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Chantilly Keeps Moving Forward
The Chargers' Christy Harper spikes the ball over a pair of Hanover defenders. No. 7 Chantilly (26-1) has won 25 matches in a row.
(By Richard A. Lipski -- The Washington Post)
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Landstown, the Eastern Region champion, defeated Northwest Region runner-up Loudoun Valley, 25-17, 25-18, 25-21. It was the Vikings' first appearance in the AAA tournament since moving up from the AA classification four years ago.
Loudoun County Advances
Second-ranked Loudoun County was shaky at the start of its Virginia AA quarterfinal against Jamestown, struggling to stop the Eagles' powerful hitters and getting whistled for rotation violations as it trailed at home.
But the Raiders regrouped and used a balanced attack and constantly adjusting defense to defeat Jamestown (25-2) in four games, 17-25, 25-15, 25-23, 26-24, and advance to the state semifinals for a third consecutive season.
Loudoun County advanced to face fourth-ranked Chancellor in the AA semifinals on Friday at 1 p.m. at Siegel Center.
"I think that if you're going to win right now it's better for us to play a good team and play tight [matches]," Loudoun County Coach Jenica Matthias said. "Because we have to get used to that. We've got to get used to playing big when the score is close and not making unforced errors and mistakes."
Jamestown junior Krista Hughes finished with 28 kills and halted many of the moment-grabbing runs to which Loudoun County is accustomed. But the defending state champion Raiders (26-1) made several adjustments to defend Hughes and Eagles senior Cory Harris (13 kills), and they used strong performances from junior Emily Vandegrift (nine kills) and seniors Rochelle Latka (nine kills) and Shaylin O'Connell (10 kills) to advance. . . .
In another AA quarterfinal, Chancellor defeated Western Albemarle, 25-16, 25-15, 25-12, to earn their first trip to the state semifinals since 2001. Senior outside hitter Kelli Carneal the Chargers with 13 kills and 12 assists, and junior Seth Sullivan added seven kills and 17 assists.
"I don't think we could be playing any better than we are right now," Chancellor Coach Rod Crooks said.
A First for Flint Hill
Eighth-ranked Flint Hill defeated Liberty Christian on Saturday in three games to win the school's first Virginia Independent Schools state tournament and cap the best season in school history.
Setter Christie Fellows was named tournament most valuable player for the Huskies (31-2), and outside hitters Chelsea Overholt and Marilyn Peizer were named to the all-tournament team. Flint Hill also won its first Independent School League regular season and tournament titles this season.
Staff writer Paul Tenorio contributed to this report.
