CLINTON – Myah Favre and Taylor Henley have quite the symbiotic on-court relationship.

That duo led Our Lady Academy to a 3-0 win (25-12, 25-14, 25-22) over Alcorn Central in the MHSAA Class 3A volleyball championship match on Thursday at Mississippi College. It’s the 18th title for OLA (41-4).

Favre and Henley, as they’ve done all season, played complementary volleyball. Favre – this year’s 3A Miss Volleyball – finished with 22 kills and 14 assists, while Henley had six kills and 25 helpers.

“We looked at it before the year and said, ‘Hey, we’re going to make our two middles setters,’ and they can push the ball to each other all the time. It’s worked out wonderfully all season,” OLA head coach Mike Meyer said.

After playing from behind the first two sets, Alcorn Central (24-15-1) put up quite a fight in the third. The Bears took a 13-12 lead and eventually found themselves up 21-18. Then Favre took over, putting down five kills to spark a 7-1 closing spurt and clinch the match.

Favre earned game MVP honors.

“We’ve actually responded like that and won close sets all year,” Meyer said. “We’ve lost a few, but we’ve won many, many where it was close at the end.”

The Crescents started fast in Set 1, opening up a 16-8 lead and cruising behind Favre and Henley, who combined for nine kills.

It was a similar story in the second set, but Alcorn Central fought back and got within 17-14 before OLA closed with an 8-0 run to take a 2-0 lead.

“You can’t give them a little wiggle room, because it’s hard to come back,” Alcorn Central coach Eric Lancaster said. “They just keep coming back, hammering and hammering. … They’ll make mistakes, too, and they gave us some points, but consistently you have to execute against them.”

OLA had 44 total kills to Alcorn Central’s 23. Mylee Davis led the Bears with eight kills, while Branna Quinn had five. Stella Hollis had four kills, 11 assists and two service aces.

The Bears got here after upsetting Kossuth, the Daily Journal’s No. 5-ranked team, in the semifinals.

“I told them, ‘Y’all had a great four years.’ It’s a big senior bunch,” Lancaster said. “‘I know you’re disappointed, but time will take care of that. But y’all have got so much to be proud of.’”