Thursday's roundup: Mount de Sales, Spalding reach IAAM volleyball final
From Sun Staff Reports
VOLLEYBALL
No. 8 Mount de Sales will be attempting something Saturday that no other Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland girls volleyball team has ever accomplished -- a 4-peat. Standing in their way is a familiar adversary, No. 2 Archbishop Spalding, last year’s finalist.
In Thursday’s A Conference semifinals, the Sailors (13-1) beat No. 10 St. Paul’s in straight sets, 25-21, 25-21, 25-19, and the Cavaliers (19-0) beat Notre Dame Prep, 25-18, 25-17, 25-15.
Mount de Sales will face Spalding in Saturday’s championship 5 p.m.at Roland Park.
The Sailors' Jodi Schneider and Taylor Beaumont each had 10 kills against St. Paul’s.
The Cavaliers' Kristen Seeba served a perfect 24-for-24 with 14 assists and nine kills against NDP. Jami Rombach added 12 kills and 10 assists for Spalding.
No. 1 Arundel def. Severna Park, 3-0: The Wildcats finished a perfect 13-0 as Shannon Wilks had 11 digs and Ashlyn Tapley had 10 kills.
Arundel beat the Falcons, 25-21, 25-14, 25-18.
No. 4 Broadneck def. Glen Burnie, 3-0: Ali Graf led the defense with 18 digs and Karlee Vaillant led the offense with six kills for the host Bruins (11-2).
Broandeck beat Glen Burnie, 25-22, 25-13, 25-13.
No. 7 Fallston def. Elkton, 3-0: Rachael Holehouse had 14 kills and Abby Claborn had 18 assists in the Cougars' (13-2) last regular season match.
Fallston won, 25-17, 25-16, 25-15. The Cougars face C. Milton Wright in Tuesday’s Upper Chesapeake Bay Conference championship at Patterson Mill at 7 p.m.
John Carroll def. Mercy, 3-0: Elise Adamson had 11 kills and Heather Dunn had five to power the Patriots (14-4) past the Magic in the IAAM B Conference semifinal.
John Carroll won, 25-18, 25-14, 25-21. The Patriots face Institute of Notre Dame, a 3-0 winner over Annapolis Area Chrisitan School, in Saturday’s championship at 2:30 p.m. at Roland Park.
FIELD HOCKEY
No. 3 South River 7, Arundel 0: Jennie Milligan had a hat trick and the host Seahawks (14-1) beat the Wildcats in the Class 4A East regional quarterfinals.
South River faces Chesapeake-AA, a 2-0 winner over Great Mills, in Monday’s regional semifinal.
No. 4 Hereford 8, Patapsco 0: Mary Claire Abbott had two goals and an assist to power the host Bulls (13-0) past the Patriots in Class 3A North.
Hereford faces Bel Air, a 7-0 winner over Aberdeen, Monday.
No. 10 Fallston 4, Bohemia Manor 0: Danielle and Nicole McDiarmid each scored goals for the host Cougars (11-2) in Class 1A North.
