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1973 – 2008, and the present program
The title: In 1973–74, in the second IHSAA girls volleyball championship ever played, single-class Marian beat Fort Wayne Snider 15-10, 15-4 to finish 18–0 under coach Sidney Dunphy. It remains the program's only state title.
The runner-up run: A generation later the Knights reached four Class 3A finals in ten years, all under Dan Anderson, and lost all four: 1999–00 to Indianapolis Cathedral (Marian 30–10); 2006–07 to Roncalli in five sets (32–8); 2007–08 to Bellmont (35–5); and 2008–09 to Delta (33–7). Recomputed from the match rows: one championship, four runners-up, five finals.
The present program: Alisha Fransted has coached the Knights since 2023. In October 2026 Marian's season ended in the Class 3A regional final against West Noble at NorthWood; the Tribune's account carried the program's own count of twenty-one sectional and fourteen regional championships.
Sources:
- IHSAA Volleyball State Championship Records Book (10 August 2022) — championship match results, all five matches.
- South Bend Tribune, 24 October 2026 — the 2026 regional final; Fransted; the program's sectional and regional counts.