Despite enduring a tough season, the Lady Eagles played with a lot of effort Monday night in a victory over Elmore County. Alabama Christian dropped the first game of the match, but rebounded and won the next three to take the contest in four, 11-25, 25-17, 25-12, 25-20. The Eagles started slow and were behind as much as 4-20 at one point in the first game before losing 11-25. In Game two, Anna Prempramot started with three straight points on her serve to give the Lady Eagles the early lead. ACA stretched the lead very slowly through the rest of the game scoring no more than three points on any serve the rest of the way. Lynleigh Stephen helped Alabama Christian gain control of Game three as the Lady Eagles ran off eight straight points on her serve to take a 15-4 lead. The Panthers could never close the gap and would lose the game 25-12. in the final game of the match, Prempramot served ACA to an early 4-0 lead and the Eagles built a 14-6 lead, but could not put the Panthers away. Elmore County would get as close as 21-19, but the Eagles were able to hold them off and win the game 25-20.
Lynleigh Stephen serves against Elmore County.
Claire Forrester led the ACA attack with ten kills and Cayla Schofield added nine kills with two blocks. Jordan Smithee had seven kills and four aces while Leighton Peake had four aces and three kills. Anna Prempramot had a team high 28 assists and did a great job tracking down errant passes from the back row to set up the hitters. The freshman also delivered three kills and three aces.
Alabama Christian will continue to play at home tomorrow night in an Area game against LAMP.