A pair of Hillcrest Academy volleyball players gave the opposition fits in 2021 from the service line. Raven senior Esther Hughes had the best season in Hillcrest volleyball history for serve ace percentage, finishing at 1.88%. That beats Ruth Brenneman’s previous school record mark from the 1982 season of 1.52%. Malia Yoder is third on that same list after posting a 1.49% mark this year. She is just behind Brenneman’s 1982 season and just ahead of Deb Yoder’s 1.35% from 1981. Yoder also had one of the best single match performances in Raven history, when she beat Rivermont with 12 aces, second most all-time in one outing, behind only Brenneman’s 13 in a single match in 1982. Hillcrest finished 2021 with a 10-22 record.