The Mt. Carmel Lady Aces traveled to Marshall to start off their LIC conference season Thursday night. The Aces started the first set in a bit of serve receive trouble, but they got on a roll with some aggressive ace serving by Lyla Keepes. They took the lead and never looked back. The team started playing with great momentum winning 25-18. Maycee Randall, and Jayla Johnson led the team in kills. The second set we got down by 5 quick, but scrappy defense by Mattie Armstrong, aggressive swinging, and a long 10 point serving run sprinkled with aces by Gabby Schneider heavily outmatched the Lions. The Aces took the second set 25-12.
Stats for the night were Mattie Armstrong 1 ace, 7 assists, 9 digs, Jayla Johnson 3 digs, 6
kills, 6 digs, Maycee Randall, 1 ace, 4 kills, 1 dig, 3 assists, Tenley Davis 1 ace, 4 digs, 4 assists, Lyla Keepes 4 aces, 3 kills, 5 digs, 1 block, 1 assist, Kyleigh Smith 4 kills, 1 block. Tensley Dunlap 4 kills, 1 block, Avery Coston 2 kills, 2 digs, Gabby Schneider 3 aces, 8 assist, 2 digs.
The JV team struggled with attacking errors the first set losing 21-25. The second set Riley Gill had a huge serving run with 9 in a row. We were up 15 to 8 at one point, but we started playing tight tipping to much, and Marshall kept slowing creeping back up for the win 23-25.
Player stats Leah Lewis 6 digs, 2 kills, Tensley Dunlap, 3 kills, 1 block, Gabby Schneider 3 digs, 7 assists, Avery Coston 1 ace, 1 dig, 3 kills, 2 blocks, Mylee Farmer 2 digs, Mercedes Dillard 4 digs, 1 ace, Quincy Keepes 2 kills, 5 assists, Journey Loudermilk 3 kills, Riley Gill 4 digs, Leila Sweeney 2 digs, Addison Mobley 1 dig.
The Lady Aces will be back at the hilltop Monday with JV starting at 6 vs Cisne.
Comments by Assistant Coach Bonnie Keepes
