Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
H-M-S wins 1 match, loses 3 at Harris-Lake Park
Elise Haack bumps the ball toward the opposite court. The senior had eight digs during H-M-S's sweep of H-LP.
Abby Douma blocks a free ball back against Harris-Lake Park. She contributed four kills and two blocks in the Hawks' 3-0 win.
After squeaking out close wins in the first two sets, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn completed a sweep of Harris-Lake Park in War Eagle Conference volleyball play. The Hawks won the Oct. 4 match at Lake Park by scores of 25-22, 25-22 and 25-11.
After trailing early in the opening sets, H-M-S built what appeared to be comfortable leads. But the Wolves rallied to tie the score at 22-22 in the first set and narrowed the gap to two late in the second. The Hawks dominated the final set to wrap up the victory.
"It was good to get the win," said Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese. "We knew coming in we needed to be aggressive offensively and not have unforced errors. In sets 1 and 2 we struggled more so with the unforced errors. We were able to correct that as the night went on, showing our strength in set 3 with 11 kills and three aces."
Kylee Schiphoff finished the match with 11 kills, Elise Haack had six and Abby Douma had four. Douma also had a solo block and two assists, and Haack had two block assists. Frankie Mohni recorded 22 set assists.
Abby Kunzman led the back row with 10 digs, Abby Otto had nine, Haack and Mohni each had eight, Emily Mutombo had four and Eliza Tewes added three.
Mohni scored five aces while serving 17-of-19; Kunzman was 16-of-17 with two aces; Mutombo was 14-of-15; Morgan Grooters was 10-of-10; and Haack was 5-of-6.
• No wins at H-LP tourney
The Hawks' return trip to Lake Park on Oct. 8 was not as successful, as they lost three matches during the H-LP tourney.
H-M-S was swept by Kingsley-Pierson (12-21, 16-21) and Trinity Christian (9-21, 22-24), and lost a three-set match with George-Little Rock (21-19, 17-21, 13-15).
The Hawks put down 47 kills on 164 successful attacks. Schiphoff had 15 kills, Haack had nine, Kunzman had eight, Douma had seven and Tewes had four. Mohni was credited with 39 set assists.
H-M-S was successful on 103-of-112 serve attempts. Kunzman was 27-of-28, Mohni was 18-of-19, Mutombo was 17-of-18, Haack was 15-of-15, Grooters was 17-of-20 and Otto was 9-of-12. Mutombo had three aces and Kunzman had two.
On defense, Schiphoff had four block assists, Haack had one solo and two assists, Douma had three assists, and Kunzman and Tewes each had two. In the back row, Otto had 28 digs, Haack had 25, Kunzman had 21, Mohni had 17, Mutombo had seven and Schiphoff had six.
The Hawks (8-14, 3-5) close out the regular season on Oct. 13 at Akron-Westfield.
