Newton volleyball bounces back, downs PCM at Lynnville-Sully

SULLY — For the first time in her prep volleyball career, Newton senior Macy Lampe was not the team’s starting setter Thursday.

The Newton volleyball team began the season in a 6-2 formation but switched to a 5-1 after losing to PCM on Tuesday night.

With one day of practice, the Cardinals flipped the script on the Mustangs and left the Lynnville-Sully quadrangular with a trio of wins. And moving Lampe to a hitting position was one reason why.

“After Tuesday’s loss to PCM, we came to practice focused and with a game plan,” Newton head volleyball coach Heidi Woollums said. “We came out tonight and executed the game plan wonderfully.”

The Cardinals opened their night with a 21-14, 25-23 victory over the host Hawks. They swept PCM 21-16, 21-16 before finishing their night with a 21-14, 21-11 triumph over Twin Cedars.

PCM had little trouble with Twin Cedars, downing the Sabers 21-4, 21-8. Lynnville-Sully needed three sets but scored a 21-13, 19-21, 15-7 win over Twin Cedars.

In their last match of the night, the Hawks edged the Mustangs 21-16, 9-21, 15-13.

Newton started slow against Lynnville-Sully. The Hawks led 5-0, but the Cardinals forced ties at 5, 6, 7 and 8. They had advantages of 10-8, 11-10, 12-11 and 14-13 before scoring seven of the final eight points to win 21-14.

Lampe served the team’s final seven points and began the 7-0 run with a kill and an ace. She also served up an ace to make it 20-14.

“Macy Lampe stepped into a new role and made her mark,” Woollums said. “We were able to move her off setter because Isabelle (Rawlins) has been a tremendous addition to our team.”

The Hawks (4-1) scored the first two points of the second set, but Newton rallied with four straight. An ace by Addison Hook gave the Cardinals their first lead at 5-4, and the margin grew to 7-4 before the Hawks got back within 7-6.

With Newton leading 10-7, the two teams exchanged kills with Jakeira Hay, Lampe, Ava Brummel and Delaney Woollums.

A block and a kill from Tatum Huyser tied the set at 13-all and there also were ties at 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23.

The Cardinals did lead 19-15 at one point thanks to five straight points that featured three kills from Lampe.

Terriyah Carter helped L-S rally from the four-point hole with two kills. Another kill by Lampe made it 21-all and Rawlins’ tip kill evened the score at 22-all.

Lynnville-Sully had set points at 21-20, 22-21 and 23-22 but couldn’t finish. The Cardinals scored the final three points of the set to win the match.

“We faced some adversity throughout the first two matches, but I was happy with how we reacted in those moments,” Coach Woollums said. “We stayed calm, we made smart plays and ultimately walked away with the wins.”

Rawlins registered her first double-double with Newton, finishing with 20 assists, 10 digs and four kills.

Lampe put down a career-best 11 kills and added six digs and two aces, Delaney Woollums added seven kills and seven digs and Chloe Swank chipped in 12 digs and two assists.

Addie Ratcliff collected three kills and three blocks, Sloan Brodersen tallied two digs and two aces and Hook and Lainey Vander Schel each had three digs.

The Cardinals (5-1) were 43-of-44 in serves with seven aces and had a kill efficiency of .126. Lampe served 11-of-11, while Hook and Brodersen were 8-of-8, Rawlins served 7-of-7 and Delaney Woollums was 6-of-6.

Alaina Roberts led the Hawks with 12 digs, nine assists and two kills and Kate Harthoorn chipped in 14 digs and four assists.

Hay added five kills and six digs, Huyser tallied four kills and four digs, Carter had two kills and six digs and Sevanah Routier collected 11 digs. Brummel put down three kills.

L-S was 34-of-36 in serves with Roberts and Harthoorn both going 8-of-8.

Newton defeated PCM by the same two scores of 21-16. But both sets saw ties at 13 and 14.

An ace by Rawlins early made it 3-1 Newton, but Claire Van Wyk had a kill and a block on consecutive points to put the Mustangs back in front.

Newton four scored straight to go up 9-5, but PCM rallied for ties at 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. During that stretch, PCM’s Libby Winters served up an ace and put down a kill.

Kills by Delaney Woollums put her team up 13-12 and 15-14. Newton scored seven straight points to grab a 20-14 advantage and Delaney Woollums ended the set a few points later.

Addyson Pederson and Tori Lindsay opened the second set with a kill and an ace, respectively, but back-to-back kills by Delaney Woollums evened the set at 2-all.

PCM forced a Cardinal timeout after a 4-0 run and the Mustangs eventually went up 8-4 following a kill by Rebecca De Vries.

Newton tied the set at 8-all and it stayed close until the Cardinals pulled away late again. A block by Ratcliff, an ace by Rawlins and a kill by Lola Rivera ended the match.

Rawlins led Newton with 16 assists, five digs and two aces and Delaney Woollums added eight kills and seven digs. Lampe had three kills and four digs, Swank collected 13 digs and Rivera and Emersyn Gross both had three kills. Vander Schel tallied three digs.

The Cardinals were 39-of-42 in serves with six aces. They had a kill efficiency of .250. Rawlins served 15-of-16 and Delaney Woollums was 8-of-8.

Winters headlined the Mustangs (4-2) with three kills, three blocks, five digs and three aces. Lindsay had nine assists, two kills and three aces, De Vries posted four kills and five digs and Addison Steenhoek contributed seven digs.

PCM was 32-of-36 in serves with nine aces. Lillian Humpal served 10-of-10.

Rawlins had 23 assists and two kills against Twin Cedars, while Delaney Woollums had 10 kills and two digs.

“Delaney Woollums played amazing at the net tonight,” Coach Woollums said. “Chloe Swank was a staple defensively. Sloan Brodersen, Lainey Vander Schel and Addison Hook also adjusted to the needs of the team and performed confidently.”

Lampe finished with three kills and five digs, Brodersen tallied two kills, two digs and three aces and Ratcliff and Rivera put down four kills each. Swank finished with seven digs, Vander Schel had three digs, Gross put down two kills and Hook served up two aces.

The Cardinals were 38-of-40 in serves with seven aces. Their kill efficiency was .367. Rawlins served 12-of-12 and Brodersen was 8-of-8.

Breah Lowry led the Hawks with a career-best 13 digs in the win over PCM. Harthoorn tallied six assists and two aces, Roberts collected three assists and seven digs and Huyser had two kills and five digs.

Routier and Carter both contributed four digs, Brummel put down three kills and Hay had two kills and two digs.

The Hawks were 39-of-42 in serves with four aces. Huyser served 9-of-9 and Brummel was 7-of-7.

Lindsay led the Mustangs with 18 assists, two kills, six digs and two blocks. Steenhoek had 20 digs, two aces and five assists, De Vries collected nine kills, two blocks, three aces and two digs and Winters added four kills, five blocks and 11 digs.

Humpal chipped in four kills and two digs and Addi Hudnut had three digs. The Mustangs were 43-of-51 in serves with six aces. Steenhoek served 11-of-11 and Lindsay was 10-of-11.

De Vries had four kills, two digs and two aces in PCM’s win over Twin Cedars. Lindsay chipped in nine assists and two aces, Winters added three kills and two digs and Pederson collected three kills and two aces.

Humpal added three kills and Hudnut finished with two digs. The Mustangs were 39-of-41 in serves with eight aces. They had a kill efficiency of .303. Lindsay served 10-of-10 and Steenhoek was 7-of-7.

Harthoorn finished with six assists, three kills, nine digs and two aces in the Hawks’ win over Twin Cedars. She was 10-of-10 in serves and the Hawks had six aces.

Roberts added 12 assists, seven digs and two kills, Huyser finished with six kills and seven digs and Carter chipped in four kills and six digs.

Lowry tallied seven digs and three aces, Hay put down three kills and added six digs, Brummel registered three kills and three digs and Routier contributed five digs. Ashlan Cortes recorded two digs.