Avon faces Eastern in first round of CCC Tourney; Avon to host CCC final four

Junior Maddie Hart leads Avon with 236 kills and 67 aces in 20 matches. The Falcons host Bristol Eastern in the first round of the CCC Tournament on Tuesday.

AVON – The Avon High girls volleyball team will host Bristol Eastern in the first round of the 2016 Central Connecticut Conference volleyball tournament Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Avon High.

The Falcons, seeded eighth in the 16-team tournament with a 12-4 record, face an Eastern team that is also 12-4. If Avon wins, they will likely face No. 1 Farmington, the top ranked team in the latest state coaches poll, on Wednesday in the tournament quarterfinals.

Farmington (18-0, 16-0 CCC) faces No. 16 Middletown (9-9, 8-8 CCC) in the first round on Tuesday.

Avon will be hosting the tournament semifinals on Friday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and the CCC Tournament championship game on Saturday at 6 p.m. Platt High is the defending tournament champion, having beat RHAM in the finals a year ago, 3-1 (25-21, 28-26, 20-25, 26-24).

RHAM beat Avon, 3-2 in the CCC quarterfinals a year ago. Platt handed Farmington its only loss of the year in the quarterfinals last November with a 3-2 victory (26-24, 26-24, 19-25, 15-25, 15-11). Farmington went on to win the Class L championship after falling in the CCC Tournament.

This season, Avon (15-5, 12-4) beat Eastern, 3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 20-25, 25-20) in a hard-fought contest. Juniors Maddie Hart and Sofia Berrio led the Falcons with 236 and 108 kills, respectively. Hart also has a team-leading 67 aces. Setter Audrey Worth has a team-leading 529 assists while senior Erin Sutter leads the squad with 51 blocks. Senior Rachael Carlson has a team-leading 206 digs.

Eastern (13-5, 12-4) is led by Mikayla Martin with 253 kills and Aliana Rivoria with 110 kills and a team-leading 249 assists.

2016 CCC Tournament
Tuesday, Nov. 1
First round
Game 1: No. 16 Middletown (8-8) at No. 1 Farmington (16-0)
Game 2: No. 9 Bristol Eastern (12-4) at No. 8 Avon (12-4)
Game 3: No. 13 Rocky Hill (10-6) at No. 4 Southington (13-3)
Game 4: No. 12 Platt (10-6) at No. 5 Tolland (13-3)
Game 5: No. 15 Hall (9-7) at No. 2 RHAM (15-1)
Game 6: No. 10 E.O. Smith (11-5) at No. 7 Northwest Catholic (12-4)
Game 7: No. 14 East Catholic (9-7) vs. No. 3 Plainville (13-3)
Game 8: No. 11 Simsbury (10-6) at No. 6 Glastonbury (13-3)
Records are CCC league records

Wednesday, Nov. 2
Quarterfinals at site of higher seed
Game 9: Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2
Game 10: Winner game 3 vs. winner game 4
Game 11: Winner game 5 vs. winner game 6
Game 12:  Winner game 7 vs. winner game 8

Friday, Nov. 4
Semifinals at Avon High
Game 13: Winner game 9 vs. winner game 10, 4 p.m.
Game 14: Winner game 11 vs. winner game 12, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 5
Championship at Avon High
Final, 6 p.m.