Lady Eagles win on road, at home

The puzzle pieces are finally starting to come together as the Lady Eagles now have some wins under their belt after a grueling first three weeks on the season. The Lady Eagles record currently stands at 8-6-2.

 

"I feel like this week was a much needed confidence week," Head Coach Shari Tune said. "Coming off the brutal first three weeks these girls responded well, starting with a great weekend at home. The record may show we have been beat up a lot, but you don't learn by beating easy teams. I would rather learn by early losses against solid teams, than an ugly loss in later season. I am proud of their efforts to decrease our errors. We still need to get better, but they are working hard at it. Willow was a big win for us because they are massive and have a good team. I am hoping we can continue to stay healthy and take steps forward into this weekend at Strafford."

 

The Lady Eagles began the week on Monday, Sept. 24 traveling to Summersville where they swept the Lady Wildcats in three sets 25-21, 25-23 and 25-19. For the game: Brinley Duckett (2) had 3 attacks and 4 kills; Jade Acklin (3) had 1 ace, 8 attacks, 3 kills, 16 assists and 4 digs; Kaylie Wagner (5) had 1 ace, 2 assists and 13 digs; Jayli Tharp (6) had 1 ace, 6 attacks, 4 kills, 14 assists and 5 digs; Jordyn Tune (8) had 1 assist and 3 digs; Bryleigh Wallace (9) had 18 attacks, 12 kills and 15 digs; Kelbie Smith (10) had 1 ace, 5 attacks, 1 kill and 2 digs; Korie Lind (13) had 1 ace, 20 attacks, 14 kills and 12 digs.

Hosting the Willow Springs Lady Bears on Tuesday, Sept. 25, the Lady Eagles fought their way to another victory. The Lady Eagles swept the Bears in three 25-18, 25-20 and 25-20. For the game: Duckett had 5 attacks and 2 kills; Acklin had 2 aces, 9 attacks, 3 kills, 11 assists and 10 digs; Wagner had 3 aces, 2 assists and 10 digs; Tharp had 2 aces, 7 attacks, 3 kills, 11 assists and 5 digs; Wallace had 1 ace, 15 attacks, 8 kills and 16 digs; Smith had 1 ace, 13 attacks and 1 assist; Lind had 1 ace, 15 attacks, 11 kills and 6 digs; and Shoup had 4 digs.

 

On Thursday, Sept. 26 the Lady Eagles hosted the Ava Lady Bears. The Lady Eagles swept the Lady Bears in three 25-11, 25-18 and 25-12. For the game: Duckett had 8 attacks and 5 kills; Acklin had 2 attacks, 2 kills, 12 assists and 7 digs; Wagner had 2 assists and 10 digs; Tharp had 1 ace, 10 attacks, 1 kill, 11 assists and 4 digs; Tune had 2 aces, 3 assists and 2 digs; Wallace had3 aces, 16 attacks, 8 kills and 17 digs; Smith had 2 aces, 7 attacks, 2 kills and 1 dig; Lind had 1 ace, 13 attacks, 14 kills and 3 digs; Shoup had 9 digs; and Freshman Darra Daniels (27) had 1 kill.

 

The Lady Eagles rounded out the week by competing in the Strafford Volleyfest on Saturday, Sept. 28. Next up for the Lady Eagles are two away games at Cabool on Tuesday, Oct. 1 and Houston on Thursday, Oct. 5. The Lady Eagles will then compete in the Mtn. Vernon Varsity Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 5