The Effingham Lady Hearts made the trip to Mahomet-Seymour Thursday night and dropped an Apollo Conference volleyball match.

The scores were 25-15, 25-12.

For EHS, Brueklyn Belcher had 1 kill, 1 dig; Eliza Montgomery 1 kill, 1 assist, 1 dig, 1 block; Taylor O’Dell 4 assists, 1 ace, 3 digs; Alexis Chrappa 1 kill, 3 digs, 1 block; Kennedy Sowell 1 kill, 1 assist; Jacy Boatman 5 kills, 8 digs; Callie Feldhake 2 kills, 1 dig; and Morgan Hagler 4 digs.

The Lady Hearts junior varsity made quite a comeback. After dropping the opening game 5-25, they rebounded to win 25-23, 15-13. The hosts won the freshman contest by scores of 21-11, 21-12.

Effingham, now 13-14 on the season, will play Saturday in the Albion Tournament.

The Effingham Lady Hearts volleyball team competed in the Pana Invitational on Saturday and finished with a 2-3 record.

Effingham dropped its first two matches – 23-25, 25-23, 6-15 to St. Thomas More; and 19-25, 22-25 to Newton.

The Lady Hearts then bounced back to win their next two contests – 25-23, 25-19 over Shelbyville; and 25-10, 25-20 over Neoga.

In the final match, Effingham fell to Shelbyville. The scores were 15-25, 20-25.

For the Lady Hearts, Brueklyn Belcher had 3 kills; Eliza Montgomery 6 kills, 4 digs, 4 blocks; Taylor O’Dell 4 assists, 3 digs; Hayley Dively 2 kills, 36 assists, 4 aces, 23 digs; Alexis Chrappa 35 kills, 3 assists, 1 ace, 41 digs, 8 blocks; Kennedy Sowell 12 kills, 3 digs, 8 blocks; Sam Urch 34 kills, 1 assist, 4 aces, 12 digs, 14 blocks; Katie Carie 1 kill; Jacy Boatman 22 kills, 2 assists, 40 digs, 2 blocks; Callie Feldhake 8 kills, 3 assists, 8 digs, 6 blocks; Morgan Hagler 1 assist, 2 aces, 11 digs; Olivia Martin 6 assists, 2 aces, 38 digs; Tori Budde 58 assists, 13 digs; and Mattie Angel 6 assists, 3 digs.

Effingham will play at home Tuesday against Charleston.

Effingham hosted Charleston Tuesday night and dropped an Apollo Conference volleyball match.

The Lady Trojans prevailed 25-15, 25-23.

For the Lady Hearts, Eliza Montgomery had 1 kill, 2 digs, 1 block; Taylor O’Dell 4 assists, 2 digs; Hayley Dively 8 assists, 1 ace, 9 digs; Alexis Chrappa 6 kills, 1 ace, 11 digs; Kennedy Sowell 1 kill; Sam Urch 1 kill, 1 ace, 2 digs, 3 blocks; Jacy Boatman 3 kills, 10 digs; Callie Feldhake 4 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 block; Morgan Hagler 1 assist, 3 digs; and Olivia Martin 2 kills, 3 assists, 7 digs.

Charleston also won the junior varsity and freshman matches. The scores in the JV match was 25-17, 25-20; and the scores of the freshman contest was 16-21, 21-15, 15-13.

The Lady Hearts now 12-14 on the season, will play Thursday at Mahomet-Seymour.

Effingham hosted Lincoln Thursday night and posted a two-game victory in Apollo Conference volleyball action.

The Lady Hearts won 25-14, 25-20.

For EHS, Eliza Montgomery had 3 kills, 2 assists, 1 dig; Hayley Dively 13 assists, 4 aces, 4 digs; Alexis Chrappa 5 kills, 8 digs; Kennedy Sowell 2 kills; Sam Urch 7 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig; Jacy Boatman 3 kills, 5 digs; Callie Feldhake 3 kills, 1 dig; Morgan Hagler 1 ace, 2 digs; Olivia Martin 1 ace, 5 digs; and Tori Budde 5 assists, 1 ace and 2 digs.

The Lady Hearts also won the freshman contest by scores of 21-15, 21-12. But Lincoln captured the junior varsity match. The scores were 25-19, 19-25, 15-17.

Effingham will play Saturday in the Pana Invitational.