Lady Mules Win Regional With Business-Like Approach Chet Snyder’s Fairfield Lady Mules entered Thursday night’s Regional championship knowing they already had two victories over their opponents under their belts. For the Mules, it was mostly about handling the pressure that comes with being a heavy favorite. Handle it they did, rolling to a 25-14, 25-13 win over the Mt. Carmel Lady Aces in McLeansboro. For Snyder and the Lady Mules, it is their fourth Regional championship in the last five postseasons. For the veteran coach, it is his sixth of his career. Fairfield advances to the Pinckneyville Sectional, where the … Continue reading Mules Volleyball vs. Mt. Carmel, 10-26-23

Rivalry Game Goes To Cardinals In Another Three-Set Battle For Mules The Fairfield Lady Mules have had the NCOE Cardinals’ number in recent years, dominating a one-sided rivalry between the top two teams in the Deep South coach’s volleyball poll. NCOE got them in the Fairfield Kick-Off Tournament last year, but otherwise it has been all Chet Snyder’s Lady Mules in recent years. That included a Fairfield win over Jaclyn Melton’s Cards in this year’s Fairfield tournament. All that history was in play Tuesday in Norris City, as the Lady Cardinals beat Fairfield, 22-25, 25-19, 25-22 to snap a 12-game … Continue reading Mules Volleyball vs. NCOE, 10-17-23

Lady Mules Thrash Carmi, Finish BDC Play Unbeaten To Defend Title When Fairfield met the Lady Bulldogs in Carmi, it was a three-set barnburner that is in the middle of a stretch of close calls for Chet Snyder’s Lady Mules. But they kept winning those close games, which set up a chance to clinch the conference title all by themselves Thursday in a home rematch with Carmi. Needing a win to force a split, Carmi came up comfortably short, with the Lady Mules putting together a complete game from start to finish and cruising to a 25-13, 25-18 win. That … Continue reading Mules Volleyball vs. Carmi, 10-12-23

Comeback For The Ages: Lady Mules Hold Off Visiting Lions Playing in front of a large, loud crowd on the annual Pink Out night, the Edwards County Lions took their shot at the queens of the BDC…and missed, learning nothing from Omar Little. Edwards County had Chet Snyder’s host Fairfield Lady Mules on the ropes all night, putting them on their heels with a first set win. They had them down in the third set, but the Lady Mules fought for point after point and eventually pulled off a 16-25, 25-19, 28-26 win to remain unbeaten in pool play. It … Continue reading Mules Volleyball vs. Edwards Co., 10-9-23

Lady Mules Stay Unbeaten In Conference Play With Home Win By all accounts from the Fairfield Lady Mules volleyball faithful, they did not play up to their standards Thursday in a home clash with the Hamilton County Lady Foxes. Yet, in a sign of the heights they have achieved as a team this year, they had an “off night” and still rolled to a 25-18, 25-16 win over a conference rival that came in with a 17-7 record. The win was the ninth straight for Chet Snyder’s squad, who improved to 7-0 in league play and 24-2 overall. The Lady … Continue reading Mules Volleyball vs. HamCo, 10-5-23

Lady Mules Deliver Heart-Stopping Performances For Two Road Wins A pair of things have been apparent for a while now in the land of the Fairfield Lady Mules volleyball. 1) The target is squarely on their back, off to a 19-2 record with both losses coming to much larger schools in tournament action. 2) This week would be the biggest non-tournament test they see in the regular season. Chet Snyder’s squad have three road games this week against quality opponents. Well, two down, one to go, after Fairfield picked up a win in Mt. Carmel Monday and then another in … Continue reading Mules Volleyball vs. Carmi, 9-26-23

Lady Mules Take Care Of Business Against Visiting Eldorado Eagles Winning their fourth straight game and third straight in league play, Chet Snyder’s Fairfield Lady Mules easily took care of business Thursday in the Mule Barn, handing the Eldorado Eagles a 25-11, 25-7 loss. The hapless Eagles fell to 1-12 with the loss, while the Lady Mules improved to 19-2 overall, 3-0 on the BDC-East. Of the Eagles’ 18 points on the night, 10 of them came without having to move on Fairfield missed serves. Otherwise, the Lady Mules dominated in every way possible. They put down 25 kills in … Continue reading Mules volleyball vs. Eldorado, 9-21-23

Lady Mules Open BDC Play With Easy Win Over Winless Flora Playing in three tournaments already, the Fairfield Lady Mules 16-2 start to the volleyball season included zero conference games. They finally started their BDC season Thursday, hosting the Flora Wolfgals and crushing the visitors, 25-5, 25-8. Flora is winless on the year at 0-10. Chet Snyder’s Mule gals  held Flora to just four kills in the match, with five of Flora’s 13 total points coming off missed serves by Fairfield. The Lady Mules allowed consecutive points just once, points three and four for Flora in the second set. Otherwise, … Continue reading Mules Volleyball vs. Flora, 9-14-23

Lady Mules Clip Eagles Wings, Win 13th Straight To Start Season Despite having played in the same two tournaments in the first three weeks of the season, Fairfield and Newton never ran into each other. They did so in regular season action Tuesday at the Mule Barn, with Chet Shyder’s Lady Mules fighting off a feisty Lady Eagle team, 25-22, 25-19. Newton led much of the first set, and as late at 20-18, but Fairfield was able to string together a late run for the win. That surge started with Newton’s third missed serve of the set, and included four … Continue reading Lady Mules Volleyball vs. Newton, 9-5-23

Lady Mules Handle Visiting Indians In Midweek County Clash In between weekend tournaments, Chet Snyder’s Fairfield Lady Mules hosted county rival Wayne City Thursday, rolling to a 25-9, 25-9 victory. Fresh off winning their own tournament Saturday, and with the Richland County Tournament on deck two days later, Snyder’s squad was able to stay focused on the task at hand, swinging away against Lamar Choate’s Lady Indians. Fairfield finished with 27 kills in just 53 swings, with only three attack errors. That gave them a 50.9 kill percentage and a .453 hitting percentage, as the high power attack was firing … Continue reading Lady Mules Volleyball vs. Wayne City, 8-31-23