Eden HS Tourney Top NY Talent Sept 13th

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Hello Coaches,

I thought you might be interested in making the trip out to Western New York as we have quite a large amount of talent from the Buffalo and Rochester areas that will all be together in the annual Eden Pan Am on Saturday Sept 13th at Eden HS. This talent includes at least 10 athletes in the USA Youth National, A1 Youth, Youth Continental and A1 Select teams.

Thought I'd throw this out as you may have some time to travel at this time of the year.

I'm sure I left a few off but this list is just of the top of my head.

These Athletes include
McQuaid:
Dane LeClair 6'3 RS/S
Riley Dohan 6'5 OH
Spencer Wickens 5'6 L
Erik Johnson
Charlie Siragusa 6'8 M
Penfield:
Jack Bittker
Victor:
Collin Mahon 6'4 OH Senior
Collin Steele 6'1 M Senior
Kyle Donohoe 6'3 OH Senior
Adam Dake 6'0 S Senior
Eden:
Hayden Herc 6'5 M Senior
Declan Pierce 5'10 L/OH Junior
Shane Smith 6'6 M Senior
Calvin Nowicki 5'10 S Junior
LockPort:
Jason Donorovich 6'9 RS/M Senior
Brad Schneider 6'5 OH Senior
Canisius:
Trevor Gooch 6'0 OH Senior
Griffin Schmit 6'4 RS Soph
Charlie Desmond 5'9 S Junior
Chas Palka 5'7 L Soph
Hamburg:
Zach Yerrington 6'4 M Senior
Ryan Dils 6'1 S Junior
West Seneca West
DJ Ulmer 6'4 RS Senior
Cam Bartus 6'10 M Junior
Lancaster:
Jay Bauman 6'4 OH Junior
Lake Shore:
Devin Joslyn 6'2 OH Soph
St. Joe's
Anthony Berardi 6'1 OH Senior
Bethlehem:
John Sica 6'8 M Senior
OP
Spencer Eagleton 6'1 S Junior
Clarence
Henry Payne 6'3 RS/M Soph



THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EDEN INVITATIONAL

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13th, 2014



EDEN BOYS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT





* Eden Tournament History *

Year Champion Runner-Up

1978 Eden

1979 Eden

1980 Eden Kenmore East

1981 Eden Sweet Home

1982 Eden Kenmore East

1983 Sweet Home Eden

1984 Eden Sweet Home

1985 Orchard Park Lake Shore

1986 Eden Lake Shore

1987 Sweet Home Lake Shore

1988 Sweet Home Eden

1989 Applewood Heights (Canada) Eden

1990 Gates-Chili Sweet Home

1991 Orchard Park Lake Shore

1992 St. John Brebeuf (Canada) Orchard Park

1993 Erindale (Canada) Webster

1994 Erindale(Canada) Eden

1995 Smithtown Frontier

1996 Webster Smithtown

1997 Frontier Smithtown

1998 Frontier Eden

1999 San Ignacio (Puerto Rico) Frontier

2000 McQuaid St. Francis

2001 Lancaster Lake Shore

2002 Eden Lancaster

2003 Smithtown Kenmore West

2004 Hamburg Frontier

2005 Hamburg Orchard Park

2006 Eden Lancaster

2007 OP Burnt Hills

2008 OP Burnt Hills

2009 Victor San Ignacio(Puerto Rico)

2010 Frontier McQuaid

2011 McQuaid Frontier

2012 San Ignacio (Puerto Rico) McQuaid

2013 Penfield Fairport





THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

POOL A (HS) POOL B (HS) POOL C(Main) POOL D(GLP)

1. EDEN 1. HAMBURG 1. CANISIUS 1. LANCASTER

2. FRONTIER 2. ORCHARD PARK 2. WEST SENECA WEST 2. St. JOES

3. CLARENCE 3. BETHLEHEM 3. LAKE SHORE 3. LOCKPORT

4. FAIRPORT 4. McQUAID 4. PENFIELD 4. VICTOR

[bbk]

Should be a great tournament but do the Long Island teams snub this tournament?

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Aug 7, 2014 10:32:06 GMT -5 bbk said:

Should be a great tournament but do the Long Island teams snub this tournament?

We have had Smithtown and Half Hollow Hills to name a few in the past and I do send invites to some contacts I have down there but of late we have not had any come up. Love to get them back up.

The plan is to expand next year to the Buffalo Niagara Center Courts with 6 courts and 24 teams. It should be even better and great facility.

[servite dad]

if you build it they will come! Keep doing the VB gods' work!

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POOL A
Eden 28,25 OP 26,20
SJ 25,25 Iroq 7,14
Eden 25,25 Iroq 15,10
SJ 25,24 OP 20,26
OP 25,25 Iroq 8,13
Eden 25,16 SJ 21,25

POOL B
Can 25,25 Front 17,16
WSW 25,27 Cheek 17,25
Can 25,25 Cheek 6,10
WSW 25,26 Front 14,28
Front 25,25 Cheek 17,20
Can 25,25 WSW 13,15
Playoff – WSW 15 Front 8

POOL C
Lock 25,26 LS 23,24
Clar 25,25 Amh 11,16
Lock 25,25 Amh 15,20
Clar 25,25 LS 11,10
LS 25,25 Amh 19,21
Clar 25,25 Lock 18,14

POOL D
Lanc 25,25 SH 5,16
Hamb 25,25 SF 9,10
Lanc 25,25 SF 8,3
Hamb 25,25 SH 10,8
SF 25,25 SH 8,23
Lanc 22,25 Hamb 25,19

Bronze Playoffs
Semis - SH 30 Iroq 26 Cheek 30 Amh 27
Final – Cheek 30 SH 27

Silver Playoffs
Semis – OP 30 SF 24 LS 30 Front 27
Final – OP 30 LS 22

Gold Playoffs
Quarters – Can 25,25 Hamb 16,10
Clar 27,25 SJ 25,21
Eden 25,25 Lock 12,20
Lanc 23,25,15 WSW 25,14,8

Semis – Can 20,28,15 Clar 25,26,12
Eden 25,21,15 Lanc 22,25,9

Final – Canisius def Eden 20-25, 26-24, 15-13

Extremely well played Final, especially for this being the first weekend of the year.

MVP: Trevor Gooch (Canisisu)
All-tournament: Griffin Schmit (Canisius)
Declan Pierce (Eden)
Calvin Nowicki (Eden)
Tommy Ecker (Clarence)
Matt Dempsey (Clarence)
Matt Devic (Lancaster)
Kenny Rudz (Lancaster)

Other players that looked REALLY good.

Jason Donorovich and Brad Schneider (Lockport),
Jake Gleason and Zack Gerken (Frontier)
Cameron Bartus and DJ Ulmer (WSW)
Henry Payne (Clarence)
Anthony Berardi (St. Joes)
Ryan Dils and Zach Yerrington (Hamburg)
Hayden Herc (Eden)
Devin Joslyn (Lake Shore)


Next weekend the 37th Annual EDEN PAN AM. Good luck advancing from the killer pools. Should be terrific vb.


Read more: volleytalk.net/thread/54734/ny-boys-volleyball-top-prospects?page=1&scrollTo=1178450#ixzz3CdT9Ev65

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Thanks for making another special event. Congrats to Victor and Canisius!



37th Annual 2014 Eden Pan Am



Pool A

Eden vs Frontier 25-18,25-18

Eden vs Clarence 25-15, 25-23

Eden vs Fairport 25-19, 25-20

Clarence vs Fairport 25-16, 21-25

Clarence vs Frontier 25-22, 25-20

Fairport vs Frontier 25-21, 25-21



Pool B

Bethlehem vs McQuaid 18-25, 27-25

Bethlehem vs OP 25-23, 25-14

Bethlehem vs Hamburg 25-20, 25-20

McQuaid vs Hamburg 19-25, 25-22

MqQuaid vs OP 25-15, 25-15

Hamburg vs OP 25-22, 23-25



Pool C

Canisius vs WSW 25-19, 25-23

Canisius vs Lake Shore 25-14, 25-16

Canisius vs Penfield 25-20, 25-20

Penfield vs WSW 25-21, 25-19

Penfield vs Lake Shore 25-18, 25-12

WSW vs Lake shore 28-26, 25-10



Pool D

Victor vs St. Joes 25-22,25-14

Victor vs Lancaster 25-27, 25-21

Victor vs Lockport 25-16, 25-12

Lancaster vs St. Joes 25-16, 27-25

Lancaster vs Lockport 25-11, 25-13

St. Joes vs Lockport 25-20, 24-26

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Bronze Semis

OP def Lakeshore 30-23

Lockport def Frontier 30-18

Bronze Finals

Lockport def OP 30-21

Silver Semis

St.Joes over Fairport 30-28

Hamburg over WSW 31-29

Silver Finals

Hamburg over St. Joes 30-26

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Gold ¼ Finals

Eden def Lancaster

Canisius def McQuaid 25-14, 16-25, 15-13

Bethlehem def Penfield 25-23, 25-23

Victor def Clarence 25-23, 25-12



Gold Semis

Canisius def Eden 25-16, 25-18

Victor def Bethlehem 26-24, 25-18



GOLD FINALS

Victor def Canisius 27-25, 25-20







2014 All Tourney Team

Lancaster- Jay Baumann 11th

Eden – Declan Pierce 11th

McQuaid – Dane Leclair 12th

Bethlehem – Aaron Carrk 11th

Eden – Hayden Herc 12th

Canisius- Charlie Desmond 11th

Canisius – Trevor Gooch 12th

Victor – Colby Upham 12th

Victor – Adam Daake 12th

Victor – Kyle Donohoe MVP 12th


Great Play and anice collection of college coaches on hand.

[dorothymantooth]

Sweet Home no longer in tournament?

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Sept 14, 2014 14:56:47 GMT -5 dorothymantooth said:

Sweet Home no longer in tournament?

Sweet Home hasn't been relevant since the early 90's at best. Just not enough good athletes playing there nor playing high level club ball. Best ball and most of the top club players coming from the Southtowns and Catholics, nowadays.

[fuzzyman1957]

I cannot seem to find a website with the results of this event. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Sept 15, 2014 6:42:31 GMT -5 fuzzyman1957 said:

I cannot seem to find a website with the results of this event. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Future posted the results previously in the thread. There is no website with results that I'm aware of. 

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Eden Captures Lockport Tourney Title
Semis
Eden over St.Francis 25-15,25-20
North Tonawanda over Lockport 25-23.25-15
Finals
Eden def NT 25-10,25-19

Very happy with the physical play from Eden which was a product of a great week of intense competitive practice.


Penfield Tourney on Monday - Should be a great Tourney with lots of good teams.

10/18 Orchard Park Tourney

10/25 Hamburg Tourney

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A few NY updates. Last night was an epic battle between #1 Canisius and #2 Eden and it did not dissapoint.
Canisius had gotten the better of Eden twice before very early in the season in the finals and semis of two early September tourneys and since that time both team had put a string of other tourney wins while remaining #1 and #2 until last night. In a packed gym the Eden Raiders with the help of a school student body "White Out" upended the Crusaders in a very physical match. The Crusaders were very efficient and smooth in game 1 taking that 18-25 behind the play of Trevor Gooch and outstanding libero Chas Palka. The 2nd set saw 12 ties and Eden finally surged ahead with some terrific defense taking it 25-23. The 3rd set was controlled by Eden the whole way 25-16. In the 4th set Canisius got the matchup they wanted like in game 1 and jumped out to 6-1 lead on some tentative play from the Raiders. Eden closed it to within 1 12-13 on some blistering serving from Eden's setter Calvin Nowicki and physical play at the net of Hayden Herc, but Canisius opened the lead back up to 22-16 with the offensive firepower from Griffin Schmit. Looking like it was going 5, the Raiders decided otherwise and roared back on a 9-1 run to take the victor 25-23 on a series of stellar volleyball plays especially from Declan Pierce's defense and 6'6 Middle Hitter Shane Smith who took over the net. Epic comeback.
Smith had 13 kills and 9 blocks
Herc had 15 kills and 5 blocks
Pierce had 19 kills and 14 digs
Nowicki had 58 assists and 3 aces

www.buffalonews.com/sports/high-schools/high-school-extra-oct-28-orchard-park-ends-clarence-soccer-run-20141027




Here are some other reports and updates :

www.thesunnews.net/sports/737-Hite,_Yerington_find_success_in_their_second_sport_of_choice.html

Zach Yerrington - Hamburg player committed to OSU



Pierce, Raiders at their best for end-of-season stretch

Tuesday October 21, 2014 | By:Marquel Slaughter | Sports

Junior Declan Pierce took MVP at the Orchard Park Tournament on Oct. 18. Photo by Dave Eckhardt.





Declan Pierce and Eden are towards the top of the local boys volleyball scene, but the next few weeks will more than certainly test their muscle.

Pierce, a junior who is committed to playing volleyball at Penn State in 2016, is confident about his team’s chances on making a long postseason run because of the strength of some of the older guys on a roster that returned the everyone from last fall.

“I think we have a very strong team this year, definitely with Calvin [Nowicki] helping us a lot,” said Pierce. “Last year we had no seniors. We stepped up our game this year and brought it to where we want to be.”

Although without seniors in 2013, Eden had much firepower and brought back everyone. Pierce returns as an All-WNY second team selection. Hayden Herc, Shane Smith, Cole Overhoff and Jake Schlegel are some of the key returners while Nowicki transferred in and has given the Raiders another dimension.

“In the division we’re undefeated. We don’t take those games lightly,” said Pierce. “And we look forward to tournaments and nonleague matches like Orchard Park, Hamburg and Canisius because those are always fun.”

This stretch at the end of October looks like it will be an enjoyable one for Pierce and Eden as the Raiders prepare for the postseason with key games against the nonleague opponents he just mentioned.

Eden, ranked No. 2 in the latest WNY Coaches Poll, was scheduled to visit No. 6 Orchard Park on Oct. 22. Tonight (Oct. 23) the Raiders are set to host No. 4 Hamburg and will also go up against No. 1 Canisius in Eden on Oct. 27.

“They’re a very good team and it’s always fun to play them,” Pierce said about Canisius. “No. 1 versus No. 2 in Western New York. They train hard and it’s a friendly rivalry. We have a bunch of guys that play club in Eden. As soon as the club season is over we put on our Canisius over our Eden jerseys and we go back at it and play hard.”

Pierce gave Penn State a verbal commitment as a sophomore, following in the footsteps of his family members. His father and head coach at Eden, Robert Pierce, was a Nittany Lion along with Declan’s mother. Kendall and Lainy Pierce, Declan’s sisters, are currently playing for Penn State’s women’s volleyball team.

Pierce never went on a single college visit before he went down to State College.

“That was it,” said Pierce. “A couple of other colleges looked at me, but Penn State really liked me.”

The October stretch has been good to Eden so far. The Raiders won the Lockport Tournament on Oct. 11 and followed that up with a championship on Oct. 18 at the Orchard Park Tournament, where Pierce took MVP honors.

In the Finals, the Raiders took on their neighbor rival Hamburg in what may be a foreshadowing for the sectional finals in two weeks. Both teams were not at full strength but the Raiders were fortunate to get the best of the Bulldogs.

“The Hamburg team is well-coached and very experienced and they have some athletes who present a serious problem,” said coach Pierce. “We’re excited to seeing great teams like OP and Hamburg and Canisius in a great tune up for playoffs. For fans of volleyball, they will see some of the best players in the area and nation in these matches.”

The Raiders started out slow and lethargic, going 3-3 in pool play with a loss to Clarence and splitting with the tournament host, but the Raiders’ veterans answered the bell and took it to St. Francis to win two convincing games.

Without their starting freshman outside hitter, Colin Rigley, the Raiders did some lineup shuffling and found solid play from Connor Basinski in that role. Smith and Hayden were huge in all of the playoff games not only from the frontline blocking and hitting, but most importantly from the service line, where both went on huge serving runs to give the Raiders leads.

The Raiders handled St. Joes 30-15 in a play-in match and then played a rematch against Clarence. Eden was firing on all cylinders in the first game and scored at will, taking that game 25-15. Clarence rebounded in Game 2 but the Raiders kept within striking distance with Pierce and Herc’s ability to score with kills to every area of the court. With a key substitution of Schlegel into the frontline, he responded with a huge kill and massive one-on-one block that put the raiders ahead and they went on to win 25-23, advancing to the finals.

Schlegel and Nowicki provided devastating blocks time after time in the playoff run. The defensive battery of Mitchell Mason and Overhoff were all over the floor to keep plays alive.

Herc and Nowicki were named to the all-tournament team while tourney MVP Pierce led from an offensive and passing perspective.

“I think we can really push for sectionals if not states if we just keep on working at it and play hard against these good teams,” said Pierce.

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Some other updates:

Orchard Park Tournament
atOrchard Park Saturday Oct 18th
Boys Team
Finals Eden 25-25, Hamburg 21-18
Semifinals Hamburg 25-25, Orchard Park 22-23 Eden 25-25, Clarence 15-23
Quarterfinals Eden 30, St. Joes 15 Orchard Park 30, Grand Island 26
Pool A
Orchard Park 25-25, St. Francis 12-15
Clarence 25-25, Eden 17-23
Clarence 25-20, Orchard Park 21-25
Eden 25-25, St. Francis 14-9
Orchard Park 25-15, Eden 22-25
Clarence 25-25, St. Francis 10-12
Pool B
St. Joes 25-14, Hamburg 23-25
Lake Shore 26-23, Grand Island 24-25
Hamburg 25-25, Grand Island 12-11
St. Joes 25-25, Lake Shore 18-18
Hamburg 25-25, Lake Shore 12-23
St. Joes 25-18, Grand Island 19-25

Individual
MVP: Declan Pierce (E)
All-Tournament Team
Calvin Nowicki (E)
Hayden Herc (E)
Ryan Dils (H)
Zach Yerington (H)
Jordan DesRosiers (OP)
Henry Payne (OP)


Hamburg Tournament
at Hamburg Saturday Oct 24th
Boys
Team
Final Canisius 25-25, Lancaster 19-22
Semifinals Canisius 25-25, Hamburg 23-19 Lancaster 25-25, West Seneca West 18-19
Pool A
Hamburg 25-25, St. Francis 10-17
Lancaster 25-25, Lake Shore 15-22
Hamburg 25-25, Lake Shore 15-16
Lancaster 25-25, St Francis 9-16
St. Francis 25-22, Lake Shore 18-25
Lancaster 25-25, Hamburg 21-20
Pool B Canisius 25-25, West Seneca West 7-17
Frontier 25-25, St. Joes 17-14
Canisius 25-26, Frontier 17-24
West Seneca West 25-25, St Joes 19-19
West Seneca West 25-25, Frontier 15-20
Canisius 25-25, St Joes 10-10
Individual
MVP: Trevor Gooch, Canisius
All Tournament
Cameron Bartus, West Seneca West
Zach Yerington, Hamburg
Tyler Witt, Lancaster
Kenny Rudz, Lancaster
Griffin Schmit, Canisius
Charlie Desmond, Canisius

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Hamburg’s Zach Yerington looks to fire one past Eden’s Declan Pierce in their match at Sweet Home. Mark Mulville/Buffalo News


www.buffalonews.com/sports/high-schools/hamburg-lancaster-sweep-to-sectional-titles-in-boys-volleyball-20141106



You didn’t need to see the purple streamers flying through the air and hitting the gym floor following match point to know who won Wednesday’s Section VI Division II boys volleyball title.

Hamburg, whose school colors are purple and white, was clearly the better team on this night beating Eden, 25-17, 25-19, 25-15, before an estimated 250 at Sweet Home High School.

The Bulldogs’ Zach Yerington, who will play his college volleyball next year at Ohio State, led the effort with 25 kills.

The title is the second in a row for Hamburg (18-7), which returns to action Saturday in the Far West Regionals against Victor. Eden, the No. 1 ranked team in the WNY coming off a win over Canisius, ends 25-4.

The Bulldogs knew they would have to be at their best to knock off Eden. They were.

“We had to come out with all the energy in the world to beat them. Everything we did was what we wanted to do,” said Yerington, a 6-foot-5 outside hitter. “I think we played the best volleyball we ever played this match. That’s what we had to do. They’re a really good team, that’s why they’re ranked No. 1. I wanted this more than anything this year. I wanted this match so we can go back to regionals and get back what we lost last year.”

Hamburg was in control of the match throughout. The Bulldogs took the lead for good in the first game at 8-7. In game two, Eden managed to tie it at 18-18, but Hamburg dug deep and finished it out with a 7-1 run. The Bulldogs used a pair of 5-0 runs in game three to close it out.

Eden was forced into uncomfortable situations and appeared to play on its heels.

“They played like returning champions. All their guys played above themselves,” said Eden coach Robert Pierce. “Zach was unstoppable. I would say in every skill they were better than us. I thought we settled down in game two, but it was unforced errors, some missed serves, nets. … That was a little bit of lack of discipline on our part. I think Hamburg was a little hungrier. They were playing forward, we were playing backwards.”

Bulldogs coach Brian Carroll got the matches he was hoping for from veterans Yerington, Ryan Dils, Doug Horbachewski and Bryan Camp. He also cited JV call-up Jon Gordner, who was playing in his first varsity match. The 6-1 sophomore had five kills.

Carroll said a big difference maker was how well his team served and the fact they were rested. He said he devoted Monday’s entire 90 minute practice to serving. “That’s all we did was work on serving and it paid off tonight,” said Carroll, who did post-match interviews while holding his 2-month old daughter Patricia. “They lost their share of matches this season because I think they were fatigued. I gave them a couple of days off, and they came out like it was the first day of the season.”

Division I

Lancaster captured its first title since 2006 with a convincing 25-14, 25-16, 25-14 win over Orchard Park. The Redskins (23-4) will represent Section VI in Saturday’s Far West Regionals at Orchard Park at 7 p.m.

Lancaster beat OP twice in ECIC play, but did so in four games after losing the first game both times. That was not the case in this one. Connor Schultz had eight blocks, Joe Mescall added seven and Tyler Witt had 26 assists.

Lancaster also got another strong match from its libero, Trevor Gabamonte. “Trevor is really solid back there for defense,” said coach Jason Stang, whose team also won ECIC I. “He really kind of settles us down and picks up a lot of balls that are tipped and has very quick reflexes.”

The Quakers end the season 14-11, but had been 7-2 since early October. Martin Hackford led OP with seven kills. Coach Matt Lexner said it was his team’s fifth loss in a row to Lancaster going back to last season.

“I knew coming in here it was going to be an uphill battle,” said Lexner. “We knew what we were up against. They played very consistent, more consistent than they were all year against us, and we couldn’t get anything going.”

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Sophomore Phenom Griffin Schmit in action

www.buffalonews.com/sports/high-schools/its-a-canisius-joes-final-in-volleyball-20141103



That late season loss to Eden in a nonleague match was a tonic that helped No. 1 ranked Canisius get ready for the Monsignor Martin boys volleyball playoffs. Back on their game, the Crusaders advanced to the finals with a 25-3, 25-13, 25-10 win Monday night over St. Mary’s of Lancaster at St. Joe’s.

The four-set loss to Eden “most definitely did help. We had a good week of practice after that, and we’re excited to be playing for the championship,” Canisius coach Tom Weislo said. “We hit .680 as a team tonight. For sure, we were very efficient.”

Griffin Schmit had nine kills and Trevor Gooch had eight in Monday’s win. Setter Charles Desmond had 28 assists.

Canisius will face host St. Joe’s, which swept St. Francis in the other semifinal, 25-15, 25-9 and 25-17, as senior hitter Anthony Berardi had 10 kills.

“It’s always a challenge playing there,” Weislo said of playing for the championship on St. Joe’s home court. “There’s always an amazing atmosphere.”

Missing star Leah Meyer, who suffered stretched ankle ligaments last week, St. Mary’s advanced to the Monsignor Martin girls finals by defeating Sacred Heart, 25-11, 25-15 and 25-12, on the Lancers’ home court.

“We’re thriving, not surviving,” without Meyer, St. Mary’s coach Don Pieczynski said. “We don’t have Leah Meyer, but nobody else does either. We’re playing pretty well without her.”

Ashley Drzymala led the Lancers with 16 kills and Bailey Dolegowski had 27 assists.

St. Mary’s will face No. 2 seed Nardin for the championship at St. Joe’s at 8 p.m. on Wednesday after the 6 p.m. boys championship match.

Section VI volleyball

Eden rebounded from a first set loss and defeated Southwestern, 24-26, 25-9, 25-23, 25-22, to win the Class C-1 title and earn a place in the overall sectional Class C championship game against C-2 champion Cattaraugus/Little Valley or Falconer. Winner of the last five state Class C championships, the Raiders got a good test from the Trojans.

“I was not really surprised,” said Eden coach Stephen Pierce. “Southwestern has a very veteran team, mostly seniors. … We started out very tight. We were moving well and a lot of balls were dropping.”

Pierce gave a lot of credit to setter Alyssa Durski. “She stayed calm, getting the ball to the right hitters to kind of help us get through it,” Pierce said.

Sam Burgio had 19 kills and three aces while Kailey Ballou (14 kills) and Meghan Ballou (nine kills, three blocks) also stood out.