The Roanoke Catholic volleyball team defeated North Cross last Thursday night at the Celtic gym in the Blue Ridge Conference semi-finals to win a berth in the final. North Cross came out stronger than the last two times they met the Celtics that ended with 3-0 wins both times for the Celtics in regular season play. Thursday nights the Raiders showed up trying to spoil the Celtics Senior Night but only took one set for a final 25-18,24-26,25-15,25-16.
Roanoke Catholic went on to play Conference power house Liberty Christian Academy Saturday in the finals. During the regular season Catholic knocked off the Bulldogs once during their 2 meetings but the Final ended with Division 1 LCA topping Division 3 Roanoke Catholic 25-9,25,15, 25-21.
State Tournament D3 play starts next week with Roanoke Catholic (ranked #1) and North Cross (ranked #3) both hosting quarter final matches in their gyms on Tuesday night. Semi final and final matches will be held Friday and Saturday at Steward School in Richmond.