Five Big Arms in Regional Final Round

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lily Hamilton</strong> - 2026 | Avon<br>Hamilton has been a key part of the Eagles' core trio of offense all season. Her ability to terminate on the right pin is a great complement to their left side action. She picked a great time to have a career best match as the senior was one of two Eagles to terminate 20 or more kills as she filled the stat sheet with a triple double at 20 kills, 30 assists, and 16 digs. Her arm performed with high effectiveness as she produced at a .351 efficiency and 54% kill rate. She is committed to Ashland University. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='401341' first='Londyn' last='Stone'] </strong>- 2026 | Avon<br>The Eagles, 25-1 overall, advanced to the state semifinals with a big 3-2 win over Wadsworth. Stone has been there offenisve leader for multiple seasons as she has a career offensive average of 4.0 k/s. She was the second Eagle arm at 20 kills or more in the win as her 21 kills led Avon. The Duquesne commit scored on a .296 efficiency. Stone also tied for a team high 16 digs to help advance Avon to a semifinal match versus Magnificat. The Wadsworth Grizzlies finished their season 24-2.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sylvia Haugh</strong> - 2026 | Bloom-Carroll<br>Haughn is a 6'0 six-rotation pin with solid offensive skills. The Ohio Dominican commit is a versatile attacker as she can score from a variety of attack points with an aggressive lift and contact. Bloom-Carroll came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Jonathan Alder 3-2 to advance to the DIII state semifinals behind Haughn's career high 24. She also collected 12 digs. Her senior season has been a breakout one as she has been far outperforming any single season of her varsity career, which also has led the Bulldogs to their furthest postseason effort in her career. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='379749' first='Nattie' last='Slusher']</strong> - 2026 | Seton<br>Following a first set loss, Slusher (*pictured) helped Seton take control of their regional final match versus mason to complete the 3-1 win. With the victory, the defending DI state champs are back in the final weekend of action. The 6'1 pin carved up the defense from both sides of the court by finding space to get the ball to the floor or in tooling the block. Her team high 16 kills led a balanced offense as the majority of their kills came through five different arms on a team efficiency of .288. Mason will look to return to the state title bout as they get set to take on Loveland.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Abbi Mader</strong> - 2028 | Tippecanoe<br>Tippecanoe defeated Ursuline 3-1 as the sophomore Mader led the Red Devils with 19 kills as one of two in double-dig kills. Teammate <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='758071' first='Savannah' last='Clawson']</strong> had 15 kills and 20 digs to join Mader in the double-double category as she picked up 12 digs of her own. Junior libero <strong>Faith Siefring</strong> had a massive match defensively with 38 digs for a 9.5 d/s average, well above her season average. Tippecanoe, unbeaten at 27-0, will play Archbishop Hoban (22-5) in one DIII state semifinal on Friday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->