GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

WPIAL 4A SEMIFINALS

#3 North Catholic 3, #2 Canon-McMillan 2 (25-17, 14-25, 25-18, 22-25, 15-13)

Canon-McMillan (16-2)

Natalie Carr – 19 kills, 15 digs

Cali Dagen 11 kills, 15 digs

#1 North Allegheny 3, #4 Upper St. Clair 2 (25-21, 25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 15-11)

North Allegheny (16-1)

Molly Robertson – 28 kills, 13 digs

Alicia Mokube – 7 kills, 4 blocks

Macey Casten – 5 kills, 2 aces, 25 digs

Mack Jones – 5 kills, 15 assists, 13 digs

Keely McMahon-Regan – 27 assists, 3 blocks

Reagan Riordan – 26 digs, 3 aces

*advances to WPIAL Championship for 8th straight season, will take on #3 North Catholic on Saturday at 5 pm at Peters Township High School

by: Don Rebel

NORTH ALLEGHENY VOLLEYBALL HUNTING FOR ANOTHER REPEAT

Welcome to Semifinals Wednesday for Class 4A in the WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs.

Don’t be offended if a member of the North Allegheny girls volleyball team asks you to repeat something because they are experts when it comes to duplicating championship runs.

The Tigers won back-to-back WPIAL 4A titles in 2017 and 2018 and repeated again in 2020 and 2021.

NA defeated Canon-McMillan to win the 2023 crown a year ago and is now two victories from repeating for a third time in eight years.

Top-seed North Allegheny (15-1) will square off with No. 4 Upper St. Clair (13-5) in the second game of a Class 4A semifinals doubleheader at Peters Township.

Following a first-round bye, the Tigers swept past Armstrong in the second round, 3-0.

The Panthers own two straight 3-0 wins in the postseason, beating Fox Chapel in the opening round and Shaler in the quarterfinals.

In the first 4A final four match, No. 2 Canon-McMillan (16-1) is challenged by No. 3 North Catholic (15-2) at 6 p.m.

Both teams had first-round byes.

The Big Macs ousted Pine-Richland in three games while the Trojans swept past Peters Township, 3-0.

The WPIAL announced the Girls Volleyball pairings on Friday afternoon. The first round will begin tomorrow with five first round contests. The top three seeds in North Allegheny, Canon-McMillan and North Catholic received byes into the WPIAL Quarterfinals which will take place on Thursday. The WPIAL Semifinals is still TBA but we know the championship will occur on Saturday, November 2nd at Peters Township High School.

WPIAL FIRST ROUND – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

#9 Armstrong (11-4) at #8 Penn-Trafford (10-6) – 7 pm

#13 Fox Chapel (6-8) at #4 Upper St. Clair (11-5) – 7 pm

#12 Latrobe (10-4) at #5 Shaler (13-3) – 7 pm

#10 Hempfield (10-5) at #7 Pine-Richland (8-8) – 7:30 pm

#11 Kiski Area (9-7) at #6 Peters Township (12-4) – 7 pm

WPIAL QUARTERFINALS – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 (all times TBA)

Penn-Trafford/Armstrong winner at #1 North Allegheny (14-1)

Upper St. Clair/Fox Chapel winner vs. Shaler/Latrobe winner

Pine-Richland/Hempfield winner at #2 Canon-McMillan (15-1)

Peters Township/Kiski Area winner at #3 North Catholic (13-2)

The two teams that make the WPIAL Championship will qualify for the PIAA Tournament.

PLAYOFF SPOTS UP FOR GRABS ON LAST DAY OF VOLLEYBALL SEASON

One playoff spot is up for grabs in Class 4A. In Section 4, Kiski Area (4-5) hosts Fox Chapel (5-4). The Foxes have clinched and the Cavaliers would also advance with a victory since the two would have split head-to-head.