Boys' Volleyball Game Summaries

North Allegheny traveled east to take on the State College Little Lions in an out of district contest on Friday afternoon. The Tigers recorded their fifth straight sweep as they handled State College by set scores of 25-17, 25-22 and 25-19.

Will Robertson led NA offensively with 11 kills. Peter Bratich had seven kills while Brendan Moore and Garen White each had five kills. Robertson and Matthew LaMay each had three aces. White had five blocks at the net while Robertson and Nathan May each had three. Robertson had nine digs for North Allegheny while Emmet Morris had eight and Elliot Swierczynski had six. Jackson Failla dished out 17 assists while Swierczynski had 14.

North Allegheny improves to 11-1 overall. The Tigers will remain in State College for the night and take part in the State College Invitational tomorrow starting at 8 a.m.

Boys Volleyball Summary at State College, 5-2-25

North Allegheny traveled to Pine-Richland on Thursday night to take on the Rams in a battle of teams ranked in the top 10 in the state. The Tigers left no doubt who the better squad was sweeping Pine-Richland by set scores of 25-16, 25-17, 25-21.

Will Robertson led the way offensively with eight kills while Garen White had five kills. Matthew LaMay, Nathan May and Peter Bratich all had four kills. LaMay added two aces from the service line. Brendan Moore and White each had six blocks at the net. Bratich helped with five, Robertson had three and Elijah Braun added two. LaMay had eight digs defensively. Robertson added seven and Emmett Morris chipped in six. Jackson Failla dished out eight assists while Elliot Swierczynski helped with six. James Zimmer had five helpers while Josh Chou had two.

North Allegheny improves to 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the section. Pine-Richland falls to 7-4 overall and 4-4 in section play. The Tigers return to action today when they travel to State College to take on the Little Lions at 6 p.m. NA will then participate in the State College Invitational on Saturday.

Boys Volleyball Summary at Pine-Richland, 5-1-25

North Allegheny traveled to Butler High School to take on the Golden Tornado in a section matchup on Thursday afternoon. Playing the second leg of a rare back-to-back, the Tigers kept the momentum going from their sweep yesterday, defeating Butler by set scores of 25-17, 25-20 and 25-16.

Will Robertson led NA offensively with 13 kills. He also had 11 digs and two aces. Peter Bratich added 10 kills and two blocks. Matthew LaMay and Brendan Moore each had seven kills. Elijah Braun had two aces from the service line. Moore led the Tigers at the net with three blocks while Garen White added two. Emmett Morris had 10 digs and Jackson Failla helped with eight. Elliot Swierczynski dished out 20 assists while Failla added 17.

North Allegheny improves to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the section. Butler falls to 6-6 overall and 2-5 in section play. The Tigers return to action on Tuesday when they take on Seneca Valley in a battle for first place. Both teams have one loss in the section. The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and can be heard on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

Boys Volleyball Summary at Butler, 4-24-25

by: Bob Orkwis

After sweeping Moon on the road earlier in the season, North Allegheny was looking to take the season series in a matchup of Tigers in Wexford.

North Allegheny did just that, sweeping Moon in straight sets, 25-11, 25-14, 25-15. Many of the seniors played pivotal roles in the sweep, especially in the first two sets.

NA used runs in each of the three sets to improve to 8-1 overall and 4-1 in the section with the victory.

North Allegheny had a 6-0 run in the first set to take a 7-1 lead, followed by a 7-0 run on the serves of Elijah Braun to build a 12-point lead.

It was runs of six points and five points in set two that paced North Allegheny to a 25-14 win.

A 5-0 start and an eventual 9-1 lead, plus a seven-point run sent NA on the way to the home sweep.

Senior Brandon Goetz paced the black and gold with six kills. Dom Laswell added five, Ryan Young had four, with Caleb Chen adding one for North Allegheny.

Braun, Aidan Mowry, and Matthew Lamay each had a pair of aces from the service line, while Laswell, James Zimmer, and Ryan Dyga each recorded two blocks at the net in the win.

Defensively, Mowry (7), Chen and Goetz (3 a piece) led NA in digs, with Zimmer recording sixteen assists, and Jackson Failla had six in the passing department for NA.

North Allegheny honored it’s ten seniors before the game, and those 12th graders were honored afterwards with the Wright Automotive Player of the Game award.

Congratulations to Brandon Goetz, Ryan Young, Caleb Chen, Dom Laswell, James Zimmer, Elijah Braun, Aidan Mowry, Ryan Dyga, Matthew Lamay and Garen White for the Senior Night win and the celebration of their careers with the boys volleyball team.

North Allegheny hits the road tomorrow night at Butler, before returning home next Tuesday for a pivotal Section 2-AAA match against Seneca Valley, which will be broadcast on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

Boys Volleyball Summary vs. Moon, 4-23-25

By: Jared Barton 

The North Allegheny boys’ volleyball team took care of business Wednesday night from UPMC Court, handling Penn-Trafford 3-0 in a non-section clash. The Tigers won by sets scores of 25-10, 25-12 and 25-17.

NA dominated early in the first set, led by juniors Peter Bratich and Will Robertson along with strong play from senior Matthew LaMay who had two aces a kill and a block in the opening frame. Senior Garen White was also instrumental in the first stanza.

In set two, senior Elijah Braun took control, contributing three kills, a block and an ace.  Others standing out in the middle frame included juniors Elliott Swierczynski and Nathan May, along with seniors James Zimmer and Dominic Laswell. Laswell ended the second set with three kills and a block. One of the kills ended the set.

Penn-Trafford showed a little more fight in the third set, but the Tigers maintained control. Major contributors in the final frame included seniors Brandon Goetz, Ryan Dyga and Ryan Young.

LaMay earned Wright Automotive Player of the Game laurels for his efforts on the floor all night. He ended the match with two aces and six digs. Braun had a team-leading eight kills and two aces. Robertson had a team-leading 11 digs. Zimmer led the team with 19 assists while Dyga led with two blocks.

North Allegheny improves to 7-1 overall and is back to section play next Wednesday at home against Moon. The match will be broadcast on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

Boys Volleyball Summary vs. Penn-Trafford, 4/16/25