Orange volleyball’s Sawyer White and Addison Cowan discuss state playoff win over Croatan

Orange volleyball’s Sawyer White and Addison Cowan discuss state playoff win over Croatan In likely its final home match of the season, the Orange volleyball team swept Croatain in the second round of the 5A State Playoffs on Tuesday night in Hillsborough. The Lady Panthers won on scores of 25-17, 25-12, 25-19. Sawyer White played her final match in Hillsborough and finished with 30 assists and eleven digs as the Lady Panthers improved to 14-10. Junior Addison Cowan came up big with 14 digs. It’s the sixth straight year that Orange has won a match in the state playoffs. Freshman Avery O’Quinn finished with eleven kills. Junior Aubry Hodges finished with five kills and a block. Another senior, libero Daphne Tyll, had 18 digs for the Lady Panthers. In her freshman season, White was a starter on Orange’s 2023 team that defeated Carrboro to win the 3A Eastern Regional Championship in Hillsborough. In her career at Orange, White has won ten state playoff matches in Hillsborough. She has eleven overall state playoff wins, including last year’s victories at Southern Nash and Southeast Alamance. Orange will face Seaforth, the #1 seed in the 5A East Region, in the round of 16 on Thursday in Pittsboro. The Hawks defeated Orange in the Big 7 Tournament championship match last Wednesday in Pittsboro. It will be the fourth meeting between Seaforth and Orange this year.