McMichael
McMichael won the 2022 2A Volleyball state championship vs Camden County, 3 at Reynolds Coliseum, NC State.
| Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Classification | 2A |
| Champion | McMichael |
| Runner-Up | Camden County |
| Score | 3 - 1 |
| Venue | Reynolds Coliseum, NC State, Raleigh |
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Win number 776 for McMichael Head Coach Marty Woods, now finishing her 44th season as a head volleyball coach, carries a bit of an extra special flair. After a shaky opening set, the McMichael Phoenix stormed back to take the next three sets and win the program’s first State Championship, defeating Camden County 3-1. Camden battled through a nip-and-tuck first set, as the two teams were tied eight different times, seven late in the set. However, they only swapped the lead three times, and Camden took the lead for good at 21-20 on an attacking error by McMichael’s Jenna Rosenbaum. Carlyn Tanis helped finish the set off with a pair of kills for the Bruins in the closing points, including the final point of the set, emphatically slamming one down to cap the set 25-23. McMichael shook off the first set hiccup in a big way, ripping off the first nine points of the second set on Bianka Sola’s serve. The Phoenix claimed the set 25-20, as Tanis kept the Bruins close after righting the ship from a rocky start to the set. Tanis had six kills in the second, trying to bring the Bruins back from the big early deficit, but the set was all McMichael’s. Sola, the team’s setter, also distributed the ball tremendously in the final three sets, dishing out five kills to Gracie Lovelace and Rosenbaum each in the second frame and assisting four other players in the final three sets, all McMichael wins. Sola dominated the match through distribution and was named the 2A Championship’s Most Valuable Player. Rosenbaum finished the match with 17 kills, and Lovelace and Zoey Bradford also contributed a great number of kills, seven and 10 respectively. The Phoenix left no doubt, leading the final two sets by at least nine at least once in each set. Camden County finished the season 25-3. The Bruins were 14-0 as the champions of the Northeastern Coastal 2A/3A. Camden won the Regional Championship for the second straight year and second all-time. McMichael wrapped their year at 37-3. The Phoenix were 12-0 as the champions of the Mid-State 2A. They won the Regional Championship for the second time in program history and captured the program’s first State Championship. The NCHSAA is committed to highlighting good sportsmanship and has partnered with the North Carolina Farm Bureau to recognize two participants from each state championship with the NC Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Awards. The 2022 2A Volleyball Sportsmanship Awards were presented to Peyton Carver from Camden and Anna Casto from McMichael.