The Pella Christian Volleyball Team began the Class 2A Regional Tournament Monday Night in dominant fashion, as the Eagles swept East Marshall 25-12, 25-10, and 25-10.

The Eagles were aggressive with their serves throughout the match, racking up 21 aces as a team. Head Coach Tammi Wight said that her team’s ability to serve has been a key to their success all season and that tonight was no exception.

“Serving is a strength of ours. We’ve got some very good servers that are able to place the ball where I ask them to place the ball with some pace. So, it’s been one of our strengths all year. If we can serve well and take the other team out of system, we’re successful when we do that. Once we got into our rhythm of serving it seemed to rattle them a lot.”

Freshman Chloe Huisman led the team in aces with six, followed by Seniors Sarah Gritters and Natalie Harrill with five aces each. Huisman had 24 assists, Gritters had 11 kills and Harrill had 11 digs in the Eagles victory. 

The Eagles advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Regional Tournament with the win and will travel north Wednesday to take on the #1 ranked team in Class 2A Dike-New Hartford.