Things did not look good for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. The Hawks had lost the first two sets to Trinity Christian by identical 25-14 scores. However, HMS upped its game from that point on and stormed back to defeat the Tigers 3-2 September 10 at Hartley. The winning set scores for the Hawks were 25-18, 27-25 and 15-13 as they picked up their first War Eagle Conference win of the season.
“We talked prior to the game about being aggressive offensively,” revealed HMS head coach Cheryl Kroese. “In the first two sets, we weren’t always doing that. We struggled with execution. We just made too many unforced errors. Between sets two and three the girls did a great job in the huddle of staying positive and talking through what needed to be done. Part of turning things around is trusting in the process and each other. Sets three through five we stayed aggressive offensively, served and serve received well. In addition, they did a fantastic job of reading Trinity defensively and we were able to shut them down more with our block. Each girl on the team contributed to that success. Super proud of these ladies for sticking together and getting the W!
After the Hawks took an early lead in the fourth set, Trinity roared back to lead 15-9. HMS rallied to knot the score at 16-16 and the set was close the rest of the way. The Hawks won it on a kill from Kylee Schiphoff. HMS carried that momentum into the deciding fifth set, seizing a 6-1 lead. Again the Tigers responded, gaining the upper hand at 10-9. Eventually, another kill by Schiphoff got the Hawks to set point where Eliza Tewes’ tip over the net was the game-winner.
Schiphoff’s 19 kills came with an efficiency of .341. Douma added 11 kills and Tewes eight. Frankie Mohni set up 34 kills and Van Es added another four set assists.

Van Es was most prominent, however, on the defensive side where she came up with 31 digs. Moriah Otto recorded 17 digs while Tewes and Mohni each had 14.
Abby Douma registered three solo blocks and assisted on five others. Assisting on two blocks apiece were Eva Stammer and Mohni. HMS served at nearly 90 percent with nine aces. Mohni was 18-of-20 with six aces and Stammer was 10-of-11.
HMS Stats
Kills-Errors-Attempts (Kill Efficiency): Team 47-20-155 (.174), Eva Stammer 2-1-8 (.125), Moriah Otto 5-3-25 (.080), Eliza Tewes 8-2-24 (.250), Abby Douma 11-9-45 (.044), Kylee Schiphoff 19-5-41 (.341), Frankie Mohni 2-0-12 (.167).
Assists: Mohni 34, Lindsey Van Es 4, Tewes 1.
Digs: Team 93, Van Es 31, Otto 17, Tewes, Mohni 14, Addy Sheeler 7, Stammer 5, Payton Diehm 3, Douma, Schiphoff 1.
Blocks: Douma 3 solo, 5 assists; Stammer, Mohni 2 assists; Otto, Schiphoff 1 assist.
Serving (Efficiency): Team 87-98 (.888) 9 aces, Van Es 18-21 (.857) 1 ace, Stammer 10-11 (.909), Otto 17-19 (.895) 1 ace, Tewes 9-10 (.900), Schiphoff 15-17 (.882) 1 ace, Mohni 18-20 (.900) 6 aces.