Terrytown’s Carpenter Center hosted a pair of volleyball games on Monday. They featured the Eagles from Community Christian and the Crusaders from St Agnes. Both squads recorded wins. The guests took down the Eagles in the varsity battle 25 14 25 14 to improve to 2 and 2 on the year. In a thriller, CC won the JV affair in 3 sets. The Eagles downed the Crusaders by scores of 20 25 25 23 and 16 14.
Strong play by Alliance’s Raegan Mulhern, Raya Beck, and Veronica Benzel led the Lady Crusader in the first set of the JV game. A kill by Mulhern tied the match at 10. Points by Benzel and Beck ensued as the Academy slowly took control. SA would take the set 25 20. Action again was close in the second. The Eagles took leads at 18 16 and 22 to 18 before a tally by Beck got the guests close. Community Christian scored the last 2 and got the win 25 23.
Both clubs had leads in the third. Alliance held off a match point on a tally by McKenzie Conyers that the game at 14. The Eagles again scored the last 2 in getting the W
16 to 14.
All. 25. 23. 14
CC. 20. 25. 16
Eight points off the serve of Crusader Nala Reza powered the Academy in set on of the varsity ball game. Following a point by Avery Breen and a Quinn Robertson kill, Alliance’s Peyton Lauder went to the line and scored 2 in a row as the visitors surged ahead 6 to 3. The Academy then got 2 scores from Allie Armstrong to increase their advantage. Up 11 to 7, Reza ran off 8 consecutive tallies to push the Crusader margin to 12. Kills in the final moments by Kale Hulquist and Robertson along with 3 more points by Lauder finished off the Eagles. SA took the opener 25 14.
Set 2 started with 4 straight points by Robertson. Strong play by Hulquist and Breen followed as the Academy went ahead 8 to 3. Points by Armstrong then ensued that gave the guests a comfortable lead. Two Hulquist tallies along with a kill made the score SA 16 CC 7. Robertson then returned to the line and ran off 4 in a row as the Lady Crusaders took a 12 point lead. The set closed with points and kills by Breen and Hulquist. Set 2 ended with the Academy getting the win
25 14.
SA. 25. 25
CC. 14. 14
Stats. Robertson 8 points. 2 kills
Hulquist 2 points. 6 kills. Breen 3 points. 3 kills. Reza 8 points. Armstrong 5 points. Lauder 6 points.
St Agnes travels to Hyannis on Wednesday.