Jersey's volleyball players, front row, left to right: Madisyn Carpenter, Kaitlyn Stellhorn, Sara Lamer, Katelyn Walker, Maddie Nason and Alexis Liles. Back row: Coach Bob Siemer, Hannah Jones, Samantha Ayres, Faith Franke, Lauren Brown, Jessica Vetter and Abby Manns.

JERSEY - Jersey's volleyball girls won all their matches in the 11th Annual Panther Invitational Saturday and claimed the tourney championship.

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The Panthers' head volleyball coach Bob Siemer couldn't have been more pleased with his girls' performance.

"We played well all day," Siemer said. "Brussels had beaten us earlier in the year in the Roxana tournament, so it was nice to even things up with them. Triopia won the first set and were up 8-0 in the second when Samantha Ayres served six in a row to get us back in it and go on and win. Carrollton is another team we had lost to earlier in the season, so to beat them in the championship match was great. They work hard and are great to be around."

Full results and all-tournament team are listed below photos.

Action in the Panther Invitational was intense on Saturday. (All photos courtesy of Michael Weaver)

Tournament results for 11th Annual Panther Invitational

Pool A

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Jersey over Brussels 25-20...19-25...15-13
Triopia over Litchfield 25-19...25-19
Jersey over Triopia 14-25...25-18...18-16
Brussels over Litchfield 25-12...25-22
Jersey over Litchfield 25-13...25-23
Brussels over Triopia 25-17...25-18

Pool B

Carrollton over CM 23-25...25-23...15-10
Staunton JV over EAWR 25-16...25-14
CM over EAWR 25-13...25-12
Carrollton over Staunton JV 25-16..25-21
Staunton JV over CM 25-21...25-19
Carrollton over EAWR 25-16...25-14

7th place match...EAWR beats Litchfield 20.25---25-23...15-12

5th place match...CM beats Triopia 25-19...25-18

3rd place match...Brussels beats Staunton JV 25-20...25-19

1st place match...Jersey beats Carrollton 25-23...25-20

All tournament team:

Jersey - Maddie Carpenter, Samantha Ayres, Jessica Vetter
Carrollton - Claire Williams, Hannah Krumwiede
Brussels -Toni Odelehr, Erika Odelehr
Staunton - Abby Davis
CM - Susan Buchanan
Triopia - Madelynn Ganz
EAWR - Sydney Slayden
Litchfield - Gabby Lee

Leaders on the day for the Panthers were: Samantha Ayres with 35 points and 50 assists....Maddie Carpenter had 18 points and 21 kills...Jessica Vetter had 21 kills and Katelyn Walker between receiving and digging had 125 touches and only 14 errors

Jersey's record is now 10-17. This week, Jersey plays at Triad on Tuesday, at home against Calhoun on Wednesday and home against Civic Memorial on Thursday. Next week, all the teams begin regional volleyball play.

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