The Mayo Spartan girls and the Stewartville Tiger girls played yesterday in the state high school volleyball quarterfinals. Mayo ended up losing to Eagan, 3-1 and the Stewartville girls beat Hill-Murray, to advance to the semi-finals today at 5 on court #1 at the Xcel Energy Center.

Here's all the info, from the Minnesota State High School league:

State Girls' Volleyball Tournament

Bethlehem Academy, Stewartville return to defend 2014 titles;
Seven schools make first appearances

Bethlehem Academy of Faribault in Class A and Stewartville in Class AA both return to defend their 2014 titles at the 2015 State Girls' Volleyball Tournament. If Bethlehem Academy wins, it would be the second consecutive and eighth overall title for the Cardinals. The Stewartville Tigers are looking for their second consecutive and fifth overall championship.

It is the eighth year of seeding for the tournament. Coaches of the qualified teams seeded all of the other teams online and then opponents were randomly selected for the top three seeds by coaches' association representative Jeff Groves. Seeds No. 4 and No. 5 automatically play each other.

In Class A, two additional teams return from the 2014 qualifying field: Tracy-Milroy-Balaton and Ada-Borup. In addition to Stewartville, Belle Plaine, Concordia Academy-Roseville, and Rocori of Cold Spring return to the Class AA field. Roseville Area, Eagan, Rochester Mayo, and Champlin Park return in the Class AAA field.

Seven teams are making their debut appearances this year: Cook County of Grand Marais, Heritage Christian Academy of Maple Grove, Verndale, Sebeka, and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown in Class A; the co-op of Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta in Class AA; and Prior Lake in Class AAA.

Class A Quarterfinal Quarterfinals
Five teams are making their first appearances and Cook County of Grand Marais boasts the only perfect record.
No. 1 Seed-Section 1-Bethlehem Academy, Faribault (23-7) vs. Section 7-Cook County, Grand Marais (25-0)
No. 4 Seed-Section 4-Heritage Christian Academy, Maple Grove (26-10) vs. No. 5 Seed-Section 5-Verndale (28-5)
No. 2 Seed-Section 3-Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (30-5) vs. Section 6-Sebeka (24-9)
No. 3 Seed-Section 2-Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (31-3) vs. Section 8-Ada-Borup (25-6)

Class AA Quarterfinal Quarterfinals
There are no unblemished records in Class AA and the co-op of Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta is the only program making its first appearance.
No. 1 Seed-Section 2-Belle Plaine (29-3) vs. Section 8-Perham (27-5)
No. 4 Seed-Section 1-Stewartville (23-8) vs. No. 5 Seed-Section 4-Hill-Murray, Maplewood (23-11)
No. 2 Seed-Section 5-Concordia Academy-Roseville (25-6) vs. Section 7-Hermantown (24-4)
No. 3 Seed-Section 6-Rocori, Cold Spring (28-1) vs. Section 3-Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (24-3)

Class AAA Quarterfinal Quarterfinals
There are no perfect records in Class AAA and Prior Lake is the only team making its debut appearance.
No. 1 Seed-Section 2-Prior Lake (26-4) vs. Section 6-Hopkins (17-13)
No. 4 Seed-Section 4-Roseville Area (23-6) vs. No. 5 Seed-Section 8-Moorhead (26-4)
No. 2 Seed-Section 3-Eagan (25-4) vs. Section 1-Rochester Mayo (27-2)
No. 3 Seed-Section 5-Champlin Park (27-4) vs. Section 7-North Branch (24-5)

The Schedule
The tournament will be conducted on two courts at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The 2015 State Girls' Volleyball Tournament will be played Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 12-14.

Quarterfinal matches for all three classes will be played Thursday, Nov. 12. Consolation semifinals and championship semifinals for all classes will be held Friday, Nov. 13.

On Saturday, Nov. 14, the Class A championship will be played at 1:00 p.m. on Court 1, the Class AA championship will be played at 3:00 p.m. on Court 2, and the Class AAA championship will be played at 5:00 p.m. on Court 1. Consolation title and third-place matches are also scheduled on Saturday.

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