The Chesnee volleyball team kept their record perfect on Tuesday night as they defeated Landrum 3-0 (25-19, 25-9, 25-22) to go undefeated through their first trip through region play.
"It's a nice place to be because this region is tough," said Chesnee head volleyball coach Katie Jolley about her team being undefeated in region. "It's been a battle and we've learned things along the way but I'm happy to be sitting in first place after the first time through region." The Eagles were down 5-3 early in the first set but soon tied the game at 5-5. From that point on they didn't look back as they captured the first set 25-19 to go up 1-0 in the match. Chesnee won the second set 25-9 and the victory was sealed by some outstanding play by junior Kaitlyn Barrett who helped account for the team's final five points through a kill along with four straight service points. She finished the night with fourteen kills, two blocks, eight digs, and three aces. "Kaitlyn was huge right there going five for five in that set on kills," said Jolley. "She also got back there and made a service run making it difficult for them to make an attack." The third set was a very competitive match for both teams as the Eagles jumped ahead early before Landrum was able to take the lead 21-19 when the Eagles took a timeout. After the timeout the Eagles responded with a 6-1 run to win the match 25-22 behind some strong play along their front line especially from their senior middle hitter Jessa Beach, who finished the night with three blocks. "During that timeout I told the girls we just needed to go back to the basics and do what we know how to do," said Jolley. "Jessa came up huge and put the ball away three different times in a row and when you a senior middle that will do that in a tough situation that's big. She really energized our team right there." AC Yelton, this past weeks MaxPreps South Carolina player of the week, led the Eagles in kills on Tuesday night with nineteen while Holly Hines led the team with thirty-six assists and two aces. Shenandoah Bishop led the team with nine digs against the Cardinals. Chesnee will now look to repeat their feat through region play again as they start their second trip through the region on Thursday in a home match against Blacksburg. Comments are closed.
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