Eastern High School

Eastern Lady Musketeers volleyball improved to 14-2 on Saturday with two hard fought wins against Madison and Springs Valley in Round Robin Action at All For One Arena in Pekin, Indiana. In the first match to the day, the Lady M's defeated visiting Madison (11-5) in 4 sets (25-14, 21-25, 27-25, 25-17) Leading the way was senior Avery Smith with 20 kills, 5 Aces, and 14 digs. Senior Sidney Burton had 16 kills herself to go with 11 digs and 3 aces. Eliza Starrett lead the team with 24 digs and Addie Smith had 37 assists, 7 kills, 17 digs, 1 block and 2 aces. Kills: Avery Smith 20, Sidney Burton 16, Addie Smith 7, Emma Brawner 5, Leah Hobson 3, Ashton Johanningsmeier 2 Aces: Avery Smith 5, Sidney Burton 3, Addie Smith 2 Digs: Eliza Starrett 24, Addie Smith 17, Avery Smith 14, Sidney Burton 11, Allie Johanningsmeier 8, Assists: Addie Smith 37 Madison then defeated Springs Valley in 5 sets in match 2 (16-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 15-11) In the final match of the day, Eastern defeated Springs Valley in 4 sets (28-26, 16-25, 25-19, 25-15) Springs Valley is highly ranked in 1A coming off a semi-state appearance and feature Maddie Carnes, who will play at Bellarmine next year. The Lady M's were able to outlast the Lady Blackhawks in a gritty effort from both teams. Addie Smith had 36 assists to go with 27 digs, 3 aces and 7 kills. Eliza Starrett had 34 digs Avery Smith lead the way in kills with 19 to go with 9 digs, 3 aces and 1 block. Sidney Burton had 15 kills herself to go with 8 digs, and 2 blocks. Kills: Avery Smith 19, Sidney Burton 15, Leah Hobson 7, Addie Smith 7, Ashton Johanningsmeier 3, Emma Brawner 2 Aces: Addie Smith 3, Avery Smith 3, Digs: Eliza Starrett 34, Addie Smith 27, Avery Smith 9, Sidney Burton 8, Allie Johanningsmeier 8, Leah Hobson 3, Aubrey Mollet 2 Assist: Addie Smith 36 Lady Musketeers (14-2, 5-0) play at Charlestown on Tuesday