Health & Fitness
Plainfield's Feigh Powers JCA Volleyball
Plainfield's Kelly Feigh paces JCA with 8 kills in a sweep of Bishop McNamara. The Angels earned the No. 3 seed at the ASICS Challenge.
JOLIET – Welcome home.
Behind eight kills apiece from Loyola recruits Kelly Feigh (Plainfield) and Morgan Reardon, the Joliet Catholic Academy girls volleyball team celebrated its first home match Tuesday night since Aug. 31 with a 25-12, 25-14 East Suburban Catholic Conference victory over Bishop McNamara.
Feigh, a senior outside hitter, added 4 digs for JCA (14-0, 4-0). Senior middle Hailey Pennington (Plainfield) picked up 4 kills, while senior setters Emily Schoenstedt (Plainfield) and Lauren Robertson (Wilmington) each contributed 7 set assists.
Find out what's happening in Plainfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Senior libero Jill Hickey (Oswego) and Robertson also led with 8 points apiece, with Hickey flooring 4 aces and Robertson nailing 2 aces. Schoenstedt delivered 4 digs and Pennington had 2 block kills.
“It was a great chance for us to get everyone to play and we don’t have a lot of matches like that on the schedule,” JCA coach Christine Scheibe said. “Everyone who came in did a nice job and it shows the depth that we have on this roster.”
Find out what's happening in Plainfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Back-to-back aces by Hickey helped the Angels jump to an 18-7 lead in Game 1. Reardon’s cross-court kill pushed that to 20-8 and a solo block by senior middle Gianna Lincoln sealed the deal at the end.
Game 2, however, was deadlocked at 7-7 before Feigh’s roll-shot kill and back-to-back aces by Robertson. An ace by senior defensive specialist Meggie Fahrner (Plainfield) made it 18-9 and an ace by senior setter Alaina Ragusa provided a 21-11 lead.
Afterward, Scheibe credited junior defensive specialist Sara Adler and junior middle Morgan Stenson (Lockport).
“I thought Sara came in and did a nice job defensively,” Scheibe said. “And Morgan came in on the right side, had to put up a set and got a great assist. We played a solid match, up and down the lineup.
ASICS CHALLENGE: The Angels have been awarded the No. 3 seed in this weekend’s tournament at Mother McAuley, which is considered one of the finest in the country. JCA will play Lone Peak, Utah, and Seneca, Pa., in pool play on Friday.
Berkeley Prep, Fla., is the top seed, followed by Assumption, Ky. Sacred Heart, Ky., is fourth, the host Mighty Macs fifth, followed by Newport Beach, Calif., Marist and Catholic Memorial, Wis. Berkeley is ranked fourth nationally, Assumption ninth, JCA 57th, Sacred Heart 24th, McAuley 90th, Newport Beach 48th, Marist 88th and Catholic Memorial 82nd.
