CHESNEE, SC - The Chesnee volleyball team held their third annual volleyball tournament, third in four years after having to skip it in 2020, with a strong group of teams on Saturday.
The field included a wide group of teams from multiple classifications and from two different states with a mixture of local teams as well. The teams competed in the 2022 field were Boiling Springs, Broome, Chesnee, Crest (NC), Daniel, Fort Mill, Fountain Inn, Gaffney, Kings Mountain, RS Central, and Woodruff. "I love hosting tournaments like this because you get to see so many different teams," said Chesnee head coach Katie Jolley. "I love seeing the mixture of different teams from all the different levels and getting to see all of them come here and compete. We were glad that all the local teams were able to play and that the North Carolina schools got to compete this year." When the tournament came to an end it was Fort Mill winning their second straight gold bracket and overall championship after defeating Kings Mountain (25-22, 25-20). In the silver bracket Crest came away with the championship after defeating RS Central (25-20, 25-21). Gaffney came away with the bronze bracket championship after defeating the homestanding Chesnee team (25-16, 25-21). Coach Jolley said it's great for all the teams to get to see so much competition and for the smaller teams to get to compete against 5A teams. "We had a great mixture of 5A and 3A teams and it helps the smaller teams get to see that pace of the game," said Jolley. "For our girls playing 5A competition is a great experience and I think it's good for the 5A teams to get to work on stuff before moving to the championship brackets and seeing strong teams as well. It's good for them to all see different teams and get used to playing different like you'll have to do in region and possibly the playoffs." In pool play Boiling Springs, Fort Mill, and Kings Mountain all advanced to the gold bracket after going 3-0 in pool play and were joined by Daniel who finished 2-1 just behind Kings Mountain in pool play. The Bulldogs defeated Fountain Inn (25-12, 25-12), Woodruff (25-13, 25-14) and Crest (25-11, 18-25, 15-6) in their pool play brackets. After going undefeated in pool play the Bulldogs fell in the first round of the gold bracket after falling to Kings Mountain (25-20, 25-15). With their exit the Bulldogs finished fourth overall in the tournament. Chesnee, who was originally not scheduled to play but filled in for another team, went 0-3 in pool play but moved on to play for the championship in the bronze bracket. The Eagles defeated 5A Spartanburg in pretty impressive fashion (25-14, 25-15) before falling to the eventual bronze bracket champions Gaffney. Pearl Holloway led the Eagles on Saturday with nine kills, four aces, and 41 assists on Saturday. Haley Edmonds led the Eagles in digs on Saturday with 43 while Carlee Turner had 12 kills and five aces. Olivia Richey recorded 10 kills for the Eagles in the tournament. Coach Jolley said that she's happy with how her team played better as the tournament went along and knows they'll only be better in region from the competition they saw in the tournament. "It was important for our team to get this work in as the success just helps build your confidence with more time on the court," said Jolley. "For our team to have a win against Spartanburg and to play a lot better our second time around against Gaffney just helps us grow as we go into region play. Our two major focal points this year have been confidence and energy and for them to see those traits in bigger schools it helps them see that they don't need to focus on the mistakes but to play through them." As for other local teams both Broome and Woodruff went 1-3 in the tournament. Chesnee will be back in action on Tuesday when they travel to another out of region match against Broome before returning home on Thursday when they host Spartanburg. Comments are closed.
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