PIAA girls volleyball preview capsule: Freeport vs. Bald Eagle

By: HSSN Staff
Monday, November 6, 2017 | 10:21 PM

volleyball playoffs preview capsule

Class AA

PIAA 1st round

Freeport (21-3) vs. Bald Eagle (19-0)

5 p.m. Tuesday, Penn-Cambria

Winner plays: Corry or Avonworth

Service points: Freeport is making its fifth consecutive PIAA playoff appearance and seventh in the past eight seasons. The Yellowjackets lost in the quarterfinals in 2013 and '15 and fell 3-1 to North East in the first round last season. … The Yellowjackets saw their two-year streak of WPIAL championships end Saturday with a 3-2 loss to Beaver in the final. The deciding fifth set went to Beaver by a 15-13 score. … Senior libero Claire Crytzer leads Freeport, which spent much of the season at No. 1 in the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association's Class AA rankings. Courtney Grubbs starts at setter, with Ally DeJidas, Haley Graham, Sarah Hettich, Lauren Lampus and Hannah Mason the top hitters. … District 6 champion Bald Eagle is making its first PIAA playoff appearance since 2014, when the Lady Eagles lost in the first round to Beaver. … The Lady Eagles defeated former WPIAL school West Shamokin, 3-1, in the District 6 championship match to qualify for states. … Grace Hugar had a team-high 20 kills for Bald Eagle in the district championship match.

— Doug Gulasy

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