Story & Photos From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

Mt. Carmel Jr. Lady Aces opened up their first home match last night against Carmi. They C team won 25-10 the first set and 25-12 the second.

This team has many strong servers and they really put the pressure on Carmi’s serve receive. They are also moving quick and diving. They are just not letting the ball drop, and that’s the name of the game.
Zoie Randall had 5 aces, Alivia Peach 2, Journey Loudermilk 2, Quincy Keepes 11, Madelyn Meadows took away 1 and Addison Mobley with 2. That’s quite a few aces in one match, great job girls.

The JV squad beat Carmi in two games 25-11, 25-18, our girls are starting to communicate better and show us more of what they can do. I hope they can build on this game coming into the weekend tournament. Leah Lewis had 1 ace, 2 kills, and 3 assists, Kyleigh Smith with 3 aces and 2 kills, Lyla Keepes had 11 aces, 4 assists, 2 kills. Evie Sellers had 5 aces, Brynlie Mounts with one ace, and Sophie Banks put up a dig.

The Varsity match was hard fought, Carmi took both sets 18-25, 21-25. Carmi must have some girls that play club together in the off season, they were clicking very well for early in the season showing strong offense and defense.

But our girls have shown fight and are getter better. I can see a huge improvement from when they played Monday. They are growing every match. When we attacked the ball out of the front we had success and will get there more when we can control the pass.

The rally at the end of the second game was pure excitement, and fun to watch. Even if we didn’t take the win we ended with good momentum. Tenley Davis had one dig, Jayla Johnson had 3 aces, 3 assists, one dig and a kill, Ava Giese had one dig,

Elyse Swanson with 3 digs, and a kill, Evie Knapp with an assist, Mattie Armstrong with an ace, 3 assists, Maycee Randall had 4 kill, and 2 blocks.

The Lady Aces will travel to Albion on Saturday for a JV tournament in the morning and the Varsity will play in the afternoon. GO ACES!