The Ellinwood Eagles repeated as Kansas Class 2A state volleyball champions and posted their second straight 47-0 season.
No. 1 seed Ellinwood defeated No. 8 seed Rossville 25-9, 25-14 in the championship match. Rossville posted a 22-23 record.
Mill Valley’s loss to Blue Valley West in the Kansas Class 6A championship match left Ellinwood as the state’s lone undefeated team. Mill Valley finished 39-1.
Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian (33-11) placed third and Moundridge (40-3) placed fourth. TMP defeated Moundridge in the third-place match 25-22, 23-25, 25-21.
In the semifinals, Ellinwood, which lost one set all season, defeated TMP 25-13, 25-11 and Rossville defeated Moundridge 20-25, 25-20, 25-23.
The Ellinwood Eagles posted a 3-0 record in Pool I play Thursday. Ellinwood defeated Rossville 25-17, 15-14, Alma-Wabaunsee 25-14, 25-8 and Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan 25-13, 25-12.
The Eagles have the longest current winning streak in the nation at 94 matches and are fourth on the all-time Kansas list behind Nemaha Valley (137 in 1988-1991), Centralia (126 in 1998-2001) and Weskan (96 in 1995-1997).
The Eagles also have the longest streak since the introduction of rally scoring in 1999.
Ellinwood passed Concordia (89 in 1997-1999) and Lawrence (82 in 1989-1990).
