By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

CLINTON — Long live the King.

Or, in this case, the Queen.

Our Lady Academy captured its third straight Class 3A state volleyball championship Thursday afternoon with a 3-0 sweep of Belmont (13-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-23) at A.E. Wood Coliseum on the campus of Mississippi College in Clinton. OLA finished a stellar 42-4 overall in bringing the crown home to the Bay once more.

Freshman Taylor Henley had 18 serving aces and five total blocks in the winning effort, while junior Myah Fave added nine kills and had three serving aces. Fave was recently recognized as the Class 3A “Miss Volleyball” in the state of Mississippi by The Mississippi High School Activities Association.

Also, Ava Davis had 39 assists and four aces for the Crescents, while Kinsley Stegall registered 22 digs in the winning effort.

OLA was the only one of the four “Southern Six” squads competing for a state title to come home with a championship.

Here is the complete scoreboard:

2024 MHSAA Volleyball State Champions:

Class 7A — Lewisburg  

Class 6A — Lake Cormorant  

Class 5A — Lafayette  

Class 4A — Purvis

Class 3A — OLA

Class 2A — Ingomar  

Class 1A — Stringer

Here is the complete MHSAA Volleyball State Championship results:

Thursday

CLASS 1A

10 a.m. — Stringer3, West Union 0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-12).\

CLASS 2A

Noon — Ingomar 3, Lake 0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-7)

CLASS 3A

2 p.m. — Belmont 3, OLA 1 (13-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-23)

CLASS 6A

4 p.m. — Lake Cormorant 3, Hancock 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-13)

CLASS 7A

6 p.m. — Lewisburg 3, Ocean Springs 2 (20-25, 20-25, 25-18, 25-20, 15-8)

Friday

CLASS 4A

10 a.m. — Purvis 3, New Albany 2 (16-25, 15-25, 25-19, 25-15, 15-8).

CLASS 5A

Noon — Lafayette 3, East Central 0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-17) (16-25, 15-25, 25-19, 25-15, 15-8).

Here are the MHSAA Semifinal Round Volleyball playoff scores.

MHSAA Volleyball Playoffs

Semifinal Round

Monday’s Scores

CLASS 7A

Lewisburg 3, Germantown 1 (25-16, 12-25, 25-12, 25-18).

Ocean Springs 3, Brandon 0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-15).

CLASS 6A

Lake Cormorant 3, Neshoba Central 0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-17).

Hancock 3, George County 0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-14).

CLASS 5A

Lafayette 3, Pontotoc 0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-18).

East Central 3, Vancleave 1 (25-10, 29-27, 24-26, 25-11).

CLASS 4A

New Albany 3, Newton County 1 (30-28, 25-22, 17-25, 25-15).

Purvis 3, Poplarville 2 (23-25, 25-19, 21-25, 25-13, 15-6).

CLASS 3A

Belmont 3, Kossuth 2 (19-25, 25-23, 25-19, 11-25, 15-3).

OLA 3, Belmont 0 (25-16, 25-6, 25-15).

CLASS 2A

Ingomar 3, Union 1 (19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-21).

Lake 3, St. Andrew’s 1 (20-25, 26-24, 25-18, 26-26).

CLASS 1A

West Union 3, Tupelo Christian 1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-22, 25-17).

Stringer 3, Resurrection 1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-15, 25-11).