C-M volleyball sweeps Martensdale-St. Marys at Pleasantville tourney

PLEASANTVILLE — Fourteen aces propelled the Colfax-Mingo volleyball team to a two-set sweep over Martensdale-St. Marys at the Pleasantville tournament on Saturday.

But that was the only win the Tigerhawks could muster as they fell in two sets to the host Trojans and lost in three sets to both PCM and Southeast Warren.

The 14 aces came in a 22-20, 21-14 win over the Blue Devils. Pleasantville downed C-M 21-15, 21-12, PCM scored a come-from-behind 18-21, 22-20, 15-12 victory over the Tigerhawks and Southeast Warren edged Colfax-Mingo 24-22, 16-21, 15-13.

Katelyn Steenhoek led the Tigerhawks in the win over Martensdale-St. Marys. She had 12 assists, four digs and three aces, while Trinity Smith added six kills, three digs and four aces.

Britney Keeney tallied six kills and three aces, Dakota Allen had two digs and two aces, Grace Hunsberger put down two kills, Kaylee Collins dished out two assists and Isabelle Utz served up two aces.

The Tigerhawks were 35-of-42 in serves. Smith was 8-of-8 in serves and had a kill efficiency of .250.

Abigail White led Martensdale-St. Marys (5-24) with four kills and Carly Krogman finished with four digs.

In the loss to Pleasantville (19-10), Steenhoek delivered 11 assists, Smith had eight kills and three digs and Utz chipped in three digs and two aces.

Collins collected four digs, Cadence Linn registered three digs and Keeney put down two kills.

The Tigerhawks (7-11) were 25-of-27 in serves with a kill efficiency of .128. Smith’s kill efficiency was .263.

Faith Nelson led the Trojans with 10 assists, four kills and four digs.

Smith, Keeney and Steenhoek led the Tigerhawks against Southeast Warren.

Smith posted 16 kills and seven digs and had a kill efficiency of .394. Keeney added two kills, two blocks, four digs and two aces and Steenhoek delivered 20 assists and had five digs.

Allen chipped in two kills, seven digs and two aces, Collins contributed seven digs, Utz had three kills and three aces and Grace Hunsberger tallied two kills and five blocks.

Colfax-Mingo was 50-of-57 in serves with seven aces. Keeney served 13-of-14, Utz was 10-of-11 and Steenhoek finished 8-of-9. The Tigerhawks had a kill efficiency of .235.

Lexi Clendenen led Southeast Warren (23-14) with 11 kills and 10 digs.

Smith’s seven kills, 13 digs, two blocks and two aces led the Tigerhawks in the three-set loss to PCM (12-9).

Steenhoek added 22 assists and four digs, Utz tallied four kills, two digs and two aces and Keeney put down nine kills.

Collins registered two assists and six digs, Hunsberger chipped in three kills and three blocks and Allen collected two kills and five digs.

The Tigerhawks were 52-of-55 in serves with six aces. They had a kill efficiency of .177. Steenhoek served 11-of-11, Utz finished 9-of-9, Collins was 8-of-8 and Smith finished 8-of-9.