That was probably tough to do considering Reed Carlson departed the program after two years, but the Miners got that weight off their backs in their home opener Aug. 14 against Olympus. 

Inside the Pit with new head coach and alum Kendzee Cloward at the controls, you could forgive Bingham for having a few early jitters on the court on which she played. 

But, there were no signs of such thing after a first set, 25-22 setback to the Titans. 

Bingham chipped away, winning the second set 25-22 and punching a hole on Olympus’ side of the court in the third, 25-17. 

The Miners showed a few signs of fatigue in the fourth, losing 25-23. In the tiebreaker, Bingham won 15-8 to stamp its first win on its home court for 2025-26. 

The work for Bingham began long before the girls team took the court. They volunteered for Feed My Starving Children, packing more than 200 boxes of food and 44,000 meals for 123 kids, according to FMSC. 

After that, the Miners held an Alumni Game in which the current team played against some of Bingham’s volleyball alumni. 

“It was a very special night having some of our alumni come back to The Pit to play our Lady Miners,” Cloward said. “Thank you to all alumni, families, students, donors and the community for supporting us in our fundraiser! Good job Miners.” 

With Weber State commit Lexie Carlson back, along with several other seniors, the Miners took that win against Olympus and a week later won their second straight, a 3-1 win at Weber. 

Their third straight came on the road as well, in the Miners’ Region 2 opener at Copper Hills: 18-25, 25-19, 25-13 and 25-23. 

Bingham (1-0 Region 2, 6-4) fell to Orem and Brighton to serve off September at the UVU Invitational, and yet the Miners got back in the win column with a 3-1 win vs Crimson Cliffs. 

Would the Miners hop on a new win streak at UVU? 

The answer was an emphatic yes. Bingham blasted Wasatch in straight sets, 25-23, 25-20 and 25-17, getting better with every serve they aced. 

The Miners would chip away to win their third in a row—the second time this year that Bingham reeled off a three-game win streak—with a shutout of West Field. 

To have two three-game win streaks to start a year puts this Miners team right on track with last year’s squad; both Bingham girls volleyball teams reached that mark on the exact same day, Sept. 5. 

Bingham under Cloward is also the No. 7 team in 6A, according to the latest RPI from the UHSAA, Utah’s high school sports governing body. There seems to be a surge of momentum now that a Miner alum is the head coach. 

Whether it’s a silent auction at which Lexie’s older bro donates his old OKC Thunder NBA jersey—and embarrasses his little sister in the process when she’s doing a video on the team’s IG—or area businesses are stepping up to offer some of their goods and services, the South Jordan community is stepping up. 

The Miners were at Cedar Valley for a Region 2 showdown Sept. 11, and they dropped the first set before rebounding to win the next three and the game by the score of 24-26, 25-15, 25-18 and 25-21.