Champs! Beaufort Academy volleyball rolls to another SCISA title

The Beaufort Academy volleyball team used a dominant postseason on its way to another state championship.

The Eagles defeated The King’s Academy, 3-1 (21-25, 25-14, 25-12, 25-12), to win the SCISA Class 2A championship on Monday at Wilson Hall in Sumter.

It was Beaufort Academy’s third state championship in program history, all coming since 2017.

Beaufort Academy dropped the first set to the Lions and was down 8-7 in the second set before winning 17 of the next 24 points to even the match.

The Eagles jumped out to big leads in the third and fourth set on their way to the championship. Beaufort Academy dropped only one set in the playoffs.

It was the second win by Beaufort Academy over TKA in the playoffs. The Eagles defeated the Lions, 25-18, 25-20, on Saturday and went 5-0 in bracket play to advance to the championship.

Maddie Nelson led Beaufort Academy with 16 kills, five blocks and five digs. Olivia Dinkins had 11 kills and 10 digs. Claire Tumlin led the team with 19 assists and 21 digs to go along with eight kills and seven aces. Ava Nelson had 11 assists and four kills. Naomi Puzzuoli had 12 digs and two aces.

It was the second straight year that the King’s Academy finished as state runner-up.