Lady Eagles take first place at October Aces tournament, 18-2-2 on season

A very busy week for the Lady Eagles wrapped, leaving them with a season record of 18-2-2. After three regular season games and a first place tournament win, the Lady Eagles will look forward to a very slow week ahead with only one game against Lesterville on Monday, Oct. 3 and the LHS Volleyball Classic on Saturday, Oct. 8

"Our week is quiet next week so after this crazy week we will plan to find some slow healing training," stated Head Coach Shari Tune. "Practice wise we will do a lot of film study of our current weaknesses, then scenarios in practice to improve those areas."

Beginning the week, the Lady Eagles hosted the Marshfield Lady Blue Jays on Monday, Sept. 26. The C team defeated Marshfield 25-21 with Freshman Kelsey Goldsmith having 4 aces for the game. In JV action, the Lady Eagles fell in two sets 16-25 and 16-25. Junior Kaylie Foster had 10 kills, and 7 digs for the game.

In a back and forth nail biter, the Varsity Lady Eagles fell in three sets 24-26, 26-28 and 18-25.

for the game, Junior Bre Daniels had 10 kills, and 5 digs; Senior Kenzie Daniels had 8 kills, 1 assist, and 17 digs; Senior Lyla Cornman had 6 kills, 15 assists, 12 digs, and 3 aces; Sophomore Korie Lind had 6 kills, 1 dig, and 3 aces; Junior Kinzie Tomey had 1 dig; Sophomore Bryleigh Wallace had 5 kills, 1 assist, and 4 digs; Junior Maci Tharp had 15 assists, and 5 digs; Sophomore Kaylie Wagner had 5 digs; and Junior Kaylie Foster had 2 digs.

"Last nights competition was really good for us," began Coach Tune when asked about the game. "I thought we battled well, but it was a great humbling experience to see we still have a lot of work to do! I wish we could play that level of competition every game."

On Tuesday, Sep. 27, the Lady Eagles traveled to Cabool for an SCA match-up against the Lady Bulldogs. The JV team split with Cabool in two sets, but won by points 21-25 and 25-10. For the game, Foster had 9 kills; Sophomore Ady Holden had 6 kills; Freshman Bently Lawson had 9 digs and Freshman Jade Acklin had 3 aces.

In Varsity action, the Lady Eagles defeated the Lady Bulldogs in three sets25-8, 25-19 and 25-11 making their SCA record 3-0.

For the game, B. Daniels had 3 aces, 8 kills, and 9 digs; K. Daniels had 3 aces, 11 kills, and 12 digs; Cornman had 1 ace, 2 kills, 9 digs, and 15 assists; Tomey had 1 ace, 8 kills, and 1 dig; Wallace had 1 kill, and 3 digs; Lind had 10 kills, and 1 dig; Wagner had 12 digs; Foster had 1 dig; Tharp had 10 digs, and 11 assists; and Senior Ellie Watts ahd 1 assist.

"Round 3 in the SCA was a good win for us," stated Coach Tune. "The last time we were in that gym two years ago we completely shut down and lost a big game. Last night was good redemption for myself and our program. It was nice to see the girls still compete at a different level, after Monday nights battle with Marshfield."

On Thursday, Sep. 29, the Lady Eagles traveled to Houston to face the Lady Tigers. The night was a victory for all three teams.

The Lady Eagles played a C set, defeated Houston 25-23. Sophomore Kinsey Shoup had 3 aces for the game.

In JV action, the Lady Eagles won in two sets 25-11 and 25-15. Holden had 5 kills, Acklin had 4 aces, Sophomore Aliyah Kramer had 9 assists and Shoup had 11 digs.

The Varsity Lady Eagles got the win in four sets 25-20, 25-13, 16-25 and 25-16. For the game, K. Daniels had 12 kills, and 6 aces; Cornman had 26 assists; and Wagner had 14 digs.

"Tonight was a great example of understanding that we get everyone’s best game," Coach Tune reflected on the win. "It’s good for us to find our mental weaknesses and understand what we need to work on individually, to be able to play as a team."

The Lady Eagles competed in the October Aces Tournament in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Oct. 1. The Lady Eagles began the day in pool play defeating McDonald County in two sets 25-18 and 25-22. Next up the Lady Eagles defeated Parkview in two sets 25-8 and 25-12. The Lady Eagles split the last game of pool play with defending state champs Miller 25-22 and 25-27. Moving on to bracket play, the Lady Eagles defeated Clever in three sets 25-20, 23-25 and 25-19. In the championship game, the Lady Eagles defeated Class 4 Branson in two sets 25-23 and 25-18. For the tournament, Junior Bre Daniels was named MVP and Senior Lyla Cornman was named All Tournament Team. K. Daniels had 28 digs, 3 aces, 7 kills, and 2 blocks; B. Daniels had 24 kills; Cornman had 13 assists; Wagner had 20 digs; and Lind had 3 aces (these stats for tournament are a quick rundown and not total/complete statistics).