The Kenai Kardinals volleyball team defended its 2020 Shayna Pritchard Memorial Volleyball Tournament title defeating the 2019 champion Soldotna Stars in the 2021 championship final on Saturday at Nikiski High School.
Kenai 2 – SoHi 0 Championship Game
Kenai completed an unbeaten tournament run with a two-game sweep of SoHi 25-12 and 25-20. The Kardinals cruised in game one building a large early lead in the rally scoring format. Game two opened with SoHi sprinting out to a 19-14 advantage; then, Kenai’s Emma Beck recorded 10-straight service points as the Kardinals closed-out the match.
All-Tournament Team
Sitka; MVP Zaeda Dumag, Chloe Morrison and Jessie Christner
Kenai: Andie Galloway, Valerie Villegas and Jorgi Phillips
SoHi: Chloe Armstrong and Alena Zener
Nikiski: Jaycee Tauriainen
Bethel: Ava Lieb
Shayna Marie Pritchard Award: Maggie Grenier of Nikiski
Saturday Bracket Results
Soldotna over Bethel 25-23 and 25-21
Nikiski downed Kotzebue 25-17 and 25-21
Kenai over Nikiski 25-16 and 25-17 to advance to championship game
Soldotna over Sitka 19-25, 25-17, 16-14 to advance to championship game
5th Place Game: Kotzebue over Bethel 25-17, 18-25 and 21-19
3rd Place Game: Sitka defeated Nikiski 25-20 and 25-16
Friday Pool Play Game Results
Soldotna defeated Kotzebue 25-9 and 25-23
Sitka defeated Bethel 25-19 and 25-23,
Kenai defeated Kotzebue 25-9 and 25-3
Nikiski defeated Bethel 25-16 and 25-11
Kenai defeated Soldotna 25-23 and 25-15
Sitka defeated Nikiski 25-17 and 25-7
Photo courtesy of Kenai Volleyball Booster Club Facebook Page
