Shadow Ridge’s girls volleyball team won its first state title with a 26-24, 17-25, 25-12, 21-25, 15-9 victory over defending champion Bishop Gorman on Saturday.
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Whittnee Nihipali’s jump serve helped Shadow Ridge’s girls volleyball team rally from a five-point deficit in the fifth set and earn a 25-23, 25-27, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13 victory over Coronado in a state semifinal at Faith Lutheran on Friday.
Bishop Gorman rallied from a two-set deficit to clinch a state berth with a 18-25, 17-25, 25-14, 25-22, 15-5 win over Shadow Ridge in the Class 4A Sunset Region girls volleyball final at Durango on Friday.
Bishop Gorman knocked off Palo Verde, and Shadow Ridge beat Durango to set up their region title match Friday.
Down a pair of starters Tuesday night, the Palo Verde girls volleyball team rallied from a two-set deficit to stun Centennial, 21-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-23, 15-8 in a Class 4A Sunset Region quarterfinal at Bishop Gorman.
Shadow Ridge beat Durango in three sets to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Sunset Regional Tournament.
Kylie Gibson had 17 kills, four aces and two blocks to help Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team win the Class 4A Sunset League with a 19-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-15 home win over Durango on Friday night.
Lilly Hoff had 29 assists on Thursday to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team to a 25-18, 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 16-14 road win over Sierra Vista.
Eden Whitmore had 22 kills and Aria Messer had 34 assists to lead the Pirates to lead Moapa Valley’s vollyeball team to a 25-22, 14-25,15-25, 25-23, 15-8 home victory over The Meadows on Tuesday night.
Angelina Starck had eight kills and 12 assists, and Kylie Gibson added eight kills to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team to a 25-15, 27-25, 25-15 road win over Legacy on Wednesday.
Family and faith have helped Shadow Ridge’s Whittnee Nihipali become one of the state’s best volleyball players — a 6-foot-3-inch six-rotation hitter with devastating power and impregnable defense.
Jazmyne Walker had 14 kills, served up eight aces and had 17 digs for the Legacy girls volleyball team Monday to lead the Longhorns past the Bengals on the road, 25-6, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20.
Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team rallied to defeat Shadow Ridge in five sets, 25-18, 27-29, 21-25, 25-22, 15-10.
Naomi Harris had 26 kills and 10 digs as Durango’s girls volleyball team rallied for a 19-25, 25-18, 8-25, 27-25, 15-6 home victory over Palo Verde on Tuesday.
Naomi Harris had 16 kills and eight digs to lead Durangos girls volleyball team to a 25-21, 13-25, 25-19, 25-15 win at Legacy on Wednesday.