Gorman sweeps Centennial for regional girls volleyball crown

There’s a large whiteboard successful the bureau of Bishop Gorman girls volleyball manager Gregg Nunley. Before the season, the squad utilized it to constitute their biggest goals. With each achievement, a extremity is checked off.

A 5th consecutive determination title — check.

The Gaels weathered immoderate challenges from Centennial successful Saturday’s Class 5A Southern Region rubric matchup, but won successful 3 sets — 25-15, 28-26, 25-10.

“We’re beauteous experienced and mentally, we’re capable to bounce back, reset, travel backmost and finish,” Nunley said. “It feels bully to beryllium pushed and find retired what we’re made of.”

The triumph gives Gorman immoderate momentum heading into adjacent week’s Class 5A authorities tourney astatine Faith Lutheran High, wherever the Gaels volition proceed their quest for a 3rd consecutive authorities title successful 4th successful 5 seasons against Northern Region runner-up Reno High astatine 5 p.m. Friday. The Bulldogs quadrate disconnected against Northern Region champion Bishop Manogue successful the different semifinal astatine 7 p.m. Friday

Sophia Ewalefo led Gorman (29-6) with 17 kills and racked up 15 digs. Caroline Edgeworth, honored aft the crippled arsenic the Class 5A Mountain League Player of the Year, finished with 10 blocks and 9 digs for the Gaels. Ashley Duckworth led Gorman with 16 blocks.

Centennial kept it adjacent successful the aboriginal going of the archetypal set, but aft the Gaels went connected a 9-2 run, Gorman had a commanding 20-10 pb and finished with off.

In the 2nd set, however, the Bulldogs (13-21) showed wherefore they beryllium successful the title game. Down 21-14, Centennial, which finished 4th successful the 5A Mountain Leauge standings and had to triumph doubly connected the roadworthy to scope the title match, rallied to necktie it astatine 23. The Bulldogs couldn’t clasp disconnected the Gorman late, though, and the Gaels emerged with a two-set pb that enactment them successful command.

From there, the Gaels rolled to an casual third-set triumph to unafraid the title.

Charlece Ohiaeri led Centennial with 11 kills and added 7 digs. Laura Rosengren had a team-high 12 digs for the Bulldogs.