Murfreesboro area fall sports Week 7 top performers: PCA tops MTCS in region finals
Providence Christian's volleyball team defeated rival MTCS for the second consecutive time, this one coming in the region finals Thursday.
The Lady Lions swept the Lady Cougars 3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-18) after the previous three matches (including PCA's district championship win) went five sets.
PCA earns a bye in the first round of the DII-A state round of 12 and will play on Saturday, Oct. 14 in the round of eight. MTCS will host a round of 12 contest Tuesday against Tipton Rosemark.
THURSDAY
Volleyball
Lily Watson, MTCS: Had 14 kills in a 3-0 loss to PCA in the region finals.
Haley Hudson, MTCS: Had 32 assists and 15 digs.
Anna Clay Shirley, MTCS: Had 12 kills, 13 digs and two aces.
Jada Burns, MTCS: Had eight kills.
McKenna Shotwell, PCA: Had 22 kills, 19 digs and four aces in a 3-0 win over MTCS in the region finals.
Sadie Kroeger, PCA: Had 18 kills, 17 digs and an ace.
Lillie Meinhart, PCA: Had 38 assists, 16 digs, four blocks and two aces.
Kayte-Madison Bjornstad, PCA: Had nine blocks.
TUESDAY
The volleyball teams from Middle Tennessee Christian and Providence Christian will play again, and this time for the DII-A region title.
The Lady Cougars swept Goodpasture 3-0 in one region semifinal while the Lady Lions downed DCA 3-0 in the other.
The two teams will play Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at PCA in the region finals. Both teams have already secured state round of 12 berths.
Eagleville's volleyball team captured the District 6-A championship with a 3-0 win over Forrest and will play Sale Creek in the region semis.
The Central Magnet volleyball team won the 8-AA championship with a 3-1 win over Community.
Volleyball
Haley Hudson, MTCS: Had 33 assists, becoming the school's all-time leader and surpassing 3,000 in her career in a 3-0 win over Goodpasture in the region semifinals. She also had 12 digs.
Anna Clay Shirley, MTCS: Had 10 kills and 17 digs.
Addison Burks, MTCS: Had 31 digs and three aces.
Jada Burns, MTCS: Had 13 kills.
Lily Watson, MTCS: Had 10 kills and two aces.
Lillie Meinhart, PCA: Had 33 assists, eight digs, four kills, three aces and two blocks in a 3-0 win over DCA in the region semifinals.
McKenna Shotwell, PCA: Had 25 kills, 25 digs and two aces.
Sadie Kroeger, PCA: Had 15 kills, 22 digs and an ace.
Soccer
Joanna LaForte, MTCS: Scored a goal in a 6-1 loss to Cannon County.
Taylor Genova, Stewarts Creek: Scored two goals in a 4-4 draw with Summit.
Camryn Merryman, Stewarts Creek: Had a goal and an assist.
Lillian Opie, Stewarts Creek: Scored a goal.
MONDAY
Providence Christian and Middle Tennessee Christian both advanced in the DII-A region volleyball tournament Monday, securing both spots in the state's round of 12.
The Lady Lions defeated Davidson Academy 3-0 and the Lady Cougars topped Friendship Christian to both advance to the region semifinals.
MTCS will play defending state champ Goodpasture and PCA will battle DCA on Tuesday, with both matches being at PCA.
Central Magnet's volleyball team advanced in the 8-AA tournament, sweeping Marshall County 8-0.
Volleyball
Anna Clay Shirley, MTCS: Had 15 kills, nine digs an an ace in a 3-0 win over Friendship Christian in the region quarterfinals.
Haley Hudson, MTCS: Had 31 assists, nine digs and two kills.
Addison Burks, MTCS: Had 28 digs and three aces.
Lily Watson, MTCS: Had 10 kills and two blocks.
Jada Burns, MTCS: Had nine kills and a block.
Sadie Kroeger, PCA: Had 15 kills, eight digs, a block and two aces in a 3-0 win over Davidson Academy in the region quarterfinals.
McKenna Shotwell, PCA: Had 12 kills, 25 digs and three aces.
Lillie Meinhart, PCA: Had 16 assists, 16 digs, five blocks, five aces and three kills.
Blair Kidd, PCA: Had 14 assists, eight digs and two aces.
SATURDAY
Oakland's volleyball team won the District 8-AAA tournament championship for the second consecutive season Saturday at Rockvale.
The Lady Patriots swept through the tourney, defeating Blackman 3-0 in the semifinals and then knocking off Siegel 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-13) in the championship match.
"We've been working for this for years, since our freshman year," said Oakland senior Elisa Fries, who was named the district's regular-season MVP. "It's been a long road, but we're very proud that we made history, especially last year. We're so glad we carried it over to this year."
Siegel reached the finals with a 3-2 win over Rockvale in the semifinals. Blackman defeated Riverdale 3-2 in the opening round of the tourney.
After taking fall break off, the Lady Patriots and Lady Stars will battle in the Region 4-AAA tournament the following week.
Postseason superlatives were also awarded following the championship match. The include:
ALL DISTRICT: Blackman: Molly Teague, Jordan Krise, Annabelle Grissom (honorable mention); Riverdale: Alyssa Burns, Ashlee Smith, Taylah Upshaw (honorable mention); Rockvale: Adison Winterbauer, Autumn Harris, Tara Stewart (honorable mention); Siegel: Cate Schroer, Madison Lansdown, Amelia Renshaw, Presley Knowles (honorable mention); Oakland: Taylor Baron, Bailey Grant, Amelia Keating, Alyssa Amuzu (honorable mention).
District MVP: Elisa Fries, Oakland.
Coach of the Year: Macie Pringle, Blackman.
ALL-TOURNAMENT: Blackman: Annabelle Grissom, Molly Teague (honorable mention); Riverdale: Lillie Beasley, Ashlee Smith (honorable mention); Rockvale: Kamaria Murray, Sarah Donahue (honorable mention); Siegel: Madison Lansdown, Cate Schroer, Amelia Renshaw (honorable mention); Oakland: Elisa Fries, Amelia Keating, Alyssa Amuzu (honorable mention).
Tournament MVP: Taylor Baron, Oakland.
Volleyball
Elisa Fries, Oakland: Had 13 kills, 15 assists, 13 digs and two aces in a 3-0 win over Siegel in the 8-AAA championship match.
Taylor Baron, Oakland: Combined for 46 digs and six aces in two district tournament matches.
Bailey Grant, Oakland: Had 25 assists and four aces in a 3-0 win over Blackman.
Amelia Keating, Oakland: Had 10 kills in a win over Blackman.
Cate Schroer, Siegel: Combined for 28 kills, nine aces and 18 digs in two district tournament matches.
Madison Lansdown, Siegel: Combined for 48 digs in two matches and surpassed 1,000 for her career during the 8-AAA tourney.
Mia McGrath, Siegel: Combined for 16 kills in two matches.
Amelia Renshaw, Siegel: Combined for 55 assists in two matches.
Mackenzie Field, Siegel: Combined for 14 kills in two matches.
THURSDAY
Providence Christian's volleyball team captured the DII-A District 3 championship Thursday, defeating rival MTCS in five sets (21-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-17, 16-14). Both teams advanced to the region.
Both teams begin region play Monday at home. MTCS will battle Friendship Christian while PCA will take on Nashville Christian.
Volleyball
Haley Hudson, MTCS: Had 44 assists, 22 digs and two aces in a 3-2 loss to PCA in the district championship match.
Anna Clay Shirley, MTCS: Had 19 kills and 23 digs.
Addison Burks, MTCS: Had 36 digs and two aces.
Lily Watson, MTCS: Had 16 kills and four aces.
Jessie Pierce, MTCS: Had 25 digs and three aces.
Jada Burns, MTCS: Had seven kills
McKenna Shotwell, PCA: Had 27 kills, 36 digs, a block and two aces in a 3-2 win over MTCS.
Sadie Kroeger, PCA: Had 29 kills, 22 digs, a block and an ace.
Lillie Meinhart, PCA: Had 30 assists, 24 digs, five blocks and four aces.
Soccer
Bella Burdette, MTCS: Had a goal and an assist in a 10-4 loss to Antioch.
Ilayna Bratton, Savannah Harrell, Joanna LaForte, MTCS: Each scored goals.
Aireona Duenez, Oakland: Scored the match's lone goal on an assist by Bethany Buckley in a 1-0 win over Brentwood.
Piper Burgess, Oakland: Kept a clean sheet in goal.
Claire Bryant, Stewarts Creek: Scored two goals in a 3-0 win over Wilson Central.
Abby Pennington, Stewarts Creek: Scored a goal.
Ella Gilliam, Stewarts Creek: Kept a clean sheet in goal.
WEDNESDAY
Central Magnet's girls golf team advanced to the TSSAA Class AA state tournament after winning the Region 5-AA tournament Wednesday.
The Lady Tigers shot a 163, four strokes better than Macon County. Lauren Powell shot a 79 and Anna Powell an 84.
Rockvale's Solia Mechling shot an 83 to be one of three individuals to also advance to state (along with Macon County's Mattie Goad and Reese Rexroat).
One area boys golfer advanced to the state tournament.
Rockvale's Aiden Sinclair reached state after a three-man playoff for the last two individual spots. His par on the first hole of the playoff advanced him, while Greenbrier's Carter Stroup defeated Oakland's Micah Freeman in the second playoff hole. Greenbrier's Nathan Meals also advanced as an individual.
Macon County advanced as a team, shooting a 316 and edging Rockvale by two strokes.
Volleyball
Cate Schroer, Siegel: Combined for 28 kills, four aces and 15 digs in wins over Ensworth (2-1) and Hillsboro (2-0).
Amelia Renshaw, Siegel: Combined for 41 assists and 18 digs.
Mia McGrath, Siegel: Had seven kills in a win over Hillsboro.
Madison Lansdown, Siegel: Combined for six aces and 29 digs.
TUESDAY
Middle Tennessee Christian and Providence Christian will play in the DII-A District 3 volleyball championship match Thursday (7 p.m.) after both won semifinal matches Tuesday.
The Lady Cougars (37-1) swept BGA 3-0 and the Lady Lions (27-3) edged Grace Christian 3-2 (15-13 in the fifth) to set up the title match.
GOLF: PCA's two-time defending state champion girls squad captured the DII-A District 3 title and advanced to the region. The Lady Lions shot a 132, bettering The Webb School by eight strokes. BGA finished with an 157.
PCA junior Isabella Johnson was low medalist with a 64, while teammate Carolyn Pardue was next with a 68.
On the boys' side, PCA's Carter Burks fired a 70 and MTCS' James Massengale shot a 74 and Cason Hill an 81 to advance to the region as individuals.
Volleyball
Eliza McClaran, Eagleville: Had 22 digs and four assists in a 3-1 loss to Blackman.
Ashlynn Roberts, Eagleville: Had nine kills and three blocks.
Audrey Tribble, Eagleville: Had 33 assists and 11 digs.
Addison Burks, MTCS: Had 14 digs, surpassing 1,000 for her career, along with four aces in a 3-0 win over BGA in the district semifinals.
Anna Clay Shirley, MTCS: Had 21 kills, 14 digs, a block and an ace.
Haley Hudson, MTCS: Had 32 assists, 19 digs and four aces.
Lily Watson, MTCS: Had nine kills and an ace.
Sadie Kroeger, PCA: Had 18 kills, 13 digs, four blocks and an ace in a 3-2 win over Grace Christian in the district semifinals.
McKenna Shotwell, PCA: Had 15 kills, 16 digs and four aces.
Lillie Meinhart, PCA: Had 26 assists, 13 digs, four blocks, three aces and two kills.
Taylah Upshaw, Riverdale: Had nine kills in a 3-0 loss to Page.
Lillie Beasley, Norah Haney, Riverdale: Each had eight kills.
Alyssa Burns, Riverdale: Had 25 assists and two aces.
Soccer
Leah Krugh, Oakland: Scored the match's lone goal on an assist from Aireona Duenez in a 1-0 win over Siegel.
Jordan Butler, Piper Burgess, Oakland: The two combined on a clean sheet in goal.
Taylor Genova, Stewarts Creek: Had a goal and two assists in a 5-0 win over Lebanon.
Emily Martinez, Stewarts Creek: Had a goal and an assist.
Ella Gilliam, Ciaran Treinen, Stewarts Creek: Combined for a clean sheet in goal.
Camryn Merryman, Lillian Opie, Abby Pennington: Each scored goals.
Golf
Isabella Johnson, PCA: Fired a low-medalist round of 64 in the DII-A District 3 tournament to help the Lady Lions win the team title.
Caroline Pardue, PCA: Shot a 68.
Carter Burks, PCA: Shot a 70 to advance to the region.
MONDAY
Middle Tennessee Christian and Providence Christian volleyball both secured first-round DII-A District 3 tournament victories on Monday.
The Lady Cougars (36-1) defeated Columbia Academy 3-0 and the Lady Lions swept The Webb School 3-0.
MTCS plays BGA in the semifinals Tuesday at 5 p.m. at MTCS. PCA will play Grace Christian (a 3-1 winner over FRA) in Tuesday's other semifinal.
GOLF: Eagleville's boys golfers shot a 331 to capture the district title Monday. Koltt Bassham fired a 74 to lead the Eagles. Cason Lamb and Brody Gleason each fired an 85 and Carson Wheeler shot an 87 for Eagleville.
Volleyball
Addie Dodd, Eagleville: Had 11 kills and two aces in a win over Lincoln County.
Eliza McClaran, Eagleville: Had 18 digs and six assists.
Ashlyn Roberts, Eagleville: Had eight kills and two blocks.
Audrey Tribble, Eagleville: Had 32 assists and five kills.
Anna Clay Shirley, MTCS: Had 12 kills, five digs and two aces in a 3-0 win over Columbia Academy in the DII-A District 3 quarterfinals.
Haley Hudson, MTCS: Had 31 assists and a block.
Addison Burks, MTCS: Had 15 digs and two aces.
Lily Watson, MTCS: Had 10 kills, two blocks and three aces.
Sadie Kroeger, PCA: Had 18 kills, 11 digs and five aces in a 3-0 win over The Webb School in the DII-A District 3 quarterfinals.
McKenna Shotwell, PCA: Had 13 kills, 18 digs and four aces.
Lillie Meinhart, PCA: Had 24 assists, 15 digs, five kills, a block and an ace.
Soccer
Bella Burdette, MTCS: Scored a goal in a 1-1 draw with Friendship Christian.
Golf
Koltt Bassham, Eagleville: Fired a 74 to lead the Eagles to the district championship with a 331 team score.
This article originally appeared on Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: Murfreesboro area high school fall sports Week 7 top performers
