On Tuesday night at the Nest, the Montverde Academy girls' volleyball team won 3-0 (25-9, 27-25, 25-20) against Mount Dora High School. It was also senior night for Thalita Marangon, Luiza Manata and Taina de Lima Nunes.

Marangon had a game high 13 kills, while Manata led the game with 16 digs. 

In the first set MVA opened it a 10-3 advantage, until the first timeout. After that MVA absolutely dominated the first set to win by a score of 25-9. 

In the second set, Mount Dora started with an 8-0 rally which gave them a comfortable lead. But thanks to mistakes made by Mount Dora, MVA was able to tie the set at 13-13 with an incredible run of 12-5. Then the set started to get more interesting when Eagles took their first lead in the set 14-13. But weren't able to keep it as Mount Dora retook it at took their lead all the way to 18-15. Once again MVA tied the game and the game got heated as Mount Dora took a two-point lead (22-20), and once again the Eagles scored three in a row to take a 23-22 lead. Not for long as Mount Dora made a comeback to make it 24-23. But two consecutive kills by Marangon gave MVA the lead back. A kill by Marangon finished the set for MVA and they won 27-25.

"Our seniors performed all the way around and we depended on them. I made some changes on our offense, to give some opportunity to our players who didn't play before that match," head coach Jola Graham said. "They played different positions, so at least our seniors I could depend on what we are doing and they could lead our team to the win."

In the third set, Mount Dora started with another great opening rally and led 7-0. But MVA started a 4-2 rally to make the score 9-4. The set has several ties, and when it was 12-12 MVA used a 7-1 rally to make the score 19-13. The set ended with a 25-20 win for MVA to give the Eagles a 3-0 match win.

"I feel good, especially as it is senior night and the last regular season home game," Marangon said after the win. "But also sad because it's my last home regular season game at MVA."