Signal Mountain, Notre Dame Advance To 7-AA Final

Championship Will Be Determined Thursday At Signal Mountain

  • Tuesday, October 4, 2016
  • special report to chattanoogan.com

It will be a Signal Mountain-Notre Dame match in the finals of the District 7-AA volleyball tournament at Signal Mountain on Thursday evening after both teams advanced with semifinal wins on Tuesday.

Signal Mountain rolled past Grundy County in one semifinal while the Lady Fighting Irish eliminated Chattanooga Christian by a 3-1 margin.

CCS swept Bledsoe County by scores of 25-5, 25-9 and 25-1 in the first match of the day, but the Lady Chargers came up short against Notre Dame as the Lady Irish prevailed by scores of 25-15, 8-25, 25-21 and 25-18.

Grundy County had eliminated Sequatchie County by a 3-1 count, but were not so fortunate against the Lady Eagles as Signal Mountain prevailed by scores of 25-11, 25-4 and 25-7.

Thursday night's title match is set to begin at 6 p.m.

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN STATS VS. GRUNDY:

Elaine Redman -- 1 ace, 12 digs

Kate Barry -- 1 ace, 1 kill, 1 block, 9 assists

Mackenzie Lewis -- 2 aces, 9 kills, 5 digs

Hallie Hunt -- 1 ace, 9 digs

Maia Rackel -- 1 ace, 14 kills, 13 digs, 2 blocks

Sidney Lapinski -- 2 aces, 1 kill, 9 digs, 1 block, 27 assists

Olivia Powers -- 8 kills, 3 digs

Cora Hansen -- 6 kills, 1 dig, 1 block.

NOTRE DAME STATS VS. CCS:

Ally Mildenberger -- 18 digs, 2 kills, 1 ace

Sarah Desai -- 37 assists, 1 ace, 2 blocks

McKenzie Johnson -- 8 kills, 3 blocks

Tess Scobey -- 7 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs, 2 aces

Claire VanderWerf -- 8 kills, 2 blocks, 3 aces, 7 digs

Maggie Martin -- 5 kills

Kyla Mitchell -- 4 kills, 1 block.

CCS STATS VS. BLEDSOE:

Cassie Curry -- 20 aces, 3 kills, 8 digs

A.J. Johnson -- 16 kills, 1 ace, 5 digs

Anna Linkous -- 10 digs, 2 aces

Rachel Kay -- 16 assists

Bailey Lancaster -- 7 assists, 2 aces

Grace Logterman  -- 2 blocks, 1 kill

Brieanna Hemphill -- 6 kills 

Jenny Armao -- 5 kills

Annika Fischer -- 1 kill

Summer Jones -- 1 dig.

CCS STATS VS. NOTRE DAME:

Cassie Curry -- 6 kills, 2 aces, 16 digs, 1 assist

A.J. Johnson -- 15 kills, 9 digs

Anna Linkous -- 17 digs, 1 assist

Rachel Kay -- 15 assists, 2 aces

Bailey Lancaster -- 13 assists, 4 digs

Grace Logterman  -- 2 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks 

Brieanna Hemphill -- 6 kills

Jenny Armao -- 4 kills, 2 digs, 1 block

Annika Fischer -- 3 kills

Summer Jones -- 5 digs.

(Email John Hunt at nomarathonmoose@gmail.com)

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