Volleyball
WPIAL Girls Volleyball Semifinals Recaps 2016
November 4, 2016
There have been very few surprises in the district girls volleyball postseason as three #1-seeds and all four #2-seeds have reached the championship finals. The lone exception is 4-A's #8-seed, defending champion Baldwin, who is joined by fellow 2015 champs Freeport and Bishop Canevin in the title matches on Saturday. Here are the summaries from Semifinals Thursday in the 2016 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs. Special thanks to Sean Meyers, Kevin Zielmanski, Steve Nagler, Rob Longo, Sam Hall, Josh Rowntree and James Dotson for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS 4-A Semifinals:WPIAL Girls Volleyball Quarterfinals Recaps 2016
November 2, 2016
When the higher seeds win a lot in a tournament, they refer to it as 'chalk'. Thus far, there has been chalk talk a plenty as the postseason continues to be void of upsets except for a few exceptions. 16 of the 16 teams headed to the district Final Four were top four seeds in their class. One big exception is the top-seed in Class 4-A was ousted in Round Two. Here are summaries from the 16 Quarterfinals on Tuesday with all of the matches available on archive on The Network. A special thanks to Andy Stanko, Cory Campano, Mike Azadian, Kevin Zielmanski, Sam Hall, James Dotson, Sean Meyers, Lou Rood, Greg Kuntz, Lee Mohn, Randy Gore, Sean Saputo, Rob McKinney and Kyle Dawson for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS 4-A Quarterfinals:
WPIAL Alum Q&A – Kelly Reynolds
October 31, 2016
While the Upper St. Clair girls volleyball team was capturing a playoff victory last week, a former Panther continued her historic run at Juniata College. Kelly Reynolds, previously a stalwart for USC and now for the Eagles, is this week's featured athlete for the WPIAL Alum Q&A. Reynolds' resume at Upper St. Clair includes three years as a starter for the Panthers. In all three of those campaigns, she also earned First-Team All-Section honors, while she was a Second-Team All-WPIAL performer as a junior and senior.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/30/2016
October 30, 2016
The month of October ends on a spooky note, but thinks pick up at the start of November with exclusive coverage of the WPIAL fall sports postseason this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The 2016 district football postseason kicks off with 32 opening round games starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/23/2016
October 23, 2016
The final seven days of the tenth month of the year heats up as the mercury drops as the fall sports postseason kicks into full gear this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The 'Stretch Run' of the high school football season concludes with Week Nine and The Network has 30 WPIAL football weekend contests starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the WPIAL Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.FINAL 2016 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Standings
October 21, 2016
Here are the FINAL WPIAL girls volleyball standings for the 2016 season...plus the FINAL WPIAL playoff picture with postseason clinchings and eliminations. Standings will be updated daily through the regular season, leading up to MSA Sports EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2016 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs in October. Also, don't forget to click on the Hometown Broadcast Program tab under High Schools for information on this falls MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program and tune in for the Hometown Girls Volleyball Show on Monday nights at 7:00pm here on MSA Sports. Only section record is shown. Click on the team to see their section results and remaining section schedule. MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program teams are capitalized.Bishop Canevin Hometown Volleyball Broadcast Recap
October 19, 2016
Tuesday night brought forth an incredibly emotional and hard fought volleyball match as the undefeated Fort Cherry Rangers traveled to Bishop Canevin to take on the Crusaders. Bishop Canevin came into the match at 11-1 in the section, with their only loss coming earlier in the year at Fort Cherry, where they were swept 3-0 in straight sets. Things turned out quite differently on Tuesday as Bishop Canevin rallied behind it’s home crowd and took down the Rangers in 5 exciting sets 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 17-25, 15-9)
Chartiers-Houston Hometown Volleyball Broadcast Recap
Prior to Chartiers-Houston’s Class 1A Section 3 matchup with Burgettstown at home Tueday, Oct. 18, the Lady Bucs took a step back to honor the seniors on the team on Senior Night. Chartiers-Houston recognized the two seniors on the roster for Burgettstown, Claudia Werner, who didn’t play in the match due to injury, as well as Paige Sherman. Then the attention turned to the three honorees for the Lady Bucs, Raven George, Macie Kesneck and Jala Youngblood-Walker.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/16/2016
October 16, 2016
We head into the second half of October, which means the transition from regular season to postseason begins in high school volleyball and soccer this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The 'Stretch Run' of the high school football season continues with Week Eight and The Network has 30 WPIAL football weekend contests starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the WPIAL Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.
Moon Tigers Hometown Volleyball Broadcast Recap – 10/13/2016
October 13, 2016
At Moon high school in Hometown Volleyball action the Moon Tigers beat their section Rival the Canon McMillan Big Macs three sets to one to win their first section match of the year Thursday evening. In the first set it was back and forth and more of a defensive game. Both teams scored off of each other's mistakes. Neither team could get their offense working. It was tied 13 times, and no team led by more than 3 until the Big Macs led 20-17. The Moon back court of Libero Raquel Richards and Ashley Sleva both seniors led the way for the Tigers. Moon would come on strong at the end scoring 9 of the last 13 points to win 26-24 to go up 1-0.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Volleyball – 10/13/2016
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls volleyball rankings in all four classifications for the week of October 10th...including another NEW #1 team in Class 4-A. You can check out the new rankings every Thursday through the regular season with weekly matches heard live and archived, including Hometown Volleyball broadcasts each week. You can also listen to exclusive coverage of the 2016 WPIAL Volleyball Playoffs in October ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. Section records listed. WPIAL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CLASS 4-A: 1) OAKLAND CATHOLIC EAGLES (10-0) (Last Week #2)
South Side Rams Hometown Volleyball Broadcast Recap – 10/12/2016
October 12, 2016
The Lady Rams of South Side battled hard and hung tough against the visiting Trojanettes of Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic, but fell short 3-1 (25-14, 24-26, 25-13, 25-16) in a Class 2A Section 2 clash. South Side jumped to an early lead in the opening set. Sophomore Rachel Pieto's back-to-back aces to start the match gave the Lady Rams the early momentum. CWNC would battle back with their own success from the service line. The Trojanettes recorded six of their 18 service aces in the first set, four coming from Sammy Robb, and took the opening stanza 25-14.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/10/2016
October 10, 2016
We open up a busy October with a bang with high school football, soccer, volleyball, field hockey, golf and even hockey this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The high school football season kicks off the second half of the regular season with Week Six and The Network has 31 WPIAL football weekend contests starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the WPIAL Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Volleyball – 10/06/2016
October 6, 2016
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls volleyball rankings in all four classifications for the week of October 3rd...including a NEW #1 team in Class 4-A. You can check out the new rankings every Thursday through the regular season with weekly matches heard live and archived, including Hometown Volleyball broadcasts each week. You can also listen to exclusive coverage of the 2016 WPIAL Volleyball Playoffs in October ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. Section records listed. WPIAL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CLASS 4-A: 1) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (6-0) (Last Week #2) 2) OAKLAND CATHOLIC EAGLES (8-0) (Last Week #3)Freeport Yellow Jackets Hometown Volleyball Broadcast Recap – 10/06/2016
The 4A standout Armstrong River Hawks traveled to Freeport on Wednesday night to face The Freeport Yellow Jackets. A 2A conference team doesn’t seem like the proper title for Freeport as they gave Armstrong everything they could handle. Armstrong took the match in 4 competitive sets (27-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-17). This non-conference bout featured two teams who already looked primed and prepared toward the WPIAL Playoffs.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/03/2016
October 3, 2016
We open up a busy October with a bang with high school football, soccer, volleyball, field hockey, golf and even hockey this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The high school football season kicks off the second half of the regular season with Week Six and The Network has 31 WPIAL football weekend contests starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the WPIAL Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Volleyball – 09/29/2016
September 29, 2016
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls volleyball rankings in all four classifications for the week of September 26th...including a NEW #1 team in Class 1-A. You can check out the new rankings every Thursday through the regular season with weekly matches heard live and archived, including Hometown Volleyball broadcasts each week. You can also listen to exclusive coverage of the 2016 WPIAL Volleyball Playoffs in October ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. Section records listed. WPIAL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CLASS 4-A: 1) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (6-0) (Last Week #1)
Baldwin Highlanders Hometown Volleyball Broadcast Recap – 09/27/2016
September 27, 2016
Baldwin came into the season the two-time defending WPIAL Girls Class AAA volleyball champions. They were also riding a 40-match winning streak against WPIAL opponents. Both of those facts meant that Baldwin hadn’t lost much over the last two seasons, let alone get swept in straight sets, but that’s what happened in this match as the Black Hawks came on the road and took all three games in this 4A Section 2 matchup at Baldwin. The first set started as a back-and-forth game and was tied at 5-5 before Bethel Park went on a 5-0 run and never trailed again in posting a (25-21) victory. Maddie Sgattoni paced Baldwin in the opening game with 5 kills and an ace, but Bethel Park used consistent hitting and serving from Stephanie Kazalas to capture the win.
WPIAL Alum Q&A – Catherine Ferragonio
September 26, 2016
While Norwin's girls basketball team has garnered headlines recently for winning back-to-back WPIAL championships, the Knights' girls volleyball program has been very accomplished in recent seasons, as well. Just a few years ago, Norwin's Catherine Ferragonio established herself as one of the top players in the district, and helped guide the Knights to a section crown and playoff success. Now, Ferragonio is showing her abilities at Clarion University. She's profiled in this week's installment of the WPIAL Alum Q&A.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/25/2016
September 25, 2016
We close out the month of September and welcome in what will be a busy October with our first WPIAL championship of the new school year this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The high school football season hits the midway point of the regular season with Week Five and The Network has 31 WPIAL football weekend contests starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the WPIAL Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.
