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SPRINGFIELD -- South Range’s first trip to the volleyball state semifinals lasted 68 minutes.
The fifth-seeded Raiders suffered their first loss, falling to sixth-ranked Versailles, 25-14, 25-21, 25-23, in a Division V semifinal Friday afternoon at Wittenberg University.
South Range, which lost only nine sets entering the match, finishes the season at 27-1.
Lily Weaver had 17 kills and 25 service receptions and Anna Toy 14 kills, one assist and 16 service receptions for the Raiders.
Also for the Raiders, Parker Zwingler had 15 assists and one ace, Natalie Burnett 15 assists, Haylie John one kill and 14 service receptions, Jordyn Havner two blocks,
Addison Freedy one kill and one assist and Abby Lencyk one kill.
Versailles (22-6) advances to the state championship match against top-ranked Coldwater (25-4) at noon Saturday at Wright State University’s Nutter Center. Both teams are members of the Midwest Athletic Conference. Coldwater won the regular-season match in four games.
Coldwater advanced by beating second-ranked Byesville Meadowbrook in the first semifinal Friday.
A third Midwest Athletic Conference team also reached a state final.
Third-ranked Rockford Parkway lost to fifth-ranked Dalton, 25-21, 13-25, 25-20, 16-25, 15-12, in the Division VI final on Thursday night.
Dalton finished the season at 28-1 and its first volleyball state title. Dalton’s lone loss was to Marlington in five sets on Oct. 5. Dalton finished second to West Branch in the Eastern Buckeye Conference.