Eight teams from all of Kansas gathered at the Topeka Expo Center early Friday morning for a chance few teams get. After grueling practices and seemingly endless practices, all that time is for the chance to compete and potentially claim the title of State Champions.

After winning their bracket at sub-state, the Lady Indians volleyball have made their way to the state competitions yet again. Their first match of the day was against Garden City. Manhattan won the first set 25-14 and the second set 25-19.

“We came out really prepared,” junior defensive specialist Raegan Wilcoxson said. “We talked as a team before the game and we just had a mindset that we had to work together the whole entire game and that’s what we did. [Our thoughts on the remaining games are] the same as this one, the mindset that we are making it tomorrow.”