Saturday the Lady Aces traveled to Edwards County for a 12 team tournament. The first pool play game of the day was against Norris City. The Aces started out fired up and played clean, with only a few receiving breakdowns. They lost a close first set  21-25. The second set we had more errors and lost momentum losing 8-25.

Next up we faced Grayville and won in 2 sets 25-17, 25-15. 

This put our team in the Silver Flight.  The first game of Silver was against Newton. The first set the Aces led most of the match till the end, losing it 22-25. This took the wind out of our sails, and the Eagles beat the Aces 13-25 the second set.  Immediately after the Newton game the Aces rallied against Carterville and won in 2 sets 25-23, 25-19. To round out flight play the girls faced oblong last. The first set the girls beat Oblong with a nail biter 26-24. Oblong took the Aces the last two sets 19-25, 12-15. The Aces finished their day in the middle of the pack. Gold bracket ended in a 3 way tie that was settled by head to head,  and points scored against. Effingham took the title followed by Carmi, NCOE, and Edwards County in fourth.  

Stats against NCOE, Madi Stevens 8 digs, 6 kills, Sarah McCorkle 1 ace, 5 digs, 2 kills, 7 assists, Jayla Johnson 1 ace, 9 digs, 2 kills, Maycee Randall, 1 ace, 1 block kill, 3 kills, 1 assist, Kyleigh Smith 2 kills, Lyla Keepes, 1 ace, 7 digs, 3 kills, Tenley Davis 1 ace, 16 digs, 1 assist,  Mattie Armstrong 6 assists. 

Grayville stats Madi Stevens 15 digs, 6 kills, Sarah McCorkle 4 ace, 4 digs, 12 assists, Jayla Johnson 11 digs, 3 kills, Maycee Randall, 3 digs, 2 block kills, 6 kills, 1 assist, Kyleigh Smith 1 dig, 1 block kill, 2 kills, Lyla Keepes, 7 digs, 3 kills, Tenley Davis 3 aces, 14 digs, 1 assist,  Mattie Armstrong 3 digs, 4 assists. 

Newton stats Madi Stevens 6 digs, 3 kills, 1 block kill, Sarah McCorkle 2 digs, 2 assists, Jayla Johnson 14 digs, 1 kill, Maycee Randall, 2 aces, 2 digs, 4 block kills, 2 kills, Kyleigh Smith 4 block kills, 1 kill, Lyla Keepes, 2 aces, 2 digs, Tenley Davis 12 digs, Mattie Armstrong 4 assists. 

Carterville stats Madi Stevens 1 ace, 7 digs, 8 kills, Jayla Johnson 2 aces, 8 digs, Maycee Randall, 3 aces, 5 digs, 3 block kills, 1 kill, Kyleigh Smith 3 digs, 2 kills, Lyla Keepes, 2 digs, 3 kills, Tenley Davis 6 digs, 1 assist,  Mattie Armstrong 3 digs, 12 assists. 

Oblong stats Madi Stevens 1 ace, 5 digs, 13 kills, Sarah McCorkle 3 digs, 11 assists, Jayla Johnson 4 digs, 1 kill, Maycee Randall, 3 digs, 1 block kill, 7 kills, 1 assist, Kyleigh Smith 1 dig, 1 block kill, 2 kills, Lyla Keepes, 7 digs, 3 kills, Tenley Davis 1 ace, 13 digs, Mattie Armstrong 6 assists. 

Monday the Lady Aces travel to Wayne City Monday with the Frosh team starting at 5:00.  Comments by assistant coach Bonnie Keepes.