Regional volleyball
- Updated: October 22, 2026
Faith Christian downs Mars Hill Bible in North Super Regional final, claims program’s first regional championship. (Will be updated with reports from later matches)
By East Alabama Sports Today
HOOVER — Injuries slowed the start to Faith Chrisitan’s volleyball season, but the Lions added a new title Thursday … North Super Regional champion.
Faith beat Mars Hill Bible 3-1 in Thursday’s Private A North Super Regional final in Hoover’s Finley Center and will advance to next week’s state tournament as the North’s No. 1 qualifier. The Lions will play South No. 4 Mobile Christian on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Birmingham CrossPlex.
Faith, which played without Annie Ricard and Kaylee Norton early in the season, won the Area 6 title as a No. 3 seed last week.
The regional title marked Faith’s first. The 2018 team that made the Class 1A semifinals was the North 3 qualifier.
“I thought that Mars Hill was a very well coached competitive team,” Faith coach Michaella Edwards said. “Our girls had to fight for every point we had.
“I thought the girls did a great job trusting each other and bouncing back after a mistake after that first set was finished. Every single girl stepped up and got the job done, and that’s why we won, because it was a good team win!”
Donoho fell to Athens Bible 1-3 on Thursday and will hold the North’s No. 4 seed and will play South championship winner betweem Montgomery Christian and Prattville Christian on Tuesday at 1:?0 p.m.
FAITH CHRISTIAN: The Lions beat Mars Hill Bible 23-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-20 in the regional final. Faith’s statistics:
— Anna Daniel:16 kills, 15 digs, one block, one ace.
— Kolee Cronan: 12 digs, one assist.
— Emma Shaw: one kill, three digs, one block.
— Amy Hubbard: 10 digs, 11 assists.
— Annie Ricard: 28 kills, seven digs, two blocks, one ace.
— Kaylee Norton: six digs, 31 assists, two aces, one block.
— Mia Rogers: one kill, one block.
— Brielle Green: two kills, one assist, three blocks.
DONOHO: The Falcons fell to Athens Bible 16-25, 25-20, 17-25, 20-25 in the regional third-place match. Donoho’s statistics:
— Alana Maldonado Maysonet: 11 kills, four blocks, one dig.
— Bentlee Pahman: four assists, three aces, 23 digs.
— Taylor Worley: 12 kills, four blocks, two digs.
— Gracelyn Plunkett: one kill, 46 assists, seven digs.
— Maddie Shute: two digs.
— Cyan Duncan: six kills, one assist, four blocks, seven digs.
— Nora Gibson: one block, two digs.
— Adalyn Mundy: one assist, two aces, 18 digs.
— Mary Marshall Alexander: six kills, one block, 16 digs.
— Hania Rehman: one kill, one assist, two digs.
— Pierce Lawler: one kill, three assists, 13 digs.
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