(Chelsea Update would like to thank Laura Cleveland for the information in this story.)
The Chelsea Bulldog varsity volleyball team beat the Bedford Kicking Mules in an SEC showdown of the #8 Class B Ranked Bulldogs and the #9 Class A Ranked Kicking Mules on Sept. 16.
The teams played their SEC crossover match at Chelsea High School and it proved to be quite a battle.
Chelsea won the first match 25-19 and came out very sharp offensively. The serve receive has been improving recently and it showed with effective passing.
The second set went to Bedford 23-25 with the teams battling back and forth. Chelsea had some untimely missed serves, including after timeouts that disrupted their momentum and took them out of a strong rotational matchup.
The third set went to Chelsea 25-22, Bedford winning the 4th 23-25.
In the 5th set, Bedford got out to a 3-1 lead, but Chelsea battled and passed very well during the set with timely digs and picking up tips and rolls. Chelsea went up 9-4 with a block by Emma Hess.
Olivia McCalla and Emma Hess combined for some great offensive kills, as well as Morgan Matusik. The team won the game with a kill by Emma Hess off of a blocking error by Bedford.
Leading the way for the Bulldogs was Emma Hess with 26 kills, 29 digs and 4 aces, Morgan Matusik with 20 kills and 14 digs, Olivia McCalla with 55 assists and Savannah Steele with 21 digs.
