PCM volleyball splits final two HOIAC contests

DES MOINES — A trio of double-doubles and career nights from those Mustangs led the PCM volleyball team to a four-set win over Grand View Christian on Tuesday.

The Mustangs started strong and finished stronger during a 25-21, 23-25, 27-25, 25-17 road victory in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference action.

PCM was powered by 21 aces and seven blocks. Tori Lindsay, Rebecca De Vries and Libby Winters all had double-doubles to lead the way.

Lindsay finished with 36 assists, a career-best nine aces and 14 digs, De Vries collected a career-most 19 digs and chipped in 13 kills, four aces and two blocks and Winters produced 10 kills, 15 digs and two aces.

The Mustangs (15-10, 4-4 in the conference) also got a career-best eight kills and five digs from Claire Van Wyk and Addyson Pederson put down six kills and tallied two blocks.

Addison Steenhoek finished with a career-most 33 digs, three aces and five assists, Addi Hudnut registered 12 digs and Lillian Humpal contributed six kills, three digs and two aces. The 33 digs from Steenhoek matched her single-match school record set earlier this season.

The Mustangs were 81-of-98 in serves with 21 aces. De Vries served 22-of-23 and Van Wyk’s kill efficiency was .273.

Grand View Christian fell to 8-20 and 2-5 in the conference.

Greene County 3, PCM 1

JEFFERSON — A slow start plagued the Mustangs during a road HOIAC matchup against Greene County on Thursday.

PCM got a career-best 39 assists from Lindsay, a career-high 15 kills from Winters and a career-most 10 kills from Pederson but the Rams downed the Mustangs 25-11, 21-25, 25-19, 25-21.

PCM was 70-of-77 in serves with three aces in its regular season finale. The Mustangs had a kill efficiency of .153.

Lindsay and Winters produced double-doubles to lead PCM. Lindsay added 14 digs and two aces to her 39 assists and Winters collected 10 digs and two blocks to go with her 15 kills.

De Vries finished with 15 digs, seven kills, two assists and two blocks, Steenhoek tallied 17 digs and two assists and Humpal chipped in 14 digs and five kills.

Peyton Lathrum registered five kills and five digs, Pederson had two blocks, Van Wyk put down three kills and Hudnut posted five digs.

Humpal served 13-of-13, Winters was 14-of-15 and Hudnut finished 9-of-10. Pederson’s kill efficiency was .400 and Winters had a kill efficiency of .333.

The Rams improved to 12-13 and 5-3 in the HOIAC.