ACA Drops Both Games of Tri-match

ACA hosted Carver and Pike Road Thursday night and were defeated by both teams. The Lady Eagles were beaten by Carver in the first match, 21-25, 24-26. The night was finished with a tough three set loss to Pike Road, 23-25, 25-19, 13-15. Carver was able to defeat Pike Road in the other match to finish undefeated on the night.

Emily Thornton led the Eagles on the night with eight kills and 23 assists. Monica Willingham, seeing her first action of the year, added seven kills. Bailey DiNunzio had four aces and Savannah Fonville finished with a team high 18 digs.

The Lady Eagles (1-3) will continue play this weekend as they compete in the Mayor’s Cup.

ACA Earns First Victory of the Year Over Elmore County

The Lady Eagles evened their record to 1-1 on the season with a 25-17, 19-25, 26-24, 25-18 defeat of Elmore County. ACA showed improvement in their second game of the year. Coach Manuel Guice liked the progress he saw and knows that time on the court is what this team needs with all of the new players this year.

With the score tied 3-3 in game one, the Lady Eagles took charge and took a 19-11 lead and went on to win by eight. After falling behind early in game two, ACA could get no closer than four points. It looked as if Elmore County was going to take game three leading 21-24 late, but in the pivotal moment of the match the Eagles ran off five straight points and took the game, 26-24. The Eagles closed out the match in the fourth game for the hard earned victory.

Alyson Thornton led the offense with 12 kills and had three aces in her serve game. Emily Thornton had 20 assists while Savannah Fonville added 18 digs. Aniya Jackson and Alyson Thornton led the team at the net with three blocks each.

ACA Loses Season Opener at PCA

The Lady Eagles traveled to Prattville and lost the season opener in four games to Prattville Christian. ACA’s starting rotation looked drastically different as seven seniors were lost to graduation from last year’s squad. Emily Thornton was the lone starter left from a team that advanced to the Final Four last year.

The match was tight through the first half of game one, but with the score tied 13-13, PCA pulled away and took the first game, 25-22. In game two, the Lady Lions jumped out to a 9-3 advantage and never trailed in route to a 25-17 win.

The Lady Eagles fought back in game three as Emily Thornton helped to build an early 7-0 lead. Thornton served on ten of the team’s 25 points as ACA won its only game, 25-21. Alabama Christian again jumped out to an early lead in game four, but were unable to hold it and fell 25-22.

Emily Thornton led the team with seven aces and 16 assists. Alyson Thornton added a team high ten kills while Savannah Fonville contributed 16 digs.

ACA will host Elmore County next Tuesday in their home opener.