In front of a large socially distanced home crowd the Chesnee volleyball team won their third straight game after defeating St. Joseph's 3-0 (28-26, 25-19, 25-13) with a great all-around performance by the Eagles on Tuesday night. Both teams played a nail biter in the first set but in the last two sets it was all Eagles as they controlled the game from the second set on.
"In the first game we had a lot of errors as we kind of shot ourselves in the foot with some of our serves and hitting errors," said Chesnee head coach Katie Jolley. "Once the girls got comfortable and confident we put everything together as we played a great match tonight. It's hard to beat us when we're playing like that." The first set saw both teams tied at 23-23 late but from that point on the set was either tied or switched hands between the two teams seven different times before the Lady Eagles finally got the win. The Eagles got two great serves from junior Kaitlyn Barrett on the final two points of the set, including an ace serve to go ahead, and then a kill by Barrett from the left side of the net to win the set 28-26 and go up 1-0 in the match. In the second set the Eagles only trailed twice, 1-0 early and 10-9 midway through, on their way to a 25-19 win that was capped by an ace serve from Barrett. Barrett had a great game for the Eagles as she recorded ten kills, eleven digs, and four aces on Tuesday night. "Kaitlyn has been doing great all year," said Jolley. "She stepped back there and stayed confident on those serves and made some tough serves they weren't able to return well." The third set saw the Eagles fall behind 5-1 early but they came storming back and tied the set at 5-5 on a kill by AC Yelton, who led the team with eighteen kills on Tuesday night. With the two teams tied at 10-10 the Eagles had Holly Hines step up to serve for the team where Chesnee claimed six straight points including four aces from Hines to put their lead at 16-10. From that point on the Eagles didn't look back claiming a 25-13 win in the set on another kill by Yelton and claiming the match 3-0. "Our girls were really hitting their spots with their serves once we got past the first set," said Jolley. "They did a great job getting the other team out of their system." Chesnee got strong performances from the whole team on Tuesday night. Outside the performances from Barrett and Yelton, senior Jessa Beach got six kills and three blocks while controlling a lot of the action around the net. Junior Holly Hines had a great run of serves in the third set but also added thirty-six assists to her total on Tuesday night while senior Shenandoah Bishop added ten digs from the libero spot. The Eagles will return to action on Thursday night as they travel to Greer Middle College in another region matchup before returning home to face Landrum next Tuesday. Comments are closed.
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