Welcome to Day 2 of the TSSAA State Volleyball Tournament.
Here are the latest updates.
Update #5
Catholic fell to Portland (43-7) in five sets on Wednesday afternoon, 25-16, 17-25, 19-25, 25-21, 13-15.
The Lady Irish (25-9) dropped into tonight’s final semifinal match, where the winner will advance to Thursday’s 1:30 p.m. CT championship match at MTSU against Portland. Catholic, tonight, will face either Camden or East Hamilton in the semifinal match.
Update #4
Concord Christian eliminated Harding Academy 22-25, 25-20, 25-11, 25-21, to advance to the Division II-A state championship on Thursday to face Webb School of Knoxville — the five-time defending state champion.
Update #3
After a marathon of a day on Tuesday that featured two five-set matches, Heritage survived and advanced. They won a five-set match Tuesday night that ended at 12:05 a.m. Central time just to make it to Day 2.
But that’s where their state-tournament debut ended. Heritage, which needed to win three times today to make it to Thursday’s Class AAA state championship, lost in their opening match Wednesday 25-20, 27-25, 25-12, to Houston.
Update #2
Webb School of Knoxville, which is shooting for its sixth consecutive state title, will get that chance via its 3-0 victory over Harding Academy on Wednesday morning. Webb won 25-11, 25-15 and 25-18 to coast into Thursday’s Division II-A Championship match, where they’ll face either Harding Academy or Concord Christian. Those two teams play at 1 p.m. CT on Wednesday in the final semifinal.
Update #1
South Greene eliminated Gatlinburg-Pittman from the Class A state tournament this morning via a 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18 victory.
DAY ONE COVERAGE by Dave Link … https://www.5starpreps.com/articles/webbs-title-defense-begins-in-victory-catholic-snags-two-wins-concord-g-p-heritage-updates/