Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn’s match against South O’Brien was hanging in the balance. Sets two and three were up for grabs late but each time the scales tipped the way of the Wolverines, who came away with the 3-0 War Eagle Conference victory September 28 at Paullina. Set scores were 25-16, 25-23 and 25-22 as HMS saw its record fall to 1-5 in the conference and 4-12 overall.
“The girls worked hard last night,” said HMS head coach Cheryl Kroese the day after the match. “I was proud of their efforts. We definitely had our opportunities in sets two and three. We just couldn’t get momentum to swing our direction at the right times. Tough to lose the close ones but these girls will work hard to get back on track next week!”
The Hawks delivered 29 kills in the match, led by Abby Douma with her 11 kills and .348 efficiency. Also in the attack were Kylee Schiphoff with nine kills and Moriah Otto and Eliza Tewes with four apiece. Frankie Mohni assisted on 24 of the kills.
HMS also showed up on defense. Schiphoff made one solo block and assisted on another. M. Otto and Douma each assisted on two blocks and the other assist went to Tewes. The 63 digs included 16 from Abigail Otto, 11 from Tewes and 10 from both Kinsey Schirmer and Mohni.
Servers of note were M. Otto (12-of-12), Tewes (8-of-8), Schirmer (12-of-13) and Mohni (11-of-12).
HMS Stats
Kills-Errors-Attempts (Kill Efficiency): Team 29-14-107 (.140), Moriah Otto 4-3-20 (.050), Addison Sheeler 0-1-1 (-1.000), Kinsey Schirmer 0-0-2 (.000), Eliza Tewes 4-2-21 (.095), Abby Douma 11-3-23 (.348), Kylee Schiphoff 9-5-31 (.129), Frankie Mohni 0-0-6 (.000), Eva Stammer 1-0-3 (.333).
Assists: Team 24, Mohni 21, Schirmer 2, Douma 1.
Digs: Team 63, Abigail Otto 16, Tewes 11, Schirmer, Mohni 10, Lindsey Van Es 6, M. Otto 5, Schiphoff 3, Sheeler, Douma 1.
Blocks: Schiphoff 1 solo, 1 assist; M. Otto, Douma 2 assists, Tewes 1 assist.
Serving (Efficiency): Team 55-63 (.873) 3 aces, M. Otto 12-12 (1.000), Schirmer 12-13 (.923), Tewes 8-8 (1.000), Douma 1-1 (1.000), Schiphoff 8-12 (.667) 2 aces, Mohni 11-12 (.917) 1 ace, A. Otto 3-5 (.600).