sure how the tiebreaker would have worked out, but Notre Dame may have just kept Logan-Rogersville out of the championship game.

We'll see a rematch of this wonderful match for third match. Should be a good match.

I'm off to talk to ND players and coaches.