TSSAA Division I volleyball tournament

Wednesday's schedule (All times Eastern)

At Middle Tennessee State University

* Class A: 9:30 a.m. -- Boyd-Buchanan (35-10) vs. Madison (22-12), Court No. 1; Summertown (38-11) vs. Signal Mountain (38-10), Court No. 2.

* Class AA: 2 p.m. -- South Greene (22-1) vs. Red Bank (51-9), Court No. 2; 3:30 _ Dyersburg (24-7) vs. Chattanooga Christian (29-13), Court No. 1.

* Class AAA: 6:30 -- Houston (37-15) vs. Ooltewah (44-12), Court No. 1.

Baylor beat St. Agnes 3-1 on Saturday and earned a spot in next week's semifinals of the Division II-AA high school volleyball tournament. The host Lady Red Raiders, who are No. 2-seeded from the East/Middle Region, won by game scores of 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19.

East/Middle regular-season champion Father Ryan defeated GPS 3-1 at Nashville on Saturday in another quarterfinal. Game scores were 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 25-18.

Division II-AA and Division II-A state-tournament matches will be held Wednesday at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro. Action in both classifications moves to Middle Tennessee State University for Thursday and Friday.

Baylor (29-11) was in control most of its match but never by a comfortable enough margin for coach Sarah Lail to feel at ease until the end. The Lady Raiders never trailed until St. Agnes went up 15-14 in the third game. However, they never led by more than the seven-point advantage they owned in game two.

"The girls stayed really composed the whole time," Lail said. "They have a great big blocker and a great outside hitter, but we stuck with our game plan and the girls battled their way through."

Rachel Travis put down 20 kills for Baylor and Leslie Franklin set 41 assists. Katelyn Armstrong led with 13 digs and three aces.

GPS coach Paul Brock said he felt like his team played a little tight from the beginning. He acknowledged that Father Ryan is a good team and the big crowd it had added to the difficulty of the situation.

"We had a bunch of illnesses and injuries to our starters," Brock said, summarizing the season. "A lot of our young kids got to play a lot, so that laid a lot of groundwork for next year."

Tory Kemp led the net play for the Bruisers with 12 kills, and she and Jordan Grant had four blocks apiece. McKenzie Stokes topped GPS (22-26) with 15 digs, and Kat Knarr was the assists leader with 16.

* Georgia AAA state: At Riverdale, Ga., Ringgold's season ended in the state final eight with a 25-18, 20-25, 25-15, 25-13 loss to Oconee County. Tiffany Gent had 11 kills and five blocks and Michala Askew had 25 assists for Ringgold (21-14-1), which got six kills apiece from Kendall Williams and Allie Fairchild.

Division II-AA state quarterfinals

At Father Ryan

FATHER RYAN 3, GPS 1

Father Ryan 25 25 21 25

GPS 15 19 25 18

Highlights: GPS -- Tory Kemp 12 k, 10 a, 13 d, 4 b; Tory Lewis 6 k, 14 d, 3 b; Katie Dorris 5 k, 12 d, 2 aces; Kat Knarr 16 a, 9 d, 2 aces; McKenzie Stokes 15 d; Jeneh Perry 5 b, 3 k; Jordan Grant 3 k, 4 b; Destinee Lansden 2 k, 3 b. Record: GPS 22-26.

At Baylor

BAYLOR 3, ST. AGNES 1

Baylor 25 25 23 25

St. Agnes 21 21 25 19

Highlights: B -- Rachel Travis 20 k, 11 d, 2 aces; Nicole Sumida 11 k, 4 b, 5 d, 2 aces; Leslie Franklin 41 a, 6 d, 3 b; Courtney Rhodes 8 k, 11 d; Madeline Rose 7 k, 4 b; Katelyn Armstrong 13 d, 3 aces; Rebecca Schmitt 4 d. Record: Baylor 29-11.

Georgia Class AAA quarterfinal

At Charles Drew High School, Riverdale

OCONEE COUNTY 3, RINGGOLD 1

Oconee 25 20 25 25

Ringgold 18 25 15 13

Highlights: R -- Tiffany Gent 11 k, 5 b; Kendall Williams 6 k, 3 b; Allie Fairchild 6 k; Michala Askew 25 a; Carly Grant 4 k. Record: Ringgold 21-14-1.