Hendersonville Rolls to NCHSAA 2-A Volleyball Championship

RALEIGH— Hendersonville swept past South Granville in three consecutive sets on Saturday to win the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A volleyball championship at Reynolds Coliseum on the N.C. State campus.

Led by championship Most Valuable Player Cassie Born, the Bearcats won by 25-14, had a big rally to come back and win 28-26, and then clinched it with a 25-12 triumph.

Born, a 5-10 senior, was named the championship MVP for the second consecutive year and had 13 kills along with 12 digs for the Bearcats.

Megan Fuhr was among South Granville’s leader with eight kills.

The Bearcats won their 12th state volleyball championship in 14 appearances in the final, both of which are the top marks for any NCHSAA school. Hendersonville ended the campaign with a 27-2 record and earned its third consecutive state title after winning the 1-A crown in 2012 but moving up in the new realignment and now winning twice at 2-A.

South Granville had a 16-match winning streak snapped and the Vikings finished the year at 28-4 overall. South was in the finals for the second time in the last three years.