Mount Carmel faced another deficit early in the third set of its season-opening volleyball match at Country Day.

Only this time, the perennial state contending Cubs rallied behind their outside hitting duo of Lila Franovich with 25 kills and transfer newcomer Annabelle LaBure with 14 in the four-set victory on Tuesday.

Mount Carmel went ahead for good in the third set after the teams were tied 17-all and never trailed in the fourth set on the way to securing a 31-29, 14-25, 25-21, 25-16 victory.

LaBure made her Mount Carmel debut after being ruled ineligible for a year following her transfer from Cabrini.

“She’s a player we needed and a player we wish we could have had last year,” said Mount Carmel coach Taylor Ricaud, whose team lost to Dominican in the state semifinals last season af

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