Northeast Mississippi Community College volleyball closed out its fall break homestand in style Saturday, sweeping Freed-Hardeman JV 25-13, 25-14, 25-12 inside Bonner Arnold Coliseum in Booneville. The NEMCC volleyball sweep was powered by the serving line, where the Tigers piled up 14 service aces against the Lions.
The win was Northeast’s final nonconference match of the season and came three days after the Tigers took a set from nationally ranked Jones College in a four-set loss.
How the NEMCC volleyball sweep unfolded
According to the college’s athletics department, Eliza Whitenton scored the first ace of the afternoon to help Northeast to an early 3-1 lead in the opening set. Addy Hicks then took over. Hicks added a pair of kills from the pin, served two aces to start a 5-0 run, and later scored three more kills during a 6-0 run that closed the set 25-13. Adrianna Buckingham’s kill in the middle during that stretch forced Freed-Hardeman JV to call a timeout.
Addi Vetovitz and Kaylee Estes helped get the second set going for the Tigers. Brooklyn Chappell recorded her first kill of the match and Ryan Brown followed with another as Northeast scored seven straight points to go up 18-9. The Lions answered with a brief 5-2 run, but five consecutive Freed-Hardeman errors handed the Tigers a 25-14 win and a 2-0 lead in the match.
Freed-Hardeman JV led 3-1 early in the third set before Carine Delfin evened things up with back-to-back aces. An 8-0 Northeast run followed, with Hicks and Buckingham adding kills for a 12-5 lead. Erynn Boddie hammered a kill from the pin and Lexi McBrayer served two more aces. Delfin then ended the match the same way she started the comeback, with two straight aces to seal a 25-12 set and the sweep.
Key stats for Northeast
Addy Hicks: 15 kills and four digs
Eliza Whitenton: five kills and three aces
Addi Vetovitz: four kills
Carine Delfin: team-high five aces
Team: 14 service aces
Homestand recap and what’s next
Northeast went 2-1 during its fall break homestand in Booneville. The Tigers opened with a 3-0 sweep of Coahoma on Oct. 6, then fell in four sets to No. 22 Jones on Oct. 7, taking one set from the NJCAA Top 25 team, before finishing with Saturday’s win over Freed-Hardeman JV.
The victory moves Northeast to 12-15 overall. The Tigers are 4-3 in MACCC play heading into the final stretch of the conference schedule. Next up is a road trip to Pearl River Community College on Wednesday, Oct. 14, with first serve set for 5 p.m.
Fans can follow schedules, results, and live stats on the Northeast Tigers athletics website.
Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.
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