The girls volleyball season is two weeks old and American Leadership Academy Gilbert North finally got to play a match before its home crowd.

The Eagles didn't disappoint taking down 4A foe Greenway in four sets. Scores were 25-14, 21-25, 25-12 and 25-22.

ALA-GN is perfect in power-ranking matches, notching its fourth win in such matches on Tuesday night. Greenway dipped to 3-2 in power-ranking matches, dropping its second in a row.

"We hit the ball a lot better tonight than we have," ALA-GN coach Jeff Bader said.  "We've had about 20 matches counting tournaments so far. It was nice to have a home game."

ALA-GN dominated the first two sets it won. The Eagles pulled away from an 11-10 lead in the opening set with its attack leaders for the evening leading the way in the set - juniors Dissy Brinkerhoff and Tana Howard. 

Greenway got the upper hand early in the second set in evening the match, building an 11-4 lead. The Demons saw their advantage evaporate to a 14-all tie. A 7-1 run got them back on track. Three consecutive aces from Brynlee Stradling keyed the burst. 

Momentum swung back to ALA-GN quickly in the third set. The Eagles jumped out to a 9-0 lead with four aces from Ella Stanfield and a variety of Greenway errors contributing.

The fourth set was close the entire way with the teams knotted nine times with no lead larger than two until ALA-GN led 23-20. A Kate Wilson kill and Greenway passing error posted the final two points for ALA-GN.

Howard led ALA-GN in kills with 15. Brinkerhoff and Sadie Levesque added seven kills each. Leading the defensive effort for the Eagles was libero Hallie Willis (16 digs). Setter Ella Stanfield collected 27 assists. Serving was fruitful for the Eagles as they posted 19 aces - six from Stanfield and four from Howard topping the chart. Unofficial kill leaders for Greenway were Tatum Peterson (8) and Ryan White (6).

ALA-GN hosts two more matches this week - Agua Fria on Wednesday and Arcadia on Thursday. Greenway hosts Arizona College Prep on Thursday to complete its action this week.