PAPILLION – There were a couple matches which produced high drama during Monday’s pool play portion of the Metro Conference Tournament, but ultimately there were zero upsets.
All 12 matches finished with the higher-seeded team winning, which resulted in Millard West, Omaha Northwest, Omaha Westside and Millard South advancing to Wednesday’s championship quarterfinals. The top four seeds in the tournament – Papillion-LaVista, Omaha Marian, Papillion-LaVista South and Millard North – received byes into the quarterfinals and did not play on Monday.
In Pool B, Omaha Central – the #11 seed – took the first set 27-25 over #6 seed Omaha Northwest, but the Huskies bounced back in strong fashion, winning the final two sets 25-18, 25-13 to get the victory.
Meanwhile, in Pool D, #8 seed Millard South had to fight off four set points in the first set against Bellevue West before taking a 28-26, 25-19 victory over the T-birds. The Patriots also played without senior Nebraska-Kearney recruit Madi Stearns, who suffered a concussion last week. The availability of Stearns for the remainder of the Metro tourney is unknown at this point.
Below is the updated schedule for the Metro tourney as well as all the scores from today’s action. The consolation bracket seedings will be finished tomorrow, so we will update the schedule once that is available.
Metro Conference Championship Bracket
October 26
at Papillion-LaVista High School
4 p.m. – Papillion-LaVista vs. Millard South
5:15 p.m. – Millard North vs. Millard West
6:30 p.m. – Loser of Papio/Millard South vs. Loser of Millard North/Millard West
7:45 p.m. – Winner of Papio/Millard South vs. Winner of Millard North/Millard West
at Papillion-LaVista South High School
4 p.m. – Omaha Marian vs. Omaha Westside
5:15 p.m. – Papillion-LaVista South vs. Omaha Northwest
6:30 p.m. – Loser of Marian/Westside vs. Loser of PLVS/ONW
7:45 p.m. – Winner of Marian/Westside vs. Winner of PLVS/ONW
October 27
at Papillion-LaVista South High School
5 p.m. – 5th-place match (Aux. gym)
5 p.m. – 3rd-place match (Main gym)
7 p.m. – Championship match
Metro Conference Championship Results
October 24
Pool A
Millard West def. Omaha North 25-5, 25-8
Omaha Burke def. Omaha North 25-15, 25-23
Millard West def. Omaha Burke 25-16, 25-19
Pool B
Omaha Northwest def. Bellevue East 25-17, 25-21
Omaha Central def. Bellevue East 25-22, 25-15
Omaha Northwest def. Omaha Central 25-27, 25-18, 25-13
Pool C
Omaha Westside def. Omaha Bryan 25-7, 25-8
Omaha South def. Omaha Bryan 25-17, 25-16
Omaha Westside def. Omaha South 25-15, 25-15
Pool D
Millard South def. Omaha Benson 25-12, 25-12
Bellevue West def. Omaha Benson 25-7, 25-12
Millard South def. Bellevue West 28-26, 25-19
