Monday September 25 the Lady Aces faced the Fairfield Mules. The Aces came out strong and played point for point with the Lady Mules. The first set we fought till the end, but had some tough breaks and lost a nail biter 27-29. The second set we didn’t pass as well, leading to not running our offense the way we need to, and fell 15-25. Fairfield has a strong team with a 20-2 record. Even though we didn’t come out on top, it was a fun challenging matchup.

Some highlights were the libero Grace Thacker with 13 digs, 1 kill, 2 assists, Kathryn Blake 7 kills, 2, aces, 2 digs, Sarah McCorkle 13 assists, 10 digs, 1 kill, Piper Belt 2 kills, 6 digs, Maycee Randall 2 kills, Madison Stevens 5 kills, Nora Jones 3 digs, an assist,Marissa Goldman 1 assist, 1 kill, Chandler Cusick 2 blocks, 1 kill.

The JV team fell to Fairfield in 2 sets 20-25, 21-25, breaking their 6 game winning streak. The girls were not executing their skills. We had to many errors and didn’t run a strong attacking game. Some highlights were Lyla Keepes 6 digs, Jayla Johnson 8 digs, 4 kills, Mattie Armstrong 10 assists, 3 digs, Madellyn Bingham 3 kills, 1 assist, Kyleigh Smith 4 Kills, 2 digs, Mercedes Dillard 4 digs, 1 ace, Kyla Militoni 3 digs, Gabi Peach, 5 digs, 3 kills, 1 ace, Tenley Davis 6 digs. Harper Taylor 1 dig.

The Fresh/Soph team played well and attacked often winning both sets 25-16, 25-15.

The Lady Aces will play at Lawrenceville tonight with Fresh/Soph starting at 5 o’clock, followed by JV and Varsity.

Comments by Assistant Coach Bonnie Keepes.