Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Bernie Lady Mules volleyball team traveled to Cape Girardeau to take on powerhouse Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs on Monday, August 29, 2016.  Both the Junior Varsity and Varsity Mules fell to the Lady Dogs.

After dropping their season opener to the Farmington Lady Nights 2-1 on Thursday, Notre Dame volleyball was looking for big confidence boost.

The Lady JV Mules lost 20-25, 15-25.  During the first set, Caddie Freed served 5 points in a row.  Caddie Freed and Daisy Eaton each had a team high 4 digs.  Alivia Cobb and Makayla Turner each had 3 digs and Emily Sheehan and Ryleigh Foster finished with 1 dig each.

Cassidy Freed and Makayla Tuner had 2 aces and Ryleigh Foster had 1 ace.  Cassidy Freed led the Mules with 4 kills while Nia Walker and Makayla Turner added 1 kill each.

In Varsity action the Lady Mules fell 10-25, 12-25 to Notre Dame.

Kayli Tanner finished with 1 ace and 1 dig.  Mabree Stone, Cymber Arnold and Taylor Lovelady each had 2 digs.  Morgan Baker, Taylor Anthony and Madissen Corbin finished with 1 dig each.

Kayli Tanner led Bernie with 6 kills.  Cymber Arnold had 2 kills and Made Woolridge had 1 kill.

"Notre Dame is a great volleyball team and they came out playing hard from he beginning," commented Bernie head volleyball coach Monica Collier. "We played intimidated and made several preventable errors at the beginning and got behind by 15 points. We finally got our head in it and fought out 10 points in the first set."

"The second set we played better, but again made some silly errors that caused us to get behind," continued Collier.  "There were moments of great plays, but there were also times we were not aggressive and made inexcusable errors. We are taking the experience of playing such a great team as a learning experience and as an opportunity to get better."