PCM volleyball sweeps home triangular

MONROE — Strong serving and aggressive net play were the keys to the PCM volleyball team’s home triangular sweep on Thursday.

The Mustangs got off to a fast start and never looked back in a 21-9, 21-6 win over Cardinal and then delivered a 21-18, 21-16 victory over Woodward-Granger.

“We started off strong with six ace serves by Tori (Lindsay),” PCM head volleyball coach Sarah De Vries said. “We didn’t let up and Cardinal was pretty flat.

“Woodward-Granger has some good hitters but watching them play Cardinal helped us know how to set up our defense. We had some great rallies and it was a fun game. Our tough serving and aggressive net play kept us ahead in this match.”

The Mustangs had eight aces in the win over Cardinal (7-16) and then served up 11 aces against Woodward-Granger.

Tori Lindsay led PCM in the sweep over the Comets with 14 assists, five digs and six aces and Libby Winters finished with four kills and five digs.

Addyson Pederson put down five kills, Rebecca De Vries tallied four kills and two digs and Addison Steenhoek registered two assists and two digs.

Addi Hudnut chipped in four digs, Lillian Humpal posted three digs and Peyton Lathrum put down two kills.

The Mustangs (14-9) were 34-of-37 in serves and had a kill efficiency of .275. Lindsay finished 15-of-15 in serves and Hudnut was 7-of-8.

Pederson’s kill efficiency was .444, while Winters had a kill efficiency of .333.

In the win over Woodward-Granger (9-15), Lindsay finished with 10 assists, four digs and four aces and Steenhoek collected 13 digs and two assists.

De Vries had six kills and three aces, Winters posted eight digs and two aces and Pederson and Humpal each put down two kills. Hudnut tallied two digs.

PCM finished 37-of-40 in serves with Lindsay going 9-of-9, Hudnut finishing 7-of-7 and Steenhoek serving 6-of-6.