Versailles is a state volleyball champion again. The Tigers swept Coldwater 3-0 in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division V state final on Saturday, November 14, at the Nutter Center in Dayton, winning the fourth state championship in program history, according to Stateline Sports Network’s report of the final. The set scores were 27-25, 25-11 and 25-12, Stateline Sports Network reported, and the OHSAA’s own social account congratulated Versailles on the title the same afternoon.
The sweep was also a reversal. Stateline Sports Network reported that the final was an all-Midwest Athletic Conference rematch of the teams’ September 24 regular-season meeting, which Coldwater won 3-1. This time, Versailles left no doubt — after the one close set of the day, the Tigers won the last two sets by a combined 27 points and finished the match in just one hour and five minutes, according to Stateline Sports Network.
The first set was the only one Coldwater truly threatened in, Stateline Sports Network reported. Versailles edged it 27-25, needing extra points to close it, and from there the Tigers’ serve took the match over. Stateline Sports Network reported that Versailles hit .311 as a team, with 41 kills on 90 swings and 10 aces, while Coldwater hit .074 with 28 kills and 21 errors and managed one ace — a serve-and-pass gap that decided the afternoon…