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<p><strong>Elizabeth Dalton – 2024 – Outside – Jefferson</strong></p>
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<p>The lone holdout from last year's Class 2 state champions had a huge match in her team's loss to Arcadia Valley. In the 1-3 defeat the 5'6” outside finished with nine kills and 24 digs. Used mostly as a defender the last couple of years she's making the most of her chance at hitting and doing a great job as she's second on the team in kills and first in digs.</p>
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<p><strong>Sara Ausbury – 2024 – Libero – Francis Howell North</strong></p>
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<p>In the 5-set loss to Liberty Sara did as much as she could to give her team the win with a career-high 24 digs. A hard-working defender who keeps the ball off the floor to allow her big bomber in the middle the opportunity to score.</p>
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<p><strong>Camryn Markenson – 2024 – Outside – Clayton</strong></p>
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<p>In the loss to Burroughs 1-3 Camryn had a nice hitting performance finishing with 8 kills but it's her defense that stands out. A libero by trade finished with a team-high 34 digs even though she has been called on to hit the last two matches.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='495331' first='Claire' last='Merseal'] – 2024 - Libero – St. Clair</strong></p>
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<p>Without looking into the records for both teams I would say it's been a couple of decades since St. Clair has knocked off Hermann. In the win over Hermann, she would finish with 50 digs and then turn around and had 54 in the 5-set loss to Union.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='493022' first='Kennedie' last='Witthaus'] – 2025 – Libero – Hermann</strong></p>
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<p>Her counterpart got the better of Kennedie in the loss to St. Clair, but Witthaus did her job recording a team-high and career-high 27 digs. Witthaus comes from a long line of solid liberos from the Class 2 powerhouse.</p>
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Elizabeth Dalton – 2024 – Outside – Jefferson
The lone holdout from last year's Class 2 state champions had a huge match in her team's loss to Arcadia Valley. In the 1-3 defeat the 5'6” outside finished with nine kills and 24 digs. Used mostly as a defender the last couple of years she's making the most of her chance at hitting and doing a great job as she's second on the team in kills and first in digs. Sara Ausbury – 2024 – Libero – Francis Howell North In the 5-set loss to Liberty Sara did as much as she could to give her team the win with a career-high 24 digs. A hard-working defender who keeps the ball off the floor to allow her big bomber in the middle the opportunity to score. Camryn Markenson –…
