Twins Tess & Jill Eilers Power Cubettes Strong Start to the Volleyball Season

Round Top-Carmine volleyball players Tess and Jill Eilers are twin sisters that flourish in their own stat categories on the court. Tess is usually among the leaders in kills while Jill gathers up a lot of the digs on a Cubette team that has started the season off strong. “They’re pretty hard on each other, which is good,” said Round Top-Carmine head volleyball coach Catie Carney.

“They hold each other accountable. On the other side of that, they love to play with each other. They just love to play volleyball. They both are on the court nonstop and they’re crucial to our team.” The twin sister duo has paired together nicely for the Cubettes, making both of them our choice for this edition’s Athlete of the Week.

Question: What are the biggest similarities between the two of you?

Jill: “We both always go for the ball and stuff. We always go at it together.”

Question: What are the biggest differences?

Jill: “Tess always hits more and I set or tip more.” Tess: “Jill sets a lot and tips more often. I always just hit.”

Question: What do you both talk about to each other before games?

Jill: “That we shouldn’t bicker to each other. Sometimes we get mad at each other because we both want to go for the ball, so we say we’re not gonna get mad at each other.”

Tess: “Same thing.”

Question: Who’s someone

you’d like to meet and why?

Jill: “I would want to meet one of the Aggie volleyball players to talk to them because I think that would be cool.”

Question: If you could camp out in one place, where would it be?

Jill: “Probably the gym so I can practice more.”

Question: What’s something you both do together the

most?

Jill: “We do everything together.”

Tess: “Probably volleyball. Sports and stuff.”

Question: How would you describe the bond of playing on the same team?

Tess: “I think it’s a lot of fun, actually, that we get to play together and experience it together.”

Question: What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Jill: “We watch a lot of TV. There’s a lot. Outer Banks on Netflix, that’s what we watch a lot.”

Tess: “Outer Banks, yeah.”

Question: How have sports impacted your lives?

Jill: “We do it all the time, so it’s impacted a lot.” Tess: “I feel like it’s made us a better person. Being leaders and being responsible for some things.”

Question: What do you appreciate the most about Round

Top-Carmine?

Jill: “They’ve taught us a lot. To be good people.” Tess: “To be leaders and respectful.”

The Eilers sisters feed off of one another, as well as their team, which has paid huge dividends for Round Top-Carmine volleyball.