The Chesnee volleyball celebrated senior night by picking up a 3-0 win over county rival Woodruff on Tuesday night.
"We wanted to play good teams to get ready for the playoffs and Woodruff has a great program that is usually at the top of their region," said Chesnee head coach Katie Jolley. "It was great to see where we stand and what we need to work on." One of Chesnee's seniors Shenandoah Bishop says the team is happy with their start but still have goals to accomplish this season. "It means a lot to get off to a great start," said Bishop. "We have won back to back region titles and the great thing is that we aren't satisfied after winning the region. We work hard every single day at practice with the goal of winning a state championship." In the first set the Eagles had to rally from an early 2-0 deficit but closed the set with authority as they finished on a 15-5 run to win the set 25-10. They controlled the second set from start to finish including a 15-3 run to close out the set with a 25-12 win. Chesnee kept control in the final set and cruised to a 25-15 win to close out the set and win the match. The Eagles celebrated five seniors on Tuesday night as they honored Shenandoah Bishop, AC Yelton, Jessa Beach, Ali Scruggs, and Karlee Swaney. Coach Jolley says that all players have been key to the Eagles for different reasons. "Shenandoah is the fun loving one," said Jolley. "She has done a great job this year playing libero and has taken on a position she wasn't necessarily used to but has ran with it. Ali has done a great job in the middle where she has been huge for us including playing well again tonight. Jessa is a huge asset as she slams the ball into the ground at the net and has had several big blocks for us this season." "AC is our verbal leader," said Jolley. "She does a great job on the outside. She is very smart and does a great job seeing the court. Karlee has come up big this year on the right side. She played well on the right side last year but this year she has played with a fire under her because it is her senior year." On the court one thing that had really stood out about the Eagle's play has been the communication on the court by this team. "We constantly talk about how they have to communicate who goes where on the court and who is going to get what ball," said Jolley. "That's what make great teams is they that talk and communicate. We are doing a great job of talking and listening this year." Chesnee was led offensively by AC Yelton who had an impressive twenty-five kills along with nine digs and four aces. Katelyn Barrett also had a strong game with eight digs and eight kills while Holly Hines led the way with a team high forty assists. Shenandoah Bishop led the Eagles defensively with eighteen assists and is having a great season after taking for the libero position this year after the Eagle's lost North-South All-Star Shelby Harris to graduation last year. "I realized last year that I would probably be stepping up to the libero position this year so I watched Shelby to pick up on what she did last year," said Bishop. "I have worked hard at practice every single day and have a lot of confidence in myself." The Eagles will host Broome on Wednesday at 5:30 in another matchup of county rivals. Comments are closed.
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