The state tournament field has been set and 12 teams will test out the new format that goes away from pool play. With the new Olympic style bracket, a team can come back from an early loss to advance to the semifinals.
 

#1 KIT CARSON WILDCATS (23-1)

COACH: Penny Isenbart
LEAGUE: High Plains champion
LAST TEN GAMES: 10-0 (won 12 straight)
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 6-1

  • WON: La Veta (3-2), Springfield (3-0), McClave (3-0, 3-0), Limon (3-0), Walsh (3-0, lost to Yuma (3-2)

KILLS                Tess Hornung 264                   McKenzie Smith 188               Olivia Isenbart 168
ACES                T. Hornung 61                          Smith 46                                  O. Isenbart 33
BLOCKS            O. Isenbart 100                       T. Hornung 45                          Smith 11
DIGS                Haley Johnson 376                  T. Hornung 324                        Smith 244
ASSISTS            Josie Hornung 271                  T. Hornung 162                        Reyna Isenbart 159
 

#2 OTIS BULLDOGS (23-1)

COACH: Bonnie Wallin-Kuntz
LEAGUE: YWKC champion
LAST TEN GAMES: 9-1
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 4-1

  • WON: Merino (3-0, 3-0), Wiggins (3-2), Haxtun (3-2)
  • LOST: Haxtun (3-1)

KILLS                Makenna Metzler 254             Becca Bleak 173                      Apryl Tolson 151
ACES                Sydney Reynolds 47                Anthoneya Schaffert 43          Riley Brandon 41
BLOCKS            Ruby Halcomb 32                    Tolson 28                                 Metzler 27
DIGS                Schaffert 142                           Brandon 100                           Reynolds 80
ASSISTS            Reynolds 358                           Annalise Glosson 195
 

#3 LA VETA REDSKINS (24-1)

COACH: Amber Huff
LEAGUE: Southern Peaks champion
LAST TEN GAMES: 10-0 (won 21 straight)
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 6-1

  • WON: Swink (3-0), McClave (2-0), Holly (2-0), Sangre de Cristo (3-0, 3-0), Fleming (3-0)
  • LOST: Kit Carson (3-2)

KILLS                Kaylee Corsentino 307            Nya Sciacca 169                       Desi Ortivez 169
ACES                Corsentino 54                          Ortivez 51                                Sciacca 44
BLOCKS            Ortivez 81                                Corsentino 40                          Sciacca 33
DIGS                Sciacca 147                             Ortivez 120                              Corsentino 113
ASSISTS            Mary Goins 397                       Cailee Sanchez 169
 

#4 WELDON VALLEY WARRIORS (24-3)

COACH: Jerry Spooner
LEAGUE: North Central champion
LAST TEN GAMES: 8-2
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 4-3

  • WON: Haxtun (3-0), Fleming (3-0, 3-0), Merino (3-1)
  • LOST: Wiggins (3-2), Fleming (3-0, 3-0)

KILLS                Kaybree Keating 250               Kirsten Wood 164                   Linda Amaglio 155
ACES                Kaytlyn Keating 41                  Kaybree Keating 40                 Amaglio 39
BLOCKS            Wood 31                                  Kenndra Filter 22                    Kaytlyn Keating 20
DIGS                Ruby Valle 332            Kaybree Keating 320               Kaytyn Keating 256
ASSISTS            Wood 394                                Christa Sandoval 319
 

#5 MERINO RAMS (20-7)

COACH: Christin Sutter
LEAGUE: Third in Lower Platte
LAST TEN GAMES: 8-2
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 5-6

  • WON: Haxtun (3-0, 3-0), Limon (3-0), Fleming (3-2, 3-2)
  • LOST: Otis (3-0, 3-0), Wiggins (3-0), Yuma (3-0), Fleming (3-0), Weldon Valley (3-1)

KILLS    Brooke Mertens 241               Taysa Conger 196                    Lydia Stegner-Pejsa 169
ACES                Faith Trenkle 49                      Stegner-Pejsa 42                     Madison Sutter 37
BLOCKS            Mertens 85                             Lauren Fritzler 58                    Conger 35
DIGS                Trenkle 504                             Stegner-Pejsa 290                   Ainsley Powell 272
ASSISTS            Sutter 649
 

#6 MCCLAVE CARDINALS (18-6)

COACH: Rachel Dunning
LEAGUE: Second in High Plains
LAST TEN GAMES: 8-2
RECORD VS STATE CLUB: 3-5

  • WON: Walsh (2-0), Springfield (3-2, 3-1)
  • LOST: Kit Carson (3-0, 3-0), Walsh (3-2), Springfield (3-0), La Veta (2-0)

KILLS    Jordan Parker 330                   Anna Beckett 131                    Katie Bronniman 114
ACES                Rebecca Steerman 34             Beckett 22                               Shania Enciso 22
BLOCKS            Parker 48                                 Bronniman 27                         McKenzie Kiniston 10
DIGS                Alexus Gomez 269                  Parker 267                               Enciso 247
ASSISTS            Steerman 592
 

#7 WALSH EAGLES (19-4)

COACH: Aubree Powers
LEAGUE: Arkansas Valley champion
LAST TEN GAMES: 8-2
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 2-4

  • WON: McClave (3-2), Springfield (3-1)
  • LOST: Holly (2-1), McClave (2-0), Springfield (3-0), Kit Carson (3-0)

KILLS    Shiann Fritzler 183                  Tyree Jones 129                      MyKenzie Penick 117
ACES                Dakota Cook 52                       Fritzler 38                                TeAnna Sharpe 32
BLOCKS            Penick 37                                 Fritzler 25                                Jones 12
DIGS                Fritzler 288                              Jaci Sharpe 278                       Jones 261
ASSISTS            Cook 302                                 Fritzler 226
 

#8 SPRINGFIELD LONGHORNS (14-8)

COACH: Chantel Hall
LEAGUE: Third in Arkansas Valley
LAST TEN GAMES: 5-5
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 4-5

  • WON: Holly (3-0), McClave (3-0), Sangre de Cristo (3-1), Walsh (3-0)
  • LOST: Kit Carson (3-0), Swink (3-0), Walsh (3-1), McClave (3-2, 3-1)

KILLS    Tatum Hall 212                        Julia Mondragon 118              Brinlyn Dukes 102
ACES                Kylie Parks 42              Lexi Crane 33                           Hall 24
BLOCKS            Hall 65                         Melanie Woller 48                  Mondragon 41
DIGS                Parks 391                                 Dukes 299                               Crane 168
ASSISTS            Crane 303                                Payton Arbuthnot 182
 

#9 HAXTUN BULLDOGS (13-10)

COACH: Laura Knode
LEAGUE: Fourth in Lower Platte
LAST TEN GAMES: 7-3
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 1-8

  • WON: Otis (3-1)
  • LOST: Merino (3-0, 3-0), Weldon Valley (3-0), Wiggins (3-0), Yuma (3-0), Byers (3-2), Fleming (3-0), Otis (3-2)

KILLS                Dawson Knode 285                 Ciera Schelling 151                  Mckenna Andersen 134
ACES                Andersen 21                            Knode  19                                Schelling 18
BLOCKS            Knode 65                                 Riley Thompson 33                 Schelling 28
DIGS                Knode 291                              Brooklyn Davis 249                 Allie Thompson 215
ASSISTS            R. Thompson 525
 

#10 FLEMING WILDCATS (16-10)

COACH: Doug Kamery
LEAGUE: Tied for second in North Central
LAST TEN GAMES: 7-3
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 5-7

  • WON: Prospect Ridge Academy (2-1), Haxtun (3-0), Weldon Valley (3-0, 3-0), Merino (3-0)
  • LOST: Resurrection Christian (2-0), Weldon Valley (3-0, 3-0), Yuma (3-0), Merino (3-2, 3-2), La Veta (3-0)

KILLS                Whitney Chintala 414             Jenna Lengfelder 259              Kendyl Kirkwood 127
ACES                Chintala 39                              Zoey Vandenbark 37               Lengfelder 22
BLOCKS            Kirkwood 58                            Brooke Sigmon 36                   Jordan Alvarez 11
DIGS                Lengfelder 471                        Chintala 462                            Kirkwood 304
ASSISTS            Kirkwood 673
 

#11 DOVE CREEK BULLDOGS (20-3)

COACH: Veronica Spigner
LEAGUE: Second in San Juan
LAST TEN GAMES: 8-2
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 0-1

  • WON:
  • LOST: Sangre de Cristo (3-0)

KILLS    Cassie Gatlin 243                     Breea Meyer 173                    Madilyn Hankins 139
ACES                Taylor Hickman 46                  Hankins 44                              Gatlin 44
BLOCKS            Meyer 69                                 Grace Hatfield 25                    Kiara Lingenfelter 11
DIGS                Hankins 324                            Gatlin 321                                Hickman 304
ASSISTS            Hickman 522
 

#12 SANGRE DE CRISTO THUNDERBIRDS (17-8)

COACH: Misty Lambert
LEAGUE: Second in Southern Peaks
LAST TEN GAMES: 6-4
RECORD VS STATE CLUBS: 1-6

  • WON: Dove Creek (3-0)
  • LOST: Alamosa (3-0), Swink (3-1), Springfield (3-1), Del Norte (3-1), La Veta (3-0, 3-0)

KILLS                Jessica Slane 227                     Avery Palmgren 136                Kylee Christensen 127
ACES                Slane 65                                  Lexis Metz 51                          Palmgren 51
BLOCKS            Makenzie Rogers 33                Palmgren 31                            Metz 19
DIGS                Jordyn Cantu 253                    Slane 203                                Christensen 170
ASSISTS            Renae Sinclair 359                  Victoria Ford 240