MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown High volleyball team is returning to the state tournament once again after sweeping its pair of matches in the Class AAAA North Region tournament to earn a trip back to Charleston.
MHS has played for the state championship each of the last three seasons, winning the title in 2023, but falling twice in 2022 and last season.
Morgantown is led by senior Paige Brink and sophomore Leah Greeny, both of whom have player-of-the-year potential, and many of its players have experience playing in the state tournament.
Second-year head coach Abigail Wolfe says experience, along with the 2025 regular-season schedule, equips her team for the postseason.
“We play a competitive schedule most of the year to give ourselves more opportunities to test ourselves,” Wolfe said. “Also playing in OVACs gives us a little bit of a pressure situation a couple of weeks before states. All but two of the players played in the tournament last year, so we have a lot of experience in Charleston and in big games.”
The Mohigans enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed in Class AAAA with a 33-4-1 record. MHS is slated to battle No. 7-seed Parkersburg South (14-17-1) in the quarterfinal round. The winner will advance to play that night in the second of two semifinal matches against the winner of No. 3 Cabell Midland and No. 6 Woodrow Wilson.
“They have run several different lineups throughout the season,” Wolfe said. “It looks like they have settled on a 6-2 offense with their big hitter in the middle. We are focusing on our serve/serve-receive going into the game.”
MHS advanced to the state tournament with a 3-2 victory over Musselman in the North Region Tournament in dramatic fashion, winning the final set 15-13.
Greeny played only three sets in the match after exiting with an injury, but Wolfe says Greeny practiced over the weekend.
“I know that we had a couple fighting colds late last week and, like everyone else, there are some wear-and-tear injuries,” she said. “It’s great that we have the extra day this year so we can rest between games and be at full strength for Thursday.”
Should the Mohigans defeat Parkersburg South in the quarterfinals and advance through the semis, they would battle for the Class AAAA volleyball state championship on Thursday afternoon.
“We have to play one point at a time, as simple as it sounds, and do what we can to win the next point,” Wolfe said. “We have the benefit of having the same schedule as last year, so the kids have been through the routine already of when to wake up, eat, and leave. So, it is a lot of believing in one another and trusting that we have prepared for each moment and can respond to whatever our opponents throw at us.”
