Effingham went 2-1 Saturday in a junior varsity volleyball tournament in Champaign.
The Lady Hearts opened with a loss to Paxton-Buckley-Loda. The scores were 25-21, 22-25, 13-15. Effingham then bounced back to beat Tuscola by scores of 25-13, 25-18, and Rantoul by scores of 25-18, 25-13.
For Effingham, Brueklyn Belcher had 14 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs, 1 block; Tori Budde 23 assists, 2 aces, 13 digs; Sawyer Althoff 15 digs; Evelyn Reynolds 1 kill, 6 digs; Mattie Angel 1 kill, 26 assists, 4 aces, 21 digs; Savannah Morrissey 8 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs, 1 block; Katie Carie 11 kills, 5 aces, 6 digs, 1 block; Leah Hanfland 1 kill, 11 digs; Krista Phillips 9 kills, 2 digs, 2 blocks; Chloe Koester 8 kills, 2 assists, 2 aces, 6 digs; Megan Ballman 2 kills, 11 assists, 1 ace, 23 digs; and Annie Frost 12 kills, 1 assist.
The JV team is now 3-3.