Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Hawks dominate in War Eagle Conference sweep of West Sioux
Sometimes the numbers don't lie.
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn hosted West Sioux on Sept. 17 and the statistics confirmed what the final result indicated. The Hawks swept the match by scores of 25-20, 25-8, 25-16.
H-M-S had strong performances at the serving line and the net to earn its second win in War Eagle Conference volleyball play.
"It was a fantastic team effort," said Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese. "We served well (over 90 percent), hit the ball effectively (0.257 kill efficiency with 38 kills), and were able to control the match the entire night."
Contributing to H-M-S's serving performance were Eliza Tewes 15-of-15, Addy Sheeler 12-of-13, Lindsey Van Es 11-of-12, Frankie Mohni 10-of-11, and Moriah Otto 12-of-14.
The Hawks made just 12 errors during 101 attack attempts. Abby Douma and Kylee Schiphoff each had 10 kills and Tewes had nine. Otto added five kills and Eva Stammer had four. Frankie Mohni contributed 29 set assists.
The defense was also solid, limiting the Falcons to 12 kills. Douma had three solo blocks at the net. Leading the back row were Van Es with 15 digs, Otto with 13, Mohni and Sheeler with seven, Tewes with six, and Schiphoff and Stamer with three each.
• Opposite result against S-O
The numbers favored H-M-S in almost everything except the score against Sibley-Ocheyedan on Sept. 16. The Hawks were defeated 10-25, 25-12, 20-25, 23-25.
H-M-S had a balanced attack led by Otto with nine kills, Douma with eight and Schiphoff with six. Mohni put up 22 set assists.
The Hawks finished with 15 blocks, including six by Schiphoff, four by Tewes and three by Mohni.
Otto also led the back row defense with 19 digs, Mohni had 12, Tewes had 11 and Van Es added eight. Kenadie Van Loon, Douma and Schiphoff each had three digs.
Serving leaders were Schiphoff 15-of-16 (four aces), Van Es 13-of-14, Otto 11-of-12, Tewes 10-of-10 (two aces) and Van Loon 8-of-8.
H-M-S (4-8, 2-3) welcomes seven other teams to its annual tournament on Sept. 28. Pool play begins at 9 a.m. The Hawks also host Remsen St. Mary's on Sept. 30.
