The Mesilla Valley Christian volleyball team won the District 3-2A tournament title on Saturday.
The Mesilla Valley Christian volleyball team won the District 3-2A tournament title on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Capitan (25-18, 25-20 25-14) at Mesilla Valley Christian School.
The SonBlazers (16-2) should get a high seed for the Class 2A state tournament when the field is announced on Sunday.
LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State volleyball hosted California Baptist in a conference clash at the Pan American Center on Saturday, The Aggies reached the 20-win mark by downing the Lancers 25-16, 11-25, 25-8, 25-20 in the match.
"I thought we attacked the ball pretty well. Except the one stretch in the second set, we were pretty balanced" NM State head coach Mike Jordan said. "We defended a lot better than we did the first time we placed this team. Also, to serve 10 aces against what I believe has been the best passing team in the league is impressive. Overall, it was a great team win."
NM State reached the 20-win mark with the victory, making it the 15th time in the last 17 seasons that the Aggies have reached the milestone. In the victory, New Mexico State tallied 51 kills on hitting .290 for the match. Savannah Davison led all players with 14 kills and posted a double-double when she added 12 digs in the win. Tatyana Battle led the NM State squad with 20 digs and her 13 kills gave her the 17th double-double of her senior campaign. Natalie Mikels led the team with 23 assists and four aces while Brigette Lowe had a squad-best three blocks.
The Aggies close out the regular season with a pair of matches at home. NM State hosts UMKC on Thursday at 6 p.m. before welcoming Chicago State for a Senior Day match next Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Santa Teresa volleyball team won the District 3-4A tournament title with a 3-0 win over Silver (25-15, 25- 20, 25-19) on Saturday.
The Desert Warriors (15-6) will find out their seed for the Class 4A state tournament on Sunday.
Area prep cross country runners competed at the state championships at Rio Rancho High School on Saturday.
The Oñate boys finished in 10th place (259 points) with Centennial 12th (281) and Las Cruces 14th (367).
Mayfield's Nickolas Yacone was the highest finishing area runner at 15th at 17:04.80.
The Oñate girls finished in ninth place (261) with Centennial 12th (282).
Oñate's Sage Payne (20:10.00) was the highest finishing area runner at 17th.