No. 3 Arcadia will face No 8 Estrella Foothills for the Division II state championship, slated to be played Wednesday at Casteel. The match is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

This will be the first trip to the state final for the Titans and the second trip for the Wolves. Estrella Foothills took second place to Salpointe in 2023 and Arcadia fell to Salpointe in the semifinal round last year and to Estrella Foothills in 2023.

 

HOW THEY GOT HERE

 

Estrella Foothills (14-0) upset No. 1 Gilbert Christian 3-2 in the quarterfinal round before knocking out No. 4 Flagstaff 3-2 Monday night in the semifinal round. The match with the Eagles played out to the top pairs battling it out with Sophie Krassner and Macie Moseng of Flagstaff taking a 14-12 lead in the deciding third set with Abby Stenz and Autumn Hill of Estrella Foothills. Stenz and Hill scored four straight points for the 16-14 win. Flagstaff finished 13-1.

Arcadia beat No. 6 Coconino 3-2 in the quarterfinal round before beating the Lancers Monday night 3-2. That match also played out to 2-2 with the top pairs taking their match to the distance with Alexa Helms and Chloe Herwig beating Amelia Bartfalvi and Chloe Zhang 15-12 in the deciding third set. Salpointe finished 15-1.

 

Estrella Foothills. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

 

SEMIFINAL RESULTS

 

NO. 3 ARCADIA 3, NO. 2 SALPOINTE 2

1: (A) Alexa Helms/Chloe Herwig over Amelia Bartfalvi/Chloe Zhang (21-18, 18-21, 15-12)

2: (A) Brenna Satran/Priya Jain over Brooklyn Burgle/Eleanor Sharp (23-21, 21-19)

3: (S) Callen Hutchens/Nicole Monge over Kinsey Hunkins/Isabella Scaramella (21-14, 19-21, 15-13)

4: (A) Alitza Turley/Jade Smith over Annabella Bruzzone/Reagan Burgle (24-22, 21-9)

5: (S) Shyla Forgacs/Elizabeth Bruzzone over Emma Lindenmeyer/Tessa Dwyer-Kim (21-16, 21-7)

 

 

NO. 8 ESTRELLA FOOTHILLS 3, NO. 4 FLAGSTAFF 2

1: (EF) Abby Stenz/Autumn Hill over Sophie Krassner/Macie Moseng (13-21, 21-14, 16-14)

2: (F) Lillian Hartman/Brynn Hagerman over Emma Curry/Sadie Snyder (10-21, 21-15, 19-17)

3: (EF) Kaitley Petersen/Ally Caton over Ava Collins/Peighton Killeen (21-16, 21-16)

4: (F) Nidaya Nez/Harleigh Moseng over Giselle Wochner/Iliana Brown (21-14, 21-10)

5: (EF) Addison Burwell/Dayley Wray over Nola Henderson/Hannah Thom (21-8, 21-13)