Monarchs beat Prestonwood Christian, Cathedral Catholic in back-to-back matches to win tournament.
The Monarchs will likely see many of the same faces in a few weeks at the Durango Fall Classic.
Meanwhile, this weekend's Nike TOC Southeast is stocked full of MaxPreps Top 25 teams, including No. 5
Cornerstone Christian (San Antonio, Texas), No. 6 Prestonwood Christian, No. 10
Pace Academy (Atlanta), No. 12
Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), No. 13
Flint Hill (Oakton, Va.) and No. 17
Venice (Fla.). Additionally, a handful of teams outside the rankings could make some noise and improve their standing.
Behind senior hitter Isabel Clark, Mater Dei has jumped to No. 1 in the MaxPreps Top 25 volleyball rankings. The Monarchs grabbed the deep Volleypalooza title over the weekend, beating ranked teams Prestonwood Christian and Cathedral Catholic in the process. (Photo: Jann Hendry)
Record: 12-0 |
Last week: 7
Took down two heavy hitters in Prestonwood Christian and Cathedral Catholic for the Volleypalooza title. But things don't get easier with a non-league match Tuesday against No. 2 Mira Costa.
2. Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Record: 11-1 |
Last week: 2
The Mustangs have a trio of wins, including one over 2022 MaxPreps National Champion Marymount, following their Ann Kang Invitational title in early August.
3. Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.)
Record: 7-0 |
Last week: 3
The Royals' win streak is 41, including the season-opener against McCutcheon. Tuesday's showdown is against 6-4 Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory.
4. Mother McAuley (Chicago)
Record: 7-0 |
Last week: 5
Ellie White has the Mighty Macs rolling with 62 kills, a 4.1 per set average. She was an all-tournament pick at the Metea Valley/Oswego East tournament along with
Keira Ohse,
Sam Falk and
Sydney Buchanan.
5. Cornerstone Christian (San Antonio)
Record: 12-1 |
Last week: 6
Junior
Megan Fitch and senior
Grace Carroll each have over 100 kills on the season as
Kaia Thiele and
Natalia Jackson have combined for 330 assists.
6. Prestonwood Christian (Plano, Texas)
Record: 13-2 |
Last week: 1
The Lions fell to No. 1 Mater Dei 25-21, 25-18 in the Volleypalooza final. They grabbed good wins over No. 7 Grand Oaks, as well as Austin Westlake and Plano East. The other loss is to Boyd (McKinney)
7. Grand Oaks (Spring, Texas)
Record: 28-1 |
Last week: 13
Rebounded from a 2-1 semifinal loss to Prestonwood Christian to handle No. 9 Cathedral Catholic 2-1 in the Volleypalooza third-place match.
8. Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion, Neb.)
Record: 6-0 |
Last week: 9
Beat No. 12 Skutt Catholic 2-1 in the final of the Bellevue Invite, winning 25-13, 27-29, 25-22.
Lauren Medeck has 43 kills on the young season while Solomon has 30.
9. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego)
Record: 7-2 |
Last week: 4
Dropped back-to-back contests for the first time since the 2019 season. Cathedral Catholic has a non-league match with Torrey Pines on Wednesday.
10. Pace Academy (Atlanta)
Record: 9-0 |
Last week: 11
The Knights got 18 kills from
Ellie Siskin and 16 from
Grace Agolli in their straight sets win over No. 11 Pope. Agolli also had a team-high 18 assists while sophomore
Olivia Siskin added 15 assists.
11. Pope (Marietta, Ga.)
Record: 11-1 |
Last week: 8
Sophie-Katherine Harvey had 14 kills in the loss to Pace Academy while
Cooper Abney had 19 assists. The schedule includes Buford and Blessed Trinity in the next few weeks.
12. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.)
Record: 5-1 |
Last week: 12
Addison West had a match-high 18 kills in the loss to Papio South while
Abbie Hagedorn added 17.
13. Flint Hill (Oakton, Va.)
Record: 0-0 |
Last week: 10
Open season Friday.
14. Byron Nelson (Trophy Club, Texas)
Record: 18-1 |
Last week: 14
The Bobcats have reeled off six straight since their lone loss to Grand Oaks. They draw reigning 5A champion Colleyville Heritage (28-6) on Tuesday and Plano East on Friday.
15. Plano West (Plano, Texas)
Record: 13-2 |
Last week: 15
Senior
Kate Mansfield has 176 kills on the season while sophomore hitter
Blaire Bowers has 101 and junior setter Wei has 272 assists. Losses are to Allen and Prestonwood Christian.
16. Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills, Ky.)
Record: 6-0 |
Last week: 16
A trio of hitters —
Ava Tilden (74 kills),
Gracie Portwood (61) and
Riley McCloskey (57) — have the Pandas unbeaten on the season.
17. Venice (Fla.)
Record: 2-0 |
Last week: 17
After opening the season with two wins, they have national competition at Nike TOC Southeast that includes Cornerstone Christian, Prestonwood Christian, Pace Academy and Flint Hill.
18. Assumption (Louisville, Ky.)
Record: 5-0 |
Last week: 18
Ron Kordes' team is unblemished with
Charlotte Moriarty leading a quartet of hitters with nearly 3.0 kills per set.
19. Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township, N.J.)
Record: 0-0 |
Last week: 19
The Blue Eagles begin their season Sept. 13.
20. Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.)
Record: 2-0 |
Last week: 20
Olivia Swenson is averaging 11 kills in each of the Trojans' two victories on the young season.
21. St. Mary's Dominican (New Orleans)
Record: 1-0 |
Last week: 21
A year after going 46-3 and winning a state title, Dominican opened the season with a straight sets win over Slidell.
22. Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.)
Record: 0-0 |
Last week: 22
The Aztecs begin the season Tuesday against Shadow Ridge.
23. Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.)
Record: 2-0 |
Last week: NR
The Lancers were CIF Open Division runner-up last season and return two explosive hitters in
Erin Curtis and
Taylor Williams. A Tuesday showdown against Archbishop Mitty could go a long way to setting the tone for Northern California supremacy.
24. Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee)
Record: 7-0 |
Last week: NR
DSHA won the Division 1 title over Oconomowoc last season and replace the Raccoons in the MaxPreps Top 25 after a 2-1 win over the weekend.
25. Puyallup (Wash.)
Record: 0-0 |
Last week: 25
The Vikings begin their season Friday.
On the bubble: Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 3-0;
St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 1-0;
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 1-0;
Oconomowoc (Wis.), 6-1;
Northville (Mich.), 6-1;
Westminster Christian (Miami), 2-0;
Liberty North (Liberty, Mo.), 0-1;
Briarcrest Christian (Eads, Tenn.), 7-0;
Boyd (McKinney, Texas), 14-1
