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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

Providence Sweeps its Way to First Volleyball State Title

Top-ranked Providence swept its way through this year’s
Class 2A volleyball state tournament defeating unranked
Hammond Bishop Noll, 25-18, 25-15, 25-20, in the final
match at Ball State University’s Worthen Arena.

It was the first volleyball state championship for Providence
(36-4), a school of 492 students in Clarksville, Ind. just
north of Louisville, Ky. It was the school’s seventh appear-
ance in the state finals and comes on the heels of last
year’s runner-up finish in this match.
After losing its fourth match of the year on Sept. 25, Provi-
dence swept through its final 17 opponents, 44-0.
Taylor Wilson led Providence with 14 kills in the match fol-
lowed by Haley Libs with 11. Wilson was in on seven blocks
while Libs led all with 15 digs. Patricia Mattingly led the
Pioneers with 33 assists. Bishop Noll’s Carly Cappello led
the Warriors with 14 kills.

Terri Purichia guided the Pioneers to the school’s best sea-
son with only three seniors while the future also looks bright
for the young Bishop Noll squad with only four seniors on its
roster. The Warriors were the only newcomer to this year’s
state championship matches and finished 30-10 under head
coach David Rodriguez.
Barr-Reeve Finally Breaks Through for State Championship

Barr-Reeve made its own history in defeating Lafayette
Central Catholic, 3-1, in the IHSAA Class A Volleyball state
championship match at Worthen Arena in Muncie.
The second-ranked Vikings (38-2) took the first two games
of the match before finishing off the No. 6 Knights in the
fourth for a 25-17, 25-22, 19-25, 25-21 victory to become
the first Barr-Reeve team to win a state championship.
Their title finally arrived after the school settled for the
runner-up spot three times in 1998, 2001 and 2008. It was
the Vikings’ fifth appearance in the volleyball state finals.
Barr-Reeve, a school of 213 students in Daviess County
in southwestern Indiana, scored on 50% of their attempts
for the match including a 61% mark in the opening game.
Central Catholic staved off elimination winning Game 3
hitting 57% and forcing 12 Barr-Reeve hitting errors.
Hania Sisco lead the Vikings with 19 kills for a .286 hitting
percentage while Tiara Kenny converted on 10 kills. Jenna
Knepp, the mental attitude award winner, assisted on 36 of
those and Hannah Bullock dug out 26 attempts on defense.
Cameron Onken had 18 kills and Emily Denhart 13 for
Lafayette Central Catholic.
It was Barr-Reeve’s fourth win over a top six opponent in
their last five matches under coach Amber DoCoursey.
Central Catholic, which was making its fourth appearance
including the 2010 state championship under coach Brad
McCarter, finished 28-11.
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