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<p>Two teams that have already succeeded in expanding beyond their local dominance will try to conquer the entire state when they meet today at 1 p.m. at Cumberland Valley High School in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 2A girls volleyball championship match.</p><p>Holy Redeemer arrives in Mechanicsburg with 12 District 2 championships and 11 Wyoming Valley Conference titles in the school&#8217;s 12-year history.</p><p>Bald Eagle Area&#8217;s success has been a bit more recent. The Eagles have won four straight Mountain League titles.</p><p>By the time the state tournament arrived, Holy Redeemer was already moving up through the state ranks. Many of the players in a deep senior class had played in the state semifinals two years ago and the quarterfinals last season.</p><p>With that background and a one-loss regular season, Holy Redeemer ascended to the top of the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Class 2A state rankings before the start of the tournament.</p><p>Bald Eagle Area was still looking for the first state win in school history at that point. Now, the Eagles have three, including Tuesday&#8217;s victory over defending state champion Freeport.</p><p>Both teams will have many of weapons to turn to in their first state final.</p><p>Skylar Osenkarski repeated as Wyoming Valley Conference Player of the Year, but it is not automatic that she will be the primary focus of the Holy Redeemer offense.</p><p>Madison Rockey is the Mountain League Most Valuable Player, but although she can finish at the net, she generally spreads the ball around to her teammates.</p><p>Senior setter Korren Hicks and junior outside hitter Liv Moore joined Osenkarski as first-team WVC all-stars. Senior libero Sarah Kuderka and senior hitters Sarah Liskowicz, Samantha Carr and Julia Andrejko were all second-teamers.</p><p>&#8220;Too many hitters from too many angles,&#8221; Holy Redeemer coach John Kablick said in explaining what makes his team so difficult to stop.</p><p>Maddie Lewis, another senior, has been valuable for her clutch serving during the playoffs.</p><p>Grace Hugar was a first-team league all-star for Bald Eagle Area while Lexi Skripek and Lacee Barnhart were second-teamers.</p><p>When Bald Eagle Area avenged a first-round state tournament loss by beating Freeport in four sets Tuesday, Hugar had 16 kills while Barnhart and Taylor Kilmer had 13 each</p><p>Rockey has been credited with 85 assists in the last two rounds and had seven aces in the quarterfinals. She also has been a factor for the Eagles defensively, both in the back row and with blocks.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Livia Moore (13), Skylar Osenkarski (50) and the rest of the Holy Redeemer Royals will be looking for new heights when they play in the the school&#8217;s first-ever PIAA Class 2A girls volleyball championship game today against Bald Eagle. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL101318RedeemerDallasGVB2-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Livia Moore (13), Skylar Osenkarski (50) and the rest of the Holy Redeemer Royals will be looking for new heights when they play in the the school&#8217;s first-ever PIAA Class 2A girls volleyball championship game today against Bald Eagle. </caption0><photoCredit0>Sean McKeag file photo | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Robinson</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Holy Redeemer & Bald Eagle take first step into state girls volleyball finals