The Central Wisconsin Christian girls volleyball team will make history Thursday morning when it takes the court at the Resch Center in Green Bay for the first WIAA State Volleyball Tournament appearance in program history.
The second-seeded Crusaders will face third-seeded Green Bay NEW Lutheran in a Division Five state semifinal at 9 a.m. Thursday. The other semifinal features top-seeded Turtle Lake against fourth-seeded Seneca.
The Division Five State Championship match is scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m.
Central Wisconsin Christian enters the state tournament with a 30-8 overall record. The Crusaders won the Trailways East Conference championship with a perfect 6-0 league record and have rolled through the WIAA Tournament, defeating Rio and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah in regional play before beating Fall River and Argyle in the sectional tournament.
CWC came close to reaching state the past two seasons, falling in the sectional semifinals in 2024 and the sectional final in 2025.
“This has been pure bliss and joy,” CWC head coach Dan Ten Napel said. “We’re a team of girls who are super gritty, super tough and really talented. We’ve been talking about this for a long time, and the la...