Lady Marauder senior setter Rachel Potopa was named most valuable player of the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School Girls Volleyball Tournament Saturday at the Pleasant Valley gymnasium.
Bishop Guilfoyle topped Bishop Carroll in the championship match, 25-22, to claim the title. BG advanced to the finals by defeating Northern Cambria, 25-13, in the semifinals.
Potopa recorded 81 assists and 26 service points to earn the MVP honor.
BG's Annie Dombrowski added 42 kills followed by Lindsie Welteroth (36 kills), Jennifer Patterson (22 kills) and Alexis Hicks (16 kills). Logan McIntosh added 72 digs and 25 service points, Brynee Baughman served 35 points, and Juliana Burke recorded 14 blocks.
BG placed three players (McIntosh, Dombrowski and Welteroth) on the all-tournament team.
Carroll landed three players on the all-tournament team in Sarah Gomish, Ellie Yahner and Nicole Woomer. Other all-tourney selections were Northern Cambria's Kelly Lieb and Lakyn Fornari, and Purchase Line's Danielle Thornton.
Bishop Carroll captured the top seed in pool play with a 7-1 record followed by BG (6-2), Northern Cambria (3-5) and Purchase Line (2-6) and Bishop McCort (2-6).
Gomish led BC with 71 kills, while Yahner added 28 kills and 42 points. Janelle Gueguen recorded 98 assists. Woomer served up 26 points, and Rachel Kwisnek had 23.
Northern Cambria defeated BG in the junior varsity tournament final, 25-23.
SERVICE POINTS
BISHOP CARROLL: Yahner 42, Woomer 26, Kwisnek 23, Gomish 11, Gueguen 12, Przybys 5.
BISHOP GUILFOYLE: Baughman 35, Potopa 26, McIntosh 25, Dombrowski 15, Hicks 8, Patterson 8, Welteroth 6, Rasmussen 4, Conrad 4.
VARSITY POOL PLAY RESULTS
1. Bishop Carroll 7-1. 2. Bishop Guilfoyle 6-2. 3. Northern Cambria 3-5. 4. Purchase Line and Bishop McCort 2-6.
Bishop Carroll def. Northern Cambria 25-22, 25-19; Bishop Carroll def. Bishop McCort 25-11, 25-10; Bishop Carroll split with BG 25-16, 20-25; Bishop Carroll def. Purchase Line 25-12, 25-13. Bishop Guilfoyle split with Northern Cambria, 25-25-14, 23-25; BG def. Purchase Line 25-12, 25-15; BG def. Bishop McCort, 25-9, 25-22; Northern Cambria def. Purchase Line 25-20, 25-17; Bishop McCort def. Northern Cambria, 25-19, 25-20; Purchase Line def. Bishop McCort 25-16, 26-24.
JV POOL PLAY RESULTS
1. Bishop Guilfoyle 6-2. 2. (tie) Purchase Line and Northern Cambria (5-3). 4. Bishop Carroll (3-5). 5. Bishop McCort 1-7.
Bishop Guilfoyle def. Purchase Line 25-13, 25-22; BG def. Bishop Carroll, 25-21, 25-22; BG split with Northern Cambria, 25-23, 17-25, and Bishop McCort, 25-18, 20-25; Northern Cambria def. Bishop McCort 25-12, 25-8 and split with Bishop Carroll, 25-17-25, 25-21, and Purchase Line, 18-25, 25-20; Purchase Line def. Bishop Carroll, 25-23, 25-22, Purchase Line def. Bishop McCort 25-21, 25-20; Bishop Carroll def. Bishop McCort, 25-21, 25-20.
Altoona goes 1-7
WEXFORD - Altoona's high school girls volleyball team topped Shaler, 25-21, but lost to Mount Lebanon (25-11), Mars (25-23), Baldwin (26-24), Fox Chapel (25-20), North Allegheny (25-16), Knoch (25-12) and Plum (25-22) at the North Allegheny Invitational.
Hannah Moore had 13 kills, 23 digs and seven service points on the day, Natalie Biesecker notched 17 digs, and Aubrey Hileman had 28 assists.
SERVICE POINTS
ALTOONA: Goodman 14, Parrish 10, Moore 7, Koelle 6, Hileman 5, Biesecker 4, Abram 3, Albright 3.
Records: Altoona went 1-7.
C-K wins JV tourney
MARTINSBURG - Claysburg-Kimmel edged Northern Bedford, 18-25, 25-15, 15-8, in the junior varsity volleyball championship at Central High School.
Northern Bedford had beaten Tussey Mountain, 25-21, in the semifinals.
Altoona jayvees lose
John McGinley connected on a 27-yard touchdown pass to Zac McConnell, and James Metzgar kicked a 33-yard field goal, but the Altoona junior varsity football team (5-2) came up short against 8-0 Central Catholic at Mansion Park, 16-10.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Central Catholic0 6 8 2 - 16
Altoona3 7 0 0 - 10
A-Metzgar 33 FG.
CC-Lutz 12 run (pass failed).
A-McConnell 27 pass from McGinley (Metzgar kick).
CC-George 2 run (Lutz run).
CC-Safety.
Records: Altoona (5-2); Central Catholic (8-2).
Altoona girls lose
JOHNSTOWN - Melissa Walko scored three goals to lead Westmont Hilltop to a 4-1 win over Altoona in high school girls soccer.
Ashlyn Shaffer scored for Altoona.
SCORE BY HALVES
Altoona0 1 - 1
Westmont Hilltop 2 2 - 4
First Half: Wh-Walko (unassisted), 36:00; WH-Walko (unassisted), 13:18.
Second Half: WH-Sanford (unassisted), 30:39; A-Shaffer (Irwin), 16:41; WH-Walko (unassisted), 8:11.
Records: Altoona (6-11).
GC girls take consy
BELLEFONTE - Kyrstin Johnson scored a pair of goals, and Megan Stewart tacked on another as Great Commission topped Columbia County, 3-1, in the third-place game of the Allegheny Christian Athletic Assocation girls soccer tournament.
Johnson, Jaissle McCoy, Rachel Clark and Jordan Dawson made the ACAA all-star squad for the season, and the Lady Bears finished the year 15-5.
SCORE BY HALVES
Columbia County0 1 - 1
Great Commission 2 1 - 3
First Half: GC-Johnson (unassisted), 18:40; GC-Stewart (Johnson), 0:01.
Second Half: CC-Snyder (unassisted), 33:21; GC-Johnson (unassisted), 14:18.
Records: Great Commission (15-5).
