Girls Volleyball WPIAL Championship Preview

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

#3 CANON-McMILLAN (15-3) vs. #1 NORTH ALLEGHENY (15-1) at PETERS TOWNSHIP – 5 PM

#3 CANON-McMILLAN

QUARTERFINALS: def. #6 Penn-Trafford 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23). Natalie Carr had 22 kills and 13 digs. Abby Tucker had 13 kills and Josie Carter had 17 assists and 16 digs.

SEMIFINALS: def. #2 Seneca Valley 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-21). Natalie Carr had 11 kills and 7 digs, Cali Dagen added 8 kills, Olivia Gross tacked on 12 assists and 4 kills, Julia Murdy pitched in 11 digs, Sophia Powell had 11 digs, Josie Carter had 11 assists and 9 digs.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Julia Murdy, Olivia Gross, Natalie Carr, Abby Tucker, Josie Carter, Emily Lukasewicz, Cali Dagen

WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1 (2019)

#1 NORTH ALLEGHENY

QUARTERFINALS: def. #9 Hempfield 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-17)

SEMIFINALS: def. #4 Pine-Richland 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-19)

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Avery Butcher, Jamie Frisco, Mackenzie Jones, Molly Robertson, Kyra Schmidt, Caileigh Duffy, Marin Dunaway

WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 9 (1993, 1996, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)

2019 WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Canon-McMillan def. North Allegheny 3-2 in the 2019 WPIAL Championship. The loss for North Allegheny was the first in 3 years and ended a 65-game winning streak.