TOWANDA — Towanda volleyball celebrated their three players that received milestones this year at their annual Alumni game on Tuesday. Karis Flynn (1000 assists, 500 digs), Lariah Long (500 digs), and Kylee Barnes (100 blocks) all received recognition.

Flynn got the rarity of reaching two milestones in the same season.

"It feels amazing," she said. "I've really worked for it. My whole team has helped me work for these achievements, so it's really great."

Flynn is proud of the digs because it means she held her own on defense.

"I think it means that I was a good enough target for them to hit at, to try and take me out of the game, and to get those up that many times is a good achievement," remarked Flynn.

As for the assists, Flynn has been a setter for a number of the years, so expected to get 500, but reaching four digits felt special.

"I think that's a really great achievement," she said.

This year she got to split time between hitting and setting.

"I like the diversity of it," Flynn said. "Hitting was a new upbringing for me, I've never hit before in a game live, but I like the aspect of it. And I always loved setting."

She likes the fact that she got to share those milestones.

"It's amazing," she said. "We all work really hard, and we work as a team together to keep those milestones."

Long also liked that she was able to hit 500 digs for her career.

"It feels really good since I've been working at it for a while," she said. "It feels good knowing that I got that many digs up from all those people tired their hardest to get the ball down, but I still got it up."

That has led to some sore forearms for Long.

"Definitely when I was younger," she said. "A little my freshman year it hurt, but now I'm older - I'm used to it."

Long likes that Flynn and Barnes were able to get milestones this year, too.

"I've been playing with them forever," she said. "As long as I can remember, and just seeing that we can these milestones feels really good."

Barnes may have been the most surprised at her milestone.

"I didn't really think it was going to happen from the years I played, but this year is pretty great," she said. "I was just kind of playing my game. I'm glad I did it, and I set a goal for myself to get as many as blocks as I could, but to hit 100, I'm proud."

She had her coming out party her junior year when she got a few big blocks on Troy's 1000 kills hitter Arya Andrus. The student section even began to chant her name.

"That was awesome," Barnes said. "That was definitely one of my favorite games I've ever played, and I feel like it kind of got the ball rolling for this milestone."

She's also happy to join her teammates with these milestones.

"It's fantastic," Barnes said. "It's not very often you see three people achieve such a high goal all at once, but I'm happy to see that."

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