Volleyball

Avonworth’s Juliana Geist receives a serve from Hopewell during the WPIAL Class 2A volleyball championship Saturday at Peters Township High School.
8 WPIAL girls volleyball teams advance to PIAA quarterfinals
November 5, 2025
The WPIAL sent 11 teams into the opening round of the 2025 PIAA girls volleyball playoffs and, following opening night on Tuesday, eight district teams are moving on to the state elite eight.

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Bentworth’s Ryan Moessner (10) celebrates with teammates after defeating OLSH, 3-1, in the WPIAL Class A boys championship game on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, at Highmark Stadium.
PIAA releases 1st round schedule for field hockey, soccer, girls volleyball playoffs
November 2, 2025
The PIAA playoffs will begin Tuesday for field hockey, boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball. The PIAA released the brackets on Sunday.

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Peters Township celebrates with the trophy after beating Pine-Richland in straight sets during the WPIAL Class 4A volleyball championship Saturday at Peters Township High School.
Peters Township sweeps Pine-Richland to win 1st WPIAL girls volleyball title
November 1, 2025
Peters Township won its first WPIAL girls volleyball championship Saturday, taking down Pine-Richland in three sets at AHN Arena.

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Beaver’s seniors celebrate with the trophy after beating Oakland Catholic in the WPIAL Class 3A volleyball championship Saturday at Peters Township High School.
Led by stellar senior class, Beaver sweeps Oakland Catholic for WPIAL 3A volleyball crown
Susan Pollins has spent nine years with the seniors on the Beaver girls volleyball team. The Bobcats coach believes any group coming behind them will have a high hurdle to clear to match what they’ve accomplished.

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Avonworth captains Julia Cernich and Jada Taylor (right) with the trophy after beating Hopewell in the WPIAL Class 2A volleyball championship Saturday Nov. 1, 2025 at Peters Township High School.
No. 11-seeded Avonworth caps playoff run with WPIAL Class 2A volleyball championship
Julia Cernich had enough of the five-set wars. If No. 11 seed Avonworth was going to win its first WPIAL Class 2A girls volleyball title Saturday against top-seeded Hopewell, the Antelopes wanted to do so in tidy fashion in the fourth set.

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Eden Christian Academy celebrates with the trophy after beating Serra Catholic in the WPIAL Class A girls volleyball championship Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at Peters Township High School.
Eden Christian tops Serra Catholic for 1st WPIAL girls volleyball title
Eden Christian Academy was firing on all cylinders late in its match against Section 5 rival Serra Catholic and earned a 3-1 victory Saturday afternoon in the WPIAL Class A championship at Peters Township’s AHN Arena.

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Greensburg Salem’s Grace Hayden plays against Franklin Regional on Oct. 2.
Rosters set for WCCA all-star volleyball
October 31, 2025
Rosters are finalized for the fourth annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association Girls Volleyball All-Star Match, set for 6 p.m. Nov. 18 at Ligonier Valley.

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Beaver’s Kayden Blinn blocks the shot of Mars’ Lily Javor during the WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball championship Nov. 2, 2024 at Peters Township High School.
2025 WPIAL girls volleyball championship preview: Familiar faces, newcomers seeking titles
Four champions will be crowned Saturday at the 2025 WPIAL girls volleyball championships at Peters Township’s AHN Arena.

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Pine-Richland players huddle up during a matchn against North Catholic on Oct. 7.
High school roundup for Oct. 29, 2025: Pine-Richland ends reign of 8-time state volleyball champ North Allegheny
October 29, 2025
North Allegheny’s eight-year reign as the top Class 4A girls volleyball team in Pennsylvania came to an end in the WPIAL semifinals Wednesday night.

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Seneca Valley goalkeeper Chase Good makes a save over Fox Chapel’s Shaif Zureikat on Sept. 9.
High school roundup for Oct. 28, 2025: West Allegheny, Seneca Valley reach WPIAL finals with upset wins
October 28, 2025
Harrison Murray scored the winning goal in the 60th minute, assisted by Anthony Mimna, as No. 8 West Allegheny continued its WPIAL boys soccer playoff run with a 1-0 victory over No. 5 Thomas Jefferson (17-3-1) in the Class 3A semifinals.

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Fox Chapel’s Emily McKee (left) celebrates with Lily McLaughlin after scoring against Plum during their WPIAL Class 3A semifinal Monday.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 29, 2025: Stretch of championship soccer at Highmark Stadium to kick off
This is the 12th time in 13 years that Highmark Stadium in Station Square has hosted the WPIAL soccer championships. The lone year it didn’t since 2013 was in the covid-affected year of 2020.

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Plum’s Aubrianna Collins bumps the ball against Gateway on Aug. 28 at Plum High School.
Senior class helps Plum volleyball tackle season’s challenges with gusto
October 25, 2025
Led by a talented eight-player senior class, the Plum girls volleyball team put together a solid season in its second year of competition in Class 4A.

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Burrell senior Meadow Keyes (left) and junior Mila Luff practice Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, at Burrell High School.
Burrell girls volleyball takes measured approach into WPIAL playoffs
October 20, 2025
For the first time in program history, the Burrell girls volleyball team will enter the WPIAL playoffs as a section champion.

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Members of the Pine-Richland girls volleyball team compete against North Catholic during a Spike Out Cancer event on Oct. 7, 2025, at Pine-Richland.
Pine-Richland volleyball takes pride in Spike Out Cancer efforts
October 18, 2025
When Angela Seman took over as head coach of the Pine-Richland girls volleyball team in 2021, she wanted to teach her players more than just the game.

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Franklin Regional’s Jaydn Tysarczyk with a kill against Greensburg Salem on Oct. 2, 2025 at Franklin Regional High School.
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff field finalized with 68 teams
October 17, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is over, and 68 district teams have clinched postseason berths.

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Franklin Regional’s Karyna Kohut plays against Greensburg Salem on Oct. 2.
WPIAL clinched: Girls volleyball playoff qualifiers and clinching scenarios through Wednesday
October 15, 2025
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has only one day remaining and 62 district teams have clinched a postseason berth.

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Greensburg Salem’s Grace Hayden plays against Franklin Regional on Oct. 2, 2025 at Franklin Regional High School.
WPIAL clinched: Girls volleyball playoff scenarios, qualifiers through Oct. 12, 2025
October 12, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is winding down with only one week remaining, and 58 district teams have clinched a postseason berth.

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North Allegheny’s Keely McMahon-Regan plays against North Catholic during the 2024 WPIAL Class 4A girls volleyball finals.
Senior standout sets stage for North Allegheny girls volleyball
October 11, 2025
This past summer, North Allegheny’s Keely McMahon-Regan worked at the NA girls volleyball camp for grade-schoolers.

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Greensburg Salem’s Alle Scarpa goes for a pass against Franklin Regional.
Greensburg Salem girls volleyball team poised to earn section title, sets sights on WPIALs
October 6, 2025
In 2006, Rachel Brannigan helped lead Greensburg Salem to its second WPIAL volleyball title. Nearly two decades later, Brannigan, now serving as coach, has her alma mater positioned to make a run at the WPIAL championship again.

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Aubrey Blank, right, gets a hand on an attempted kill by Fox Chapel's Emma DiRicco during a girls volleyball match Sept. 9, 2025 at Shaler. Sophie Spynda, left, was assisting on the block for the Titans.
WPIAL clinched: Girls volleyball playoff qualifiers through Oct. 5, 2025
October 5, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is winding down with two weeks remaining, and 25 district teams have clinched a postseason berth.

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