Thursday October 5th the Lady Aces traveled to Paris. They came into the gym ready to clinch the conference champions title. The first set, we came out firing on all engines and won 25-9. The Tigers came out the second set revved up after a big loss, and played like a different team. The Aces made more mistakes the second set as well, and were down for half the match. Our team wanted the win in 2 sets. We tightened up play, got on a run, and took the set 25-20.
Sarah McCorkle has a season high 23 assists. The libero Grace Thacker with 5 digs, 1 kill, Kathryn Blake 4 kills, 7 digs, 3 aces, Sarah McCorkle 23 assists, 1 dig, 2 kills, 3 aces, Piper Belt 6 digs, 1 assist, 3 kills, 1 block, Maycee Randall 3 kills, 5 block, 1 assist, Madison Stevens 11 kills, 1 dig, 1 block, Nora Jones 1 dig, 2 aces, Marissa Goldman 1 dig, Chandler Cusick 2 kills, 1 block.
The JV team started strong the first set winning 25-18, the girls are getting in a pattern of second set let down, we just didn’t serve receive as well the second set. We dropped the set 19-25. The third set we led from the start, finishing with a score of 15-9. Highlights were Lyla Keepes 9 kills, 12 digs, Jayla Johnson 13 digs, 3 kills, Mattie Armstrong 18 assists, 7 digs, 1 kill, 3 aces, Madellyn Bingham 5 kills, 4 digs, Kyleigh Smith 3 Kills, 5 digs, Mercedes Dillard 4 digs, Kyla Militoni 9 digs, 2 aces, 1 assist, Gabi Peach 1 dig, 2 kills, Tenley Davis 22 digs, 1 assist.
The Fresh/Soph team played clean tonight minimizing errors and won in 2 sets 25-16, 25-4.
The Lady Aces travel to Grayville on Tuesday the 10th with Fresh/Soph starting at 5 o’clock, followed by JV and Varsity.
The Varsity win at Paris clinched a three way tie for the LIC conference title with Robinson and Newton.
Comments by Assistant Coach Bonnie Keepes.
