Charlestown Lady Pirate Volleyball (6-18) played some of their best ball of the season, defeating the visiting Borden Lady Braves in three; while winning their fourth of the last four outings.  The varsity team won 25-12, 25-23, and 25-19; and is available for archived listening at CPPSB.com and viewing via Pirate Pride Sports on Periscope.  Seniors Danielle Miles, Manager Nick Nuxoll, and Announcer Logan Johnson were all honored before the Varsity game as part of Senior Night festivities.  “I’m super proud of the way our girls played tonight especially our lone senior Danielle Miles.  Dani has worked really hard this season to improve her game and be leader for this team.  She has really been playing well late in the season” commented Coach Tammy Nuxoll.  Danielle Miles ended the night with four kills, passed well and led the team in digs with twelve.  “We came out strong in the first match, but Borden was also making several errors.  We talked in the huddle before the second set how we needed to prepare for Borden to make fewer errors and they did just that.  We continued to play hard, but found ourselves down 21-23 at the end of the set.  We were able to fight back and come back and get the win. The third set was close also, but we were able to keep our composure to get the win”, concluded Coach Nuxoll.  Emalee Craven had a good night, leading the team with nine kills, 4 blocks and 2 aces.  “It is a good feeling to see the team working together well at the end of the season.”

The Charlestown JV team defeated Borden in a best of three, 25-13, 25-10; and improved their record to 12-4 on the season.  “Our JV team is playing strong. They are on an eight match winning streak. Hannah Vincent had a good night serving and Kaia Reid had a good night offensively”, commented Coach Nuxoll.

The Lady Pirates return to the road Thursday at South Central.

Charlestown Lady Pirate Volleyball hosted the Rock Creek Academy Lions Monday evening in the CHS Sports Arena; marking a another milestone in the programs rebuilding.  The Lady Pirates, for the first time since 2011, shut out an opponent in a best of five match.  Charlestown varsity WON 25-19, 25-18, 25-19 over Rock Creek Monday evening.  “I am proud of our girls for pulling out the match in three sets tonight.  That was our first three set win of the season.  I love how this team supports each other even we have small break downs.  Each set we were neck and neck many times being tied around 17 points and we were able to put strong serving and consistent play together to make a surge at the end of the sets to pull us a head.  We had an extremely strong showing from our senior Danielle Miles”, commented Coach Nuxoll.  Miles finished the night with eight kills on thirteen attempts and only one error for a hitting percentage of .538 and ten digs.  Emalee Craven led the kill category with twelve kills on twenty-one attempts and four errors for an attack percentage of .381.  Emalee also had a strong serving night with eight aces.  Molly Braunecker and Haley Vincent also had a strong serving night with three aces each.  Maddie Nuxoll contributed eighteen assists and Chrissa Ledbetter had a good passing night.  “This was a great team effort!  We need to continue this intensity tomorrow night when we play on senior night against Borden”, concluded Coach Nuxoll.

The Junior Varsity team won their sixth straight Monday evening, defeating their visiting Rock Creek counterparts 25-21 and 25-11.  “Our JV got off to a really rough start in the first match.  We let Rock Creek set the tempo and we were not playing our game.  The second match we got off to a great start with the serving of Amelia McCoy and we were able to play more to our ability.  We are proud of this group of young ladies, commented Coach Nuxoll.  The Junior Varsity team record now stands at 11-4 (5-2 MSC) and will also host Borden Tuesday evening in the CHS Sports Arena.

Lady Pirate Volleyball (4-19 and 1-8 MSC) finished MSC play Thursday evening hosting the Warriorettes from Scottsburg.  The varsity team lost 18-25, 23-25, 20-25 against a good Scottsburg team.  “They have strong outside hitters and we were just not able to stop them tonight.  We passed a little better tonight but we were still giving them too many free balls and allowed them to get good sets out to their hitters.  One thing that I really like about this Pirate team is they do not give up.  They battle back even when we are a few points down.  Although we lost in three, we gave Scottsburg three good sets”, commented Coach Tammy Nuxoll.  Emalee Craven had ten kills tonight with five blocks and three aces and Kiersten James contributed four kills and two blocks. Molly Braunecker had eight assists and led the defense with 12 digs.

The Lady Pirate Junior Varsity team (10-4 & 5-2 MSC) won their sixth straight by defeating Scottsburg Thursday evening 10-25, 23-25, & 15-14.  “Our JV had a slow start to the night and really didn’t show up to play until the second set.  Luckily, we were able to turn things around and play like we are capable of playing.  It was really a total team effort tonight with everyone contributing a good dig, serve or well placed hit sometime during the the second two sets. Amelia McCoy and Hannah Vincent had a few good serving stretches in those last two sets to help us keep ahead in the game and Kaia Reid had some well placed tips. Our JV has had a great season and we hope to continue good play as we enter into next week” commented Coach Nuxoll.

The Lady Pirates will be in action again Monday hosting Rock Creek, Tuesday hosting Borden for Senior Night, and Thursday at South Central.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Volleyball team hosted MSC rival Austin Monday evening in the CHS Sports Arena.  The varsity team dropped to 4-18 and 1-7 MSC losing to Austin 18-25, 20-25, 25-18, 17-25.  “We struggled tonight with our passing and defense.  Austin played very consistent and didn’t make a lot of errors.  We made too many unforced errors on passing and we struggled making adjustments when we weren’t hitting well”, commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Tammy Nuxoll.  Emalee Craven had a big night with 11 kills and one error for a hitting percentage of .526.  Craven also recorded five blocks, seven digs and four aces.  Bri Harvey contributed 8 kills and 6 blocks.  Maddie Nuxoll had a consistent night with thirteen assists, five kills, nine digs and two blocks.  Molly Braunecker led in the dig category with fourteen.  “We are going to have to be more disciplined on defense and pass better if we want to be competitive against Scottsburg on Thursday”, concluded Coach Nuxoll.

The Charlestown JV team improved its record to 9-4 & 4-2 MSC be beating their Lady Eagle counterparts 25-19, 25-19.  “Our JV team continues to win.  They continue to work together, and we are proud that they do not give up even when the match is close or if they get a few points behind”, commented Coach Nuxoll.

August 2012 marked the last Mid-Southern Conference win for the Lady Pirate Volleyball program; a drought that Charlestown ended Thursday evening with a varsity win over visiting Salem 22-25, 25-23, 25-23, and 25-17.  “We had a very rough start to the evening allowing Salem to serve eight straight points to start the night.  Charlestown (4-17 & 1-6 MSC) were down 10-20 before Danielle Miles went back and served eight straight to get us back in the game. We had some momentum going, but were not able to finish the first set for the win. The next two matches went back and forth and we narrowly won both 25-23. It is encouraging that we can be tied with a team at 20 or get a point down late in a set, but continue to fight until the end. The more opportunities we are able to finish strong at the end of the set the better. Late in the fourth and final set, we were able to secure a few points lead and keep it without allowing them to come back. Emalee Craven came back from being sick this week to earn fourteen kills and nine blocks. Danielle Miles had an all-around good night with six kills, seven aces, and ten digs. Molly Braunecker led in assists tonight with sixteen and also had 24 digs. Chrissa Ledbetter had sixteen digs. We hope to continue winning as we face Austin, another conference opponent, Monday night”, commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Tammy Nuxoll.

The Charlestown Junior Varsity continued their consistent play, beating their Salem counterparts 25-18 and 25-20; improving their record to 8-4 and 3-2 in MSC play.  “Although I think we struggled more than we should have tonight, it is encouraging that we may not have played our best match, but we were able to stay focused enough to get the win”, concluded Coach Nuxoll.

The Lady Pirates are back in action Monday against Austin in the CHS Sports Arena.

The Lady Pirate Volleyball program traveled to Lanesville Wednesday evening for a varsity and junior varsity non-conference match-up.  The Junior Varsity team improved their record to 7-4 by dispatching the Lanesville JV team in the evening opener, 25-17, 25-18.  “Our JV team continues to step up, Wednesday evening with very consistent serving tonight from Hannah Vincent, Adia Wells, Madison Christy and Kaia Reid.  We also had good leadership from our captains, Amelia McCoy and Hannah Vincent.  The strength of this team shows that the future for CHS volleyball will continue to grow and improve!”, summarized Lady Pirate Head Coach Tammy Nuxoll.

In the second game at Lanesville, the short-handed Charlestown varsity team got an important win over the Lady Eagles 25-22, 25-22, 18-25, and 25-21.  “I am super proud of our girls tonight. We have been dealing with sick players this week and tonight we were without two starters. I had to start girls in positions they were not used to and everyone stepped up to contribute to the win. We got ourselves a little behind at the end of the first set, but was able to pull out the win. We continued to battle back and forth for the next two sets and was able to win the second, but lost the third. The fourth set was a battle until the end. We played very smart at the end of the fourth set and Sidney Goedecker and Molly Braunecker made some key plays at the end of that set to get us a a few points to help push us to the win. Bri Harvey also played smart tonight by mixing up her shots and was the attack leader with ten kills and five blocks. Sidney Goedecker contributed five kills and Danielle Miles had four. Maddie Nuxoll was the assist leader with 10 and she handled some tight net passes that helped us continue play. Maddie also had four aces. Haley Vincent led in digs with thirteen while Chrissa Ledbetter had nine and Danielle Miles had six. Danielle also had a good night passing. We need to carry this momentum into our match against Salem.

The Lady Pirates will host Salem Thursday (TONIGHT) in MSC play at the CHS Sports Arena.  The Junior Varsity game will begin at 6:00 pm with the Varsity immediately following.  The Varsity game will be broadcasted live on www.CPPSB.com by Pirate Pride Sports beginning at 7:00 pm.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Volleyball program traveled to Eastern High School Tuesday evening for a varsity and junior varsity conference match-up.  Charlestown varsity (2-17 & 0-6 MSC) lost to Eastern in five sets, 29-27, 20-25, 24-26, 25-18, 13-15.  “It is very difficult to lose a match like this after you have fought so hard.  I’m proud of the girls for working together and fighting for every point.  We just came up a little short tonight. We had some opportunities where we had some leads, but were not able to hang on. We were without one of our middles tonight and had to move some people around. Kiersten James really stepped up tonight moving from the outside to the middle. She was the kill leader tonight with fourteen. Danielle Miles also had a big night with nine kills. Maddie Nuxoll led in the assist category with sixteen and Molly Braunecker led the dig category with thirty-one. Haley Vincent, Danielle Miles and Chrissa Ledbetter did a good job passing tonight which helped us with our offense. We need to build on what we did tonight when we face Lanesville tomorrow”, commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Tammy Nuxoll.

The Charlestown JV team however defeated their Eastern counterparts 25-12 and 25-7 in a best of three set game; improving their season record to 6-4 (2-2 MSC).  “Our JV team continues to win.  They played very consistent tonight and led the whole way.  Kaia Reid led the offense and Amelia McCoy and Alex Chester did a good job serving for us tonight”, concluded Coach Nuxoll.