From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

Wow what an exciting night last night for Mt. Carmel Volleybal! With the threat of Ice we will braved the way to Olney and came up big with 3 wins.

The C team started us off with a 16-25, 11-25 win. We just all around controlled the ball better with our passes, and had good serving. Highlights were Zoie Randall 1 kill, Alivia Peach 12 aces, a kill, Journey Loudermilk 2 aces, an assist, and a kill. Quincy Keepes 7 aces, Madelyn Meadows an ace, Addison Mobley 2 aces, one assist.

The JV team rallied from behind in the first set to win 21-25, the second set we dropped 25-15, we got in a serve receive funk, along with some hitting errors. The third set the girls came out with aggressive serves racking up aces, passing on target to setter and getting kills winning 15-25. Takeaways were Leah Lewis with 1 ace, 7 assists, 2 kills, Kinley Harris 4 aces, an assist, 4 digs, and 2 kills, Kyleigh Smith picked up 5 aces, and 2 kills, Lyla Keepes 7 aces, 9 assists, 2 kills, Mercedes Dillard a dig, Evie Sellers 3 aces, 6 kills, and a block, Mylee Farmer had a dig, Sophie Banks with 2 aces.

The Varsity squad started slow in the first set, Olney had some servers sending over bullets that we struggled with. We were down 19-11 before we started gaining momentum with good serving, and attacking, to outscore them 14-3 to close the set with a 22-25 win. That is an awesome comeback and hard to do! The next set we had command of the entire match. The momentum was ours and we never lost it. The girls put it all together, serving, passing attacking, beautiful sets, and having fun! Taking the win 8-25. Some stats were Tenley Davis 4 aces, Jayla Johnson 1 ace. 6 assists, and a dig, Ava Giese 2 aces, a dig, and 2 kills, Else Swanson an ace, and 2 digs, Mattie Armstrong 2 aces 6 assists, Maycee Randall 5 aces, 4 kills, Madellyn Bingham 3 kills, and Anastasia Parker with solid passing.

We were so thankful everyone made it home safely after the roads iced over. These girls are starting to find their groove with 15 combined wins over the last 5 match-ups. For the season the Varsity squad has a 6-5 win loss record, they are playing different ball now versus the start of the season. The JV has an 8-4 win loss, and our 6th graders are still undefeated with 7 wins. Let’s Go!