All season long, Shadow Ridge girls volleyball coach Karissa Guthrie has talked to her Mustangs about character and toughness.
Girls Volleyball
Faith Lutheran’s girls volleyball team had to replace three starters, including two all-state players, from last season’s state championship team.
Palo Verde girls volleyball coach Phil Clarke admitted he had a few butterflies in his stomach before the Panthers met Legacy in the semifinals of the Sunset Region tournament Thursday at Silverado.
Coronado was playing perhaps its best volleyball at the right time heading into Thursday’s Sunrise Regional semifinals at Silverado.
Sierra Vista led 2-0 Thursday in the semifinals of the Division I-A Southern Region volleyball tournament at Sunrise Mountain, and the team’s leaders — Bailey Bergquist, Sydney Land and Bridgette Levi — had no plans of letting Boulder City breathe in the third set.
In the eyes of Basic girls volleyball coach Robin Wood, Tuesday’s first-round match in the Sunrise Region tournament was way too close for comfort.
Legacy volleyball coach Raymond Lewis called his team together in the final minute of warm-ups prior to the Longhorns’ Sunset Region quarterfinal match against Arbor View, the No. 1 seed from the Northwest League.
Lori Barnum always stresses practicing hard to her players because they never know when a similar situation might present itself in a match.
Ashley Smith, who has more than 300 kills for the Mustangs, can dominate a match. But she”s a better player because she can trust and rely on her teammates, said one opposing coach.
Hannah Goddard had 16 kills, and Sarah Goddard added 14 kills Thursday to help Arbor View’s girls volleyball team win its first league title with a 25-22, 25-17, 25-14 win over visiting Bonanza in a battle of the top two teams in the Northwest League.
Maggie Roe had 10 kills, and Tara Cox dished out 25 assists Wednesday to help Boulder City’s girls volleyball team clinch the Sunrise League title with a 17-25, 25-23, 25-10, 25-16 win over visiting Moapa Valley.
Sydney Berenyi had 21 kills and 14 digs Tuesday as Silverado’s girls volleyball team won the Northeast League title by downing host Las Vegas, 25-21, 25-17, 19-25, 25-20.
Carolyn Andrulis had 10 kills, five aces and nine digs Monday as Coronado’s girls volleyball team secured the Southeast League title with a 25-15, 25-5, 25-18 sweep of host Foothill.
White Pine’s girls volleyball team swept a pair of matches from host Mountain View on Saturday, winning 25-9, 25-20 and 25-11, 25-11.
Chesnee Harding had 12 kills and five aces in the opener and 11 assists, five aces and two digs in the nightcap Friday as Lincoln County’s girls volleyball team swept visiting Needles, 25-12, 25-14 and 25-18, 25-17.