Roger Bacon girls volleyball team wins the Division IV state championship [Video]

FAIRBORN, Ohio — The Roger Bacon High School girls volleyball team won the Division IV state championship Saturday afternoon at Wright State University’s Nutter Center.

Roger Bacon defeated Alliance Marlington 25-22, 25-20, 25-18 to capture the program’s fourth state championship in program history.

Roger Bacon also won state championships in 2005, 2004 and 2001 as a Division II program those three seasons.

Roger Bacon coach Alyssa Flading, a 2005 graduate, becomes the first coach at Roger Bacon to win state as both a player and a coach, according to Roger Bacon athletic director Steve Rossi. Flading was a member of the 2004 state championship team, too.

It was a special journey this season for Roger Bacon (25-4), which was ranked No. 3 in the season’s final Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association Division IV state poll.

Roger Bacon defeated No. 7 Vincent Warren 25-20, 25-22, 25-9 in a state semifinal to advance to Saturday’s state final. Marlington was ranked No. 4 in …