
MDI Volleyball Beats Ellsworth 3-1
The MDI Volleyball Team beat Ellsworth 3-1 on Senior Recognition Night in Bar Harbor on Tuesday, October 13th. After Ellsworth won the 1st set, the Trojans won the next 3. The individual set scores were 22-25, 25-2, 25-14 and 25-20.
The game was stopped momentarily in the 1st set when MDI senior Grace Sinclair became the 1st player in the program history with 500 digs.

Individual Ellsworth stat standouts from Coach Dyer include:
- Lexi Blaisdell - 1 block, 12 assists, 9 digs
- Austyn Atherton - 2 aces, 13 kills, 3 assists, 17 digs
- Brooklyn Knight - 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 block, 8 assists, 6 digs
- Caitlin Jenkins - 1 ace, 13 kills, 1 assist, 9 digs
- Chelsea Knight, 2 aces, 4 kills, 1 block, 4 digs
- Brooklyn Burke - 5 kills, 3 assists
- Greenlee Harmon - 1 ace, 3 assists, 13 digs
MDI stat standouts according to Coach Walls
- Cora VanDongen: 12 kills, 6 aces, 7 digs
- Gracie Sinclair:16 digs, 3 aces, 3 assists
- Janiece Anderson: 8 kills, 5 aces, 7 digs, 1 block assist
- Kiera Young: 4 kills, 1 block assist
- Ella Watson: 4 kills, 4 aces, 5 digs
- Lanaia McDaniels: 5 kills, 3 aces, 1 dig, 2 block assists
- Caroline VanDongen: 2 kills, 1 ace, 21 assists, 1 dig, 2 block assists
In the JV Game, Ellsworth defeated MDI 23-26, 26-24, 15-12
In the 1st Team Game, MDI won 25-20, 25-22
Ellsworth is now 6-7. They play their final game of the regular season at home against Woodland on Friday, October 16th at 5:30 p.m.
MDI is now 7-6. They play their final game of the regular season on the road in East Machias against Washington Academy on Thursday, October 15th at 6 p.m.
Both Ellsworth and MDI will be in the playoffs.
Here are a couple photos from the game and fans.









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