Going into the Lady Eagles match against the Clearfield Bison, the Lady Eagles knew that needed a win to keep their season win-loss record above .500.

In the first set, the Lady Eagles wanted to make a statement to their league.  The girls did everything in their power to do so and won 25-21.

“We started off slow but we worked really hard to come back and win,” said junior Brianna Foy.

The second set, the Lady Eagles came out strong with a 13-2 lead. Their serves were too hot for the Lady Bison and the Lady Eagles won 25-15.

“Serving is one of our strong suits and I think if we keep serving hard and keep the pressure on the other teams, we can win over a lot of hard teams,” said sophomore Makenna Bauer.

In the third set, the Lady Eagles won over Lady Bison by a score of 25-17 to end the game.

“We need to get better at jumping on teams early like Clearfield,” said sophomore Anna-Lynn Fryer.

When asked how it felt to start her first varsity match, freshman Maecy Tuskovich said “At first I was a little scared but as I played on, I got used to it and had so much fun.”

Senior Kylee Gooding had 13 kills and Foy had 9. Gooding also had 11 service points 8 of them being aces. Junior Logan Johnston had 10 service points and sophomore Miranda Goodman had 6. Sophomore Mattie Cherry then had 28 assists and Tuskovich had 3 digs.

“[I] thought we played very well, but we still need to improve a lot of things in order to terminate teams. I am very excited for what is to come in the rest of our season,” said freshman Carlee Fry.

The Lady Eagles next face the Philipsburg-Osceola Mounties on Thursday night at home with a record of 4-2. JV starts at 6 pm and Varsity at 7 pm.