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JCA Sports Wrap: Angels Move to 13-0 in Volleyball
Emily Schoenstedt, Morgan Reardon and Kelly Feigh paced Joliet Catholic Academy past Marian Catholic in volleyball, while the cross country teams traveled to Ohio for the Midwest Catholic Championships.
Sixteen stars.
That is how Joliet Catholic Academy coach Christine Scheibe looks at her volleyball roster, and several of them shined Thursday night in a rock-solid 25-17, 25-16 road victory over East Suburban Catholic Conference foe Marian Catholic.
“I had a teacher ask me the other day, ‘Who is your star?’” Scheibe said. “I told him, ‘They all can be stars.’ We don’t have one player with 14 kills. We always have four or five players with 4 or 5 kills.”
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Loyola-bound junior outside hitter Morgan Reardon led JCA (13-0, 3-0) against Marian (8-9, 0-2) with 7 kills and 5 digs. Senior outside Kelly Feigh (Plainfield), also a Loyola recruit, added 5 kills and 6 points.
Senior middle Hailey Pennington (Plainfield) picked up 4 kills and 3 block kills, while senior setter Emily Schoenstedt (Plainfield) contributed 8 points, 7 assists and 3 block kills. Schoenstedt’s right-side kill started an 11-3 run to close out a second set that saw the Angels jump to a 9-1 lead.
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Junior setter Mallory Mangun had 11 assists and 5 digs and senior libero Jill Hickey (Oswego) tallied 7 digs and 6 points. Hickey served the Angels ahead 4-1 on back-to-back aces in Game 1 and JCA led 7-2, 9-4, 13-8, 18-13, 19-14 and 20-15 before Feigh’s 3 kills sparked a 5-2 clinching run.
“The girls jumped out to leads and were able to control the play,” Scheibe said. “Reardon’s hitting was exceptional in Game 1 and Schoenstedt had a great service run in Game 2. Overall, the girls were solid.”
CROSS COUNTRY: The JCA cross country teams traveled to Dayton, Ohio, for the Midwest Catholic Championships this weekend. The Hilltoppers are running in the Silver Division against nine teams from Ohio and a team from Kentucky. The Angels are running in the Silver Division against seven teams from Ohio and a team from Kentucky.
WEEKEND PREVIEW: JCA (4-0, 3-0) will play Benet (0-4, 0-4) at Benedictine University on Saturday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m., and the game will be streamed live by HighSchoolCube.com … The Hilltoppers (6-5-1, 2-2) also travel to Benet on Saturday morning for a 10 a.m. game in boys soccer.
