LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The 2021 Region 24 Champion Vincennes University Trailblazer volleyball team picked up a big signing over the weekend in the highly recruited, two-time All-State honoree Paige Parlanti.

Parlanti is a six-foot tall outside hitter from Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas, who helped guide her team to a record of 23-14 and 7-1 in league play this past season.

Parlanti closed out her high school career with 400 kills, 199 digs, 70 service aces and 24 blocks this past season and holds school records for single match kills (28), single season kills (400) and most career kills (1,039) in just three seasons after her junior season in 2020 was cancelled due to COVID.

Parlanti was named First-Team All-Conference all three years and was a Nevada 4A All-State Honorable Mention as a freshman.

Parlanti would go on to earn Second-Team honors her sophomore year before earning a First-Team honor this past season.

Parlanti was also named to the “PrepVolleyball Frosh 59” list and received their highest honorable mention.

Parlanti helped guide her teams to several tournament championships during her high school career, including being named to the All-Boulder City Invitational Tournament team as a freshman and All-Chatsworth Invitational team as a senior.

“Paige is one of the most athletic and dominant players to come through the DOHS volleyball program,” Desert Oasis HS Volleyball Coach Nick Porter said. “Her court awareness, competitiveness and aggressive gameplay are unmatched. She played an integral role in the success and advancement of the program throughout her four years on the varsity team.”

“The DOHS coaching staff would like to wish her the very best in her college career,” Porter added. “We know she will do great and will rise to the challenge of high competition as she has shown throughout her years with us.”

Parlanti also played for the Vegas Aces Volleyball Club while in high school. She led her team to a 12th place finish in the USA Division of the 2022 USA Volleyball National Championships.

Her club team played in the Premier Volleyball League in Los Angeles against some of the top clubs in the Nation. She was also teammates with three 2022 NCAA Division I signees and possibly two or three 2023 DI signees.

Paige is the daughter of Anna Parlanti and plans to major in Fire Science at Vincennes University.

“Paige is one of the top players in her class coming out of the state of Nevada,” VUVB Head Coach Gary Sien said. “She is just a really high-level player. A couple of weeks ago, her club team made the National Tournament in Phoenix, Ariz., which is really quite an accomplishment, because her club team played with only seven players for most of the year.”

“Paige was another person that approached us about playing here, because she plans to major in Fire Science,” Sien added. “It’s hard to find that combination anywhere in the country of places that have that major and play high-level volleyball.”

“She is a type of player that could really play about any position on the floor,” Sien said. “She can hit and block at all three front row positions, she can serve receive and play defense and she can also serve. More than likely, for us, she is going to be playing on one of the pins, however she can also play in the middle because she’s so explosive and quick off her feet.”

ALTON, Ill. – VU sophomore center fielder Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) broke a 7-7 tie in game four of Vincennes’ four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series at Lewis & Clark with a solo home run in the eighth inning to help give VU a 9-7 win to close out the series.

Vincennes fell in the first game of the day 5-0 before battling back to take game two 9-7 and coming home with a 2-2 series split.

Lewis & Clark wasted little time in game one of the day, scoring three runs in the first and adding another run in the second to take a 4-0 early lead.

The VU batters had a hard time figuring out the Lewis & Clark pitching all game, with Vincennes only able to get two hits through six innings.

Lewis & Clark would add an additional run in the fourth and hold on to close out the 5-0 win.

Vincennes sophomore Dale Coy (Evansville, Ind.) finished with two of VU’s three hits on the day, leading off the second and seventh innings with a single.

Freshman Cauy Motsinger (Salem, Ind.) got the start on the mound in game one Monday afternoon, throwing two-thirds of an inning, allowing three runs on two hits and striking out two.

Freshman Dawson Blaylock (Eaton, Ohio) put together a good game out of the bullpen, lasting four innings, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out one.

Freshman Caleb Moore (Wentzville, Mo.) closed out the game on the mound for VU, lasting an inning and a third while surrendering only one hit and striking out one.

“Lewis & Clark’s pitcher did a great job in game one today,” VU Head Baseball Coach Chris Barney said. “It’s the second time all year that we’ve been shut out, so you have to tip your hat to their guy. We have to make some adjustments at the plate. We allowed them an opportunity to get ahead early and that took a little pressure off of their pitcher and he responded and did a great job for them.”

“We tried to battle back. I thought Blaylock and Moore threw pretty well,” Barney added. “Motsinger struggled a little bit at the start and Blaylock came in and threw four innings and Moore closed out the last 1.1 innings and both those guys threw really well.”

The visiting Trailblazers looked to bounce back and come away with a four-game split in game two of the day, as the host Trailblazers again were first on the scoreboard with a pair of runs in the first.

Vincennes answered back in the third as the bats came alive in a big way, beginning the inning with seven straight hits, including RBI singles by Colin Long, freshman Colton Evans (Henderson, Ky.), sophomore Peyton Lane (New Paris, Ohio) and Dale Coy and a two-RBI double by Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.) as Vincennes answered back to take a 6-2 lead.

Lewis & Clark responded to tie the game in the fifth with four runs.