The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Volleyball Team punched their ticket to Lincoln by defeating Fullerton 3-0 at home in the C2-8 Sub-State Final on Saturday.
The Bluejays won set one 25-16, set two 25-17, and set three 25-19.
Sophia Hass had 11 kills and 19 digs while Isabel Hass notched 22 digs. Megan Plagge added 11 digs and 26 assists while Erica Engelmeyer and Kelsy Steffen each had 8 digs.
Head Coach Kate Hagemann says her team was ready. "Our girls came out with great energy and excitement for the day. And we knew in Fullerton's scouting report that they had three big hitters. And we don't always matchup great to big, aggressive hitters, but we had a great scouting report on them, we did a great job funneling their balls to some our best diggers, and because of that we were able to be successful."
Hagemann says the team did a great job of just playing in the moment, not getting too high or too low.
GACC (16-10) battles Overton (26-2) in the first round of the Class C-2 State Tournament at Pinnacle Bank Arena Thursday night in action that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Eagles swept Gordon-Rushville 3-0 in the C2-3 Sub-State Final from Ogallala on Saturday.
Coach Hagemann says Overton is the real deal. "It will be a tough matchup for us. They're a really high quality team. That shows just in their record and some of the teams that they've beat throughout the year. They have some aggressive hitters, some really good middle hitters that we're going to have to matchup with and try to contain a little bit. I think just overall from top to bottom they're just a really solid team. You really can't identify too many weaknesses in them. So we're just going to try be the aggressor and be on the attack and try to keep them out of system as much as possible."
Overton won 3-1 over Kearney Catholic, a C-1 school who is 30-5, so you know the Eagles are for real.
With that said, GACC is a traditional power so it will be interesting to see what happens Thursday night.
The Bluejays are making their first trip to the State Tournament since 2016.
It will be very interesting to see what happens.
I think GACC and Norfolk Catholic could very well meet up in the Semifinals with the Knights perhaps winning that one.
The Bluejays could reach the State Championship Match, but so could Overton.
Lutheran High Northeast is probably the clear cut favorite to win it all, but anything can happen at the State Tournament.
First serve is set for 7:00 p.m. on the Bull.
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