From Coach Bonnie Keepes:
Last night the Mt. Carmel Jr. Lady Aces Volleyball team faced Flora at home and won all three matches.
The C team started up first with a 25-20, 18-17 win. Flora kept the ball alive and our girls had to move to the ball. Avery Coston had an ace, Zoie Randall with an ace, an assist, and 2 kills, Alivia Peach had 5 aces, 5 assists, and 2 kills, Journey Loudermilk had an ace, and 4 kills, Quincey Keepes 2 aces, and 3 assists, Madelyn Meadows had an ace, and Addison Mobley with 2 assists.
The JV team won 25-19, 25-13. The first game we started a little shaky with serving errors, but got the momentum going and carried it to the second match. Leah Lewis had 2 aces, an assist, and 1 kill, Kinley Harris had a kill, Kyleigh Smith had 2 aces and a block, Lyla Keepes with 5 aces, an assist, and 2 kills, Mercedes Dillard with a kill, Evie Sellers with a kill and a block.
The Varsity bunch started out a little slow on defense. Flora mixed it up with a good amount of pushed, some tips and a few hits, and we just had to move. We started our momentum a little to late to win the first set, but dominated the second, then had to come from behind in the third for an exciting win. Set scores were 23-25, 25-12, 15-12. Jayla Johnson had 3 aces, 6 assists, 2 digs, and 3 kills, Ava Giese 2 aces, and a kill, Elyse Swanson 2 aces, and 6 digs, Mattie Armstrong 2 aces, 5 assists, Maycee Randall 5 aces, an assist, 5 kills, and 2 blocks, Madellyn Bingham 4 kills and a block, Anastasia Parker a dig.
Next week we play Olney at home on Monday at 5:15. We travel to Carmi on Tuesday. Then we will host the regionals on Thursday. Our match up is against Olney at 6, and the winner will face either Flora or Carmi in the championship, it will follow at 7.