December 30, 2024

PCM volleyball finishes second at Pleasantville tournament

Mustangs win three times, fall to host Trojans in three sets

Addyson Pederson

PLEASANTVILLE — The PCM volleyball team had two different results in its three-set matches at the Pleasantville tournament on Saturday.

The Mustangs rallied to down Colfax-Mingo in three but lost an early lead against host Pleasantville in what turned out to be the championship match.

PCM finished 3-1 for the day though and came home with a runner-up finish.

The Mustangs opened with a 21-14, 21-5 win over Martensdale-St. Marys and then rallied to down Colfax-Mingo 18-21, 22-20, 15-12. They also swept Southeast Warren in a tight match 22-20, 21-19.

Rebecca De Vries

In the title match, PCM started with a 21-12 win, but the Trojans rallied to win 21-16, 15-13.

Rebecca De Vries led the Mustangs (12-8) with eight kills, two aces and two blocks against Martensdale-St. Marys (5-21).

Tori Lindsay added 10 assists, two kills and three digs, Libby Winters chipped in seven digs and three kills and Addison Steenhoek tallied six digs and three aces.

The Mustangs were 39-of-40 in serves with Steenhoek going 11-of-11, Addi Hudnut serving 10-of-10 and Lindsay finishing 10-of-11.

PCM had a kill efficiency of .270 with De Vries finishing at .538 and Winters posting a .400.

Tori Lindsay

In the comeback win over Colfax-Mingo (6-11), Lindsay finished with 12 assists, five kills, three digs and three aces. De Vries posted six kills, three blocks, six digs and two aces.

Winters added two kills, two assists, three blocks and eight digs, Addyson Pederson tallied three kills and two blocks and Steenhoek chipped in three assists and five digs. Hudnut collected six digs and Peyton Lathrum put down three kills.

The Mustangs were 48-of-53 in serves with Lindsay going 17-of-17 and Lillian Humpal finishing 8-of-8. Steenhoek hit on seven of her eight serves.

PCM finished with seven aces and had a kill efficiency of .155.

The Mustangs got 14 assists, six kills and five digs from Lindsay against Southeast Warren.

Libby Winters

De Vries posted six kills, five digs, three blocks and two aces, Winters had six kills, five digs and two blocks and Steenhoek registered two assists, six digs and two aces.

Pederson put down four kills, Hudnut had five digs, Humpal collected four digs and Claire Van Wyk tallied three digs.

The Mustangs were 36-of-42 in serves with five aces. Steenhoek finished 10-of-11. PCM had a kill efficiency of .229 with Lindsay finishing at .667 and De Vries hitting at .312.

Jessica Lillig led Southeast Warren (21-13) with four kills, seven assists and five digs.

De Vries put down 10 kills and had five digs and two aces in the loss to Pleasantville. Winters added eight kills, two blocks and eight digs, Lindsay had 25 assists and eight digs and Pederson put down six kills.

Addison Steenhoek

Steenhoek finished with 15 digs, Hudnut and Stella Stravers each posted three digs, Humpal collected two digs and Lathrum put down two kills.

PCM was 41-of-51 in serves and had a kill efficiency of .237. Pederson’s kill efficiency was .750, while Winters finished at .467 and De Vries ended at .222.

Lillian Mason led Pleasantville (18-10) with eight kills, six assists and eight digs. While PCM missed 10 serves in a close match, the Trojans were 48-of-49.