Class 5 Final Four Preview!
Semifinal 1 St. Francis Borgia High School 29-4-2 Vs. Nixa High School 32-3 Boy, this one will be good! Defending Class 3 and Class 4 state champions meet up in this year’s semifinals. They’ve each beaten each other this year.…
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St. Francis Borgia High School 29-4-2
Vs.
Nixa High School 32-3
Boy, this one will be good! Defending Class 3 and Class 4 state champions meet up in this year’s semifinals. They’ve each beaten each other this year. Borgia with a 25-19, 25-17 pool play win in the Ozark tourney where Borgia had 27 kills to Nixa’s 16. Lily Brown had 6, Ella Brinkmann Ella Brinkmann 5'9" | OH St. Francis Borgia | 2022 State MO n 8, Lynsey Batson 5, and Caroline Glastetter with 6. Nixa only had three players with kills, and that was Jaycee Fixsen Jaycee Fixsen 5'11" | OH Nixa | 2022 State MO with 5, Allie Billmyer with 3, and Taylor Golmen Taylor Golmen 5'11" | MB Nixa | 2021 State MO with 8. Then, in the Ozark tournament championship, Nixa decided to play ball and took a 2-1 22-25, 25-16, 25-15 win. This time around, it was Nixa’s defense and serve receive that won the game. Plus, Jaycee Fixsen Jaycee Fixsen 5'11" | OH Nixa | 2022 State MO got help from some usual teammates, Allie Billmyer had nine kills, and Norah Clark had 6. Borgia’s Ella Brinkmann Ella Brinkmann 5'9" | OH St. Francis Borgia | 2022 State MO n had 13, and Lily Brown finished with 11 to be the only ones in double-digit kills in the loss. I think this is where Borgia’s run comes to an end. Both teams are hot, but I think Nixa’s defense and passing are just better.
Borgia potential lineup
Ella Brinkmann Ella Brinkmann 5'9" | OH St. Francis Borgia | 2022 State MO n 5’8 junior 490 kills
Lily Brown 5’11 junior 212 kills
Annie Arand Annie Arand 5'8" | DS/L St. Francis Borgia | 2022 State MO 5’7 junior 934 assists
Caroline Glastetter 5’10 junior 295 kills
Lynsey Batson 5’9 junior 112 kills
Kaitlyn Patke 5’11 junior 96 kills
Lauren Nieder 5’3 junior 225 digs
Maddie Dowil, 5’8 senior 131 digs
Nixa potential lineup
Sydney Golden Sydney Golden 5'9" | S Nixa | 2022 State MO 5’7 junior 1096 assists
Rachel Janisch 5’0 senior 233 digs
Taylor Golmen Taylor Golmen 5'11" | MB Nixa | 2021 State MO 6’0 senior 247 kills
Addison Tauai Addison Tauai DS/L Nixa | 2022 State MO 5’6 junior 250 digs
Jaycee Fixsen Jaycee Fixsen 5'11" | OH Nixa | 2022 State MO 5’11 junior 413 kills
Allie Billmyer 5’9 junior 214 kills
Emma Conrad 5’0 sophomore 327 digs
Jena Medearis 6’0 junior 136 kills
Semifinal 2
Liberty North High School 22-0
Vs.
St. Dominic High School 21-3-1
Here is another match-up that is sure to be a slugfest. You have Liberty North’s Isabel Zimmerman Isabel Zimmerman 6'2" | RS Liberty North | 2022 State #30 Nation MO and Carlie Cisneros on the pins for the Eagles battling it out with St. Dominic’s pin hitters Breanna Schreimann and Audrey Weber. You have a better blocker on the right side with Isabel Zimmerman Isabel Zimmerman 6'2" | RS Liberty North | 2022 State #30 Nation MO going up against St. Dominic’s outside hitters. Liberty North has a better middle blocker tandem in Rachel Spainhour and Caitlyn Burns. Comes down to Liberty North’s right-side blockers shutting down St. Dominic’s outsides.
Liberty North potential lineup
Rachel Spainhour 6’0 senior 138 kills
Isabel Zimmerman Isabel Zimmerman 6'2" | RS Liberty North | 2022 State #30 Nation MO 6’1 junior 314 kills
Caitlyn Burns 5’10 junior 124 kills
Addison Beagle Addison Beagle 5'9" | S Liberty North | 2022 State MO 5’10 junior 57 kills and 837 assists
Abby Christian 5’9 sophomore 307 digs
Carlie Cisneros 5’11 freshman 281 kills
Sydney Jacquin 5’10 senior 48 kills
St. Dominic potential lineup
Rachel Schipper Rachel Schipper 5'8" | S St. Dominic | 2022 State MO 5’8 junior 667 assists
McKinley Curran 5’10 junior 114 kills
Audrey Weber 6’0 senior 313 kills
Breanna Schreimann 5’8 junior 243 kills
Olivia Skijan senior 316 digs
Mary Kathryn Mulvaney 5’8 sophomore 146 digs
Grace Catlett 5’8 junior 70 kills
Emma Blaine 6’0 sophomore 101 kills
Championship: Please go 5!