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MONROE — Rebecca De Vries, Tori Lindsay and Libby Winters all posted double-doubles during a three-set sweep against Perry on Thursday.
The Mustangs started fast against the Jayettes and never looked back during a 25-12, 25-20, 25-18 home triumph in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.
Perry scored the very first point of the night, but PCM used a 6-0 run to grab an advantage in the first set and cruised from there. The run featured a pair of De Vries kills.
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An ace by De Vries pushed the advantage to 12-4 and a kill by Claire Van Wyk extended the margin to 16-6. The Mustangs got three kills from Winters and two more from De Vries down the stretch to close out the win.
The second set was much more competitive. PCM led 3-1 early, but Perry drew even at 4-all, and the set also was tied at 8 and 10.
The Jayettes led 10-8 before kills by Lindsay, Winters and Lillian Humpal put the Mustangs (8-5, 2-1 in the conference) for good.
The margin got as low as one, but PCM scored five of the final eight points to go up 2-0 in the match.
Another fast start helped PCM keep its momentum in the third set. The Mustangs led 6-1 until Perry closed the gap to 8-4. An 11-2 run by PCM was enough to regain a big advantage.
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The run ended with back-to-back aces by Stella Stravers. Perry used a 7-0 run to get back within five, but PCM scored five of the final points to close out the conference win.
De Vries finished with 16 kills and 10 digs, Lindsay added 28 assists and 17 digs and Winters chipped in 10 kills, 10 digs and two blocks.
Humpal posted four kills, four digs and two aces, Addison Steenhoek collected six assists and 11 digs and Addi Hudnut secured eight digs.
Stravers had five digs and two aces, Pederson put down four kills and Chloe Sloan registered two kills.
The Mustangs were 63-of-73 in serves with eight aces. Humpal served 12-of-13 and Hudnut and Steenhoek finished 10-of-11.
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PCM’s kill efficiency was .143 with Winters hitting .381 and De Vries finished at .333.
Perry (5-6, 0-3) won last year’s match 3-1, but the Mustangs are 4-2 in the series since 2015.