It was a busy week for the Mathews High School varsity volleyball team, as the squad recaptured Endless Summer Volleyball Tournament in Virginia Beach during the weekend. Bookending the team’s 5-0 tournament performance, the Lady Devils defeated Essex and Lancas-ter in straight sets.

Mathews hosted Essex last Thursday, defeating the Trojans by scores of 25-19, 25-14 and 25-17.

Maddie McCann led the Devils with 10 kills followed by Mackenzie Moughon with six, Teeny Robbins with three, Kai McCann with two, Amber Burruss with two, and Rachel Close, Shelby Ware and Hannah Rowe with one apiece. Ware collected 67 assists on the night. Close led the team in digs with seven, followed by Kacie Austin (five), Maddie McCann (four), Moughon (three), Hailey Abernathy (three) and Whitney Eriksen (one). Austin led the team with followed aces, followed by Maddie McCann with three, and Robbins, Burruss and Ware with one apiece.

For the second year in a row, the Lady Devils captured the En...