Class 5 Final Four Preview!

<p><strong>Semifinal 1 </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=544&amp;alg=57">St. Francis Borgia High School </a> 29-4-2</p> <p>Vs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=382&amp;alg=57"><strong>Nixa High School </strong></a> 32-3</p> <p>Boy, this one will be good! Defending Class 3 and Class 4 state champions meet up in this year’s semifinals. They’ve each beaten each other this year. Borgia with a 25-19, 25-17 pool play win in the Ozark tourney where Borgia had 27 kills to Nixa’s 16.<strong> Lily Brown</strong> had 6, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41802" first="Ella" last="Brinkman"]</strong>n 8,<strong> Lynsey Batson</strong> 5, and<strong> Caroline Glastetter</strong> with 6. Nixa only had three players with kills, and that was <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="102546" first="Jaycee" last="Fixsen"]</strong> with 5, <strong>Allie Billmyer</strong> with 3, and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41762" first="Taylor" last="Golmen"]</strong> with 8. Then, in the Ozark tournament championship, Nixa decided to play ball and took a 2-1 22-25, 25-16, 25-15 win. This time around, it was Nixa’s defense and serve receive that won the game.  Plus, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="102546" first="Jaycee" last="Fixsen"]</strong> got help from some usual teammates, <strong>Allie Billmyer</strong> had nine kills, and <strong>Norah Clark</strong> had 6. Borgia’s <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41802" first="Ella" last="Brinkman"]n</strong> had 13, and <strong>Lily Brown</strong> finished with 11 to be the only ones in double-digit kills in the loss.  I think this is where Borgia’s run comes to an end. Both teams are hot, but I think Nixa's defense and passing are just better.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Borgia potential lineup</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41802" first="Ella" last="Brinkman"]n</strong> 5’8 junior 490 kills</p> <p><strong>Lily Brown</strong> 5’11 junior 212 kills</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41798" first="Annie" last="Arand"]</strong> 5’7 junior 934 assists</p> <p><strong>Caroline Glastetter</strong> 5’10 junior 295 kills</p> <p><strong>Lynsey Batson</strong> 5’9 junior 112 kills</p> <p><strong>Kaitlyn Patke</strong> 5’11 junior 96 kills</p> <p><strong>Lauren Nieder</strong> 5’3 junior 225 digs</p> <p><strong>Maddie Dowil,</strong> 5’8 senior 131 digs</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Nixa potential lineup</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="102444" first="Sydney" last="Golden"]</strong> 5’7 junior 1096 assists</p> <p><strong>Rachel Janisch</strong> 5’0 senior 233 digs</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41762" first="Taylor" last="Golmen"]</strong> 6’0 senior 247 kills</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41821" first="Addison" last="Tauai"]</strong> 5’6 junior 250 digs</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="102546" first="Jaycee" last="Fixsen"]</strong> 5’11 junior 413 kills</p> <p><strong>Allie Billmyer</strong> 5’9 junior 214 kills</p> <p><strong>Emma Conrad</strong> 5’0 sophomore 327 digs</p> <p><strong>Jena Medearis</strong> 6’0 junior 136 kills</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Semifinal 2  </strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=907&amp;alg=57">Liberty North High School</a></strong> 22-0</p> <p>Vs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/Schedule.aspx?s=542&amp;alg=57">St. Dominic High School </a>21-3-1</p> <p>Here is another match-up that is sure to be a slugfest. You have Liberty North’s<strong> [player_tooltip player_id="41825" first="Isabel" last="Zimmerman"]</strong> and<strong> Carlie Cisneros</strong> on the pins for the Eagles battling it out with St. Dominic’s pin hitters <strong>Breanna Schreimann</strong> and <strong>Audrey Weber.</strong>  You have a better blocker on the right side with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41825" first="Isabel" last="Zimmerman"]</strong> going up against St. Dominic’s outside hitters.  Liberty North has a better middle blocker tandem in  <strong>Rachel Spainhour</strong> and <strong>Caitlyn Burns</strong>. Comes down to Liberty North's right-side blockers shutting down St. Dominic's outsides. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Liberty North potential lineup</p> <p><strong>Rachel Spainhour</strong> 6’0 senior 138 kills</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41825" first="Isabel" last="Zimmerman"]</strong> 6’1 junior 314 kills</p> <p><strong>Caitlyn Burns</strong> 5’10 junior 124 kills</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="41799" first="Addison" last="Beagle"]</strong> 5’10 junior 57 kills and 837 assists</p> <p><strong>Abby Christian</strong> 5’9 sophomore 307 digs</p> <p><strong>Carlie Cisneros</strong> 5’11 freshman 281 kills</p> <p><strong>Sydney Jacquin</strong> 5’10 senior 48 kills</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>St. Dominic potential lineup</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="102453" first="Rachel" last="Schipper"]</strong> 5’8 junior 667 assists</p> <p><strong>McKinley Curran</strong> 5’10 junior 114 kills</p> <p><strong>Audrey Weber</strong> 6’0 senior 313 kills</p> <p><strong>Breanna Schreimann</strong> 5’8 junior 243 kills</p> <p><strong>Olivia Skijan</strong> senior 316 digs</p> <p><strong>Mary Kathryn Mulvaney</strong> 5’8 sophomore 146 digs</p> <p><strong>Grace Catlett</strong> 5’8 junior 70 kills</p> <p><strong>Emma Blaine</strong> 6’0 sophomore 101 kills</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Championship: Please go 5!</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>