Tigers Slay Little Lions, Advance To PIAA Semifinals
The reigning PIAA champions continued their march toward a repeat with a 3-1 victory over State College in the state quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon at Indiana High School. The Tigers towered over the Little Lions with set scores of 25-24, 25-16, 20-25, and 25-15.
Senior Mitch Higgins drilled State College for a team-high 12 kills and two aces. Brendan Brown clogged the middle with a team-best 13 blocks and added nine kills offensively. Senior David Haus posted nine kills and seven blocks. Libero Ethan DeRubbo covered the defensive end with a team-high 14 digs and setter Antonios Balouris posted 35 assists.
North Allegheny improves to 21-1 overall and advances to the PIAA semifinals to face District 3 Hempfield on Tuesday night at 6:00 pm at Altoona High School. For a look at the Class AAA PIAA brackets, click here.
Boys Volleyball Summary vs. State College, 5-31-14
| GAME SUMMARY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCORE BY SETS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| State College | 24 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 1 |
| North Allegheny | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 3 |