Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn got better in each succeeding game of its War Eagle Conference match-up with MMCRU October12 at Hartley. The Hawks ran out of games, however, as MMCRU won the match 3-0 by scores of 25-4, 25-16 and 25-23.
The Royals were strong at the net with 35 kills and 10 blocks. The 15 HMS kills included five from Abby Douma and four each from Jasmine Lux and Emily Otto. There were four assists from both Abby Kunzman and Frankie Mohni.
Trying to combat the Royals’ hitters, Lux had a solo block while Emily Otto recorded a pair of block assists teaming with Elise Haack and Kaley Pearson. Haack also dug up 11 MMCRU attacks. At the service line Emily Mutombo and Pearson were each 9-of-9 with one ace apiece.

HMS Stats
Kills-Errors-Attempts (Kill Efficiency): Team 15-16-74 (-.014), Kaley Pearson 2-0-11 (.182), Abby Kunzman 0-1-5 (-.200), Emily Mutombo 0-0-1 (.000), Jasmine Lux 4-6-24 (-.083), Abby Otto 0-0-1 (.000), Emily Otto 4-3-13 (.077), Abby Douma 5-1-9 (.444), Kylee Schiphoff 0-0-1 (.000), Elise Haack 0-5-9 (-.556).
Assists: Team 13, Kunzman, Frankie Mohni 4, Pearson 3, Douma, A. Otto 1.
Digs: Team 28, Haack 11, Mutombo 6, Pearson 4, Kinzman 3, Douma 2, Lux, Mohni 1.
Blocks: Lux 1 solo, E. Otto 2 assists, Pearson, Haack 1 assist.
Serving (Efficiency): Team 38-44 (.864) 2 aces, Pearson 9-9 (1.000) 1 ace, Kunzman 4-6 (.667), Mutombo 9-9 (1.000) 1 ace, Lux 3-3 (1.000), A. Otto 1-3 (.333), Mohni 7-8 (.875), Haack 5-6 (.833).