Horizon girls volleyball wins Metro West championship, tops West Orange in final

The Hawks move to 12-2 on the season after beating the Warriors, 2-1, in the championship match of the Metro West Conference tournament at Horizon High.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 5:00 p.m. September 21, 2024

Sports
High Schools

In a tightly contested three-set match, the Horizon Hawks girls volleyball team topped West Orange High, 2-1, in the finals of the Metro West Conference tournament championship game held at Horizon High Sept. 21.

After the Hawks took the first set, 25-18, the Warriors answered with a convincing set of their own — winning 25-19. In the final set, the match went back and forth before the hosting Horizon Hawks squeaked out a 15-13 win to claim the Metro title.

With the win, the Hawks moved to 12-2 on the season while the Warriors have a 7-3 record.

In the third-place match, defending Metro champions Olympia High (12-4) topped the Windermere Wolverines (8-9) in three sets — 24-26, 26-24 and 15-7 — to take home the bronze.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.