Lady Mustangs fall to North Adams; rally next day to defeat Fairfield

Playing maybe their toughest two-day stretch of matches of the 2026 season, the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs were defeated by North Adams, and the next day, they defeated the Fairfield Lady Lions. 

Both matches were contests in the Southern Hills Athletic Conference, and the Tuesday match against North Adams saw the visiting Lady Green Devils win in four sets. The victory by NAHS gave them no less than a share of the Division I SHAC volleyball championship, as they have one match left on the schedule with a SHAC mark of 11-1. 

In the match, North Adams won set one (25-17), set two (25-22) and set four (25-19). Lynchburg-Clay won the third set by a 25-23 score. 

The Lady Mustangs totaled 30 kills, 28 assists, 14 aces, 119 digs and seven blocks against North Adams. As for the Lady Green Devils, they had team totals of 52 kills, 51 assists, 12 aces, 117 digs and 16 blocks. 

LCHS senior Kylie O’Connor finished with 13 kills, one ace, 22 digs and three blocks. Junior Bre Rosselott had two digs and two blocks. Senior Melany Stephenson had one assist, two aces and 30 digs. 

Senior Jules Vesey ended the match with two aces and eight digs. Senior Addy Carraher had 26 assists, seven aces and 19 digs. The Lady Mustangs also had junior Hydee Green collect one kill, two digs and one block. Senior Halle Greene finished the match with 11 kills, one assist, two aces and 35 digs. Freshman Becca McLaughlin had five kills, one dig and one block. 

North Adams leaders included sophomore Sophia Barlow (17 kills), Barlow and senior Elizabeth Raines (22 assists each), senior Ava Pistole (four aces), senior Morgan Wheeler (30 digs) and senior Emma Pistole (seven blocks). 

The following day, the Lady Mustangs defeated the Fairfield Lady Lions winning the match in five sets at FHS. 

LCHS won set two (25-17), set four (25-22) and set five (15-13). 

For the Lady Mustangs, they had team totals of 39 kills, 36 assists, 10 aces, 81 digs and three blocks. 

The kills leader for LCHS was O’Connor with 19 for the five-set match, followed by Greene with 14, Rosselott (three), Green (two) and Carraher (one). 

Carraher led the Lady Mustangs in assists with 33, followed by Stephenson (two) and McLaughlin (one). 

Stephen was the aces leader with three, while Carraher had two, and with one ace each were O’Connor and Vesey. 

The digs leader was Stephen with 19, and next were Greene (15), O’Connor (15), Carraher (14), Vesey (10), Green (five), McLaughlin (two) and Rosselott (one). 

Rosselott led LCHS with two blocks, and McLaughlin had one. 

LCHS now stands at 14-4 overall and 8-2 in the SHAC Div. I standings.