All-staters Sadie Voss and Maci Farmer put up some big numbers as Jackson County Central claimed a 3-1 win over Mounds Park Academy in the semifinals of the state Class 2A volleyball tournament Friday at Xcel Energy Center.
Set scores were 25-21, 24-26, 25-13, 25-14.
MPA got out to a 4-0 lead in the first set, but JCC went on a 9-1 run to lead 9-5. With the Huskies leading 17-16, Jackson County Central ended the set on an 8-1 run with a kill by Georgianna Wenzel ending the set.
The Huskies trailed 10-7 in the second set before scoring eight straight to lead 15-10. JCC led 24-19, but the Panthers scored the final seven points to win.
Jackson County Central scored the first three points of the third set and had a 13-7 lead when MPA’s Lola Pilon was injured on her 13 kill of the match and did not return. Sadie Voss served the final three points of the set with the final point coming on an ace.
The Huskies led 5-2 in the fourth set before pulling away and leading by as many as 11 points at 24-13 allowing JCC to put reserves in the match as the Huskies played 13 players.
Voss had 32 kills and 20 digs and had three ace serves. Farmer put up 52 set assists, had 18 digs and was 10-for-10 serving with an ace.
Alexis O’Reilly also had 20 digs.
Jackson County Central, now 29-6, will play Sauk Centre (32-1) in the championship match at 3 p.m. Saturday. See separate newsletter.
JCC-MPA STATS
SERVING: Maci Farmer 10-10 (1 ace), Elese Paplow 2-2, Taylor Post 17-18, Emma Haren 20-23 (3 aces), Alexis O’Reilly 9-11, Sadie Voss 12-15 (3 aces), Georgianna Wenzel 16-18 (1 ace).
BLOCKS: Peyton Hanson 3, Georgianna Wenzel 2, Maci Farmer 1, Emma Haren 1, Taylor Post 1.
DIGS: Alexis O’Reilly 20, Sadie Voss 20, Maci Farmer 18, Georgianna Wenzel 12, Andria Benson 2, Emma Haren 2, Sydney Osterberg 2, Taylor Post 2.
SET ASSISTS: Maci Farmer 52, Alexis O’Reilly 4, Georgianna Wenzel 2, Erin Gallagher 1, Sadie Voss 1.
KILLS: Sadie Voss 32, Peyton Hanson 11, Emma Haren 8, Georgianna Wenzel 7, Maci Farmer 3, Taylor Post 2, Andria Benson 1.
STATE CLASS 2A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
At Xcel Energy Center
Thursday
Quarterfinals
Jackson County Central def. Annandale 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-19)
Mounds Park Academy def. Southwest Christian 3-2 (26-24, 20-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-11)
Hawley def. Cannon Falls 3-2 (25-21, 18-25, 13-25, 25-23, 15-11)
Sauk Centre def. Greenway 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 25-10)
Friday
Semifinals
Jackson County Central def. Mounds Park Academy 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-13, 25-14)
Sauk Centre def. Hawley 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-23)
Consolation semifinals
Southwest Christian def. Annandale 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-14, 25-22)
Cannon Falls def. Greenway 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-13)
Saturday
Championship
Jackson County Central (29-6) vs. Sauk Centre (32-1), 3 p.m.
Third place
Mounds Park Academy (27-5) vs. Hawley (28-6), 3 p.m.
Consolation championship
Southwest Christian (30-4) vs. Cannon Falls (28-6), 9 a.m.