PCM volleyball sweeps West Marshall tournament, claims eighth straight win

STATE CENTER — PCM’s volleyball team lost to Newton in its opening match of the season, but the Mustangs have not dropped a match since after finishing 3-0 at the West Marshall tournament on Thursday.

PCM needed three sets to down Boone and South Tama County in best-of-three matches but swept the host Trojans.

“The girls showed a lot of grit against South Tama and Boone after losing the first set to both teams and coming back to win in three,” PCM head volleyball coach Sarah De Vries said. “We talked about playing to win and staying aggressive at the net and service line. When we overthink things, we tend to make more errors. I’m very proud of this team on how they work together to get the wins.”

The Mustangs downed West Marshall 21-8, 22-20. The Trojans are 7-5 in the series since 2014 and have won six of the past eight matchups.

It was only PCM’s second win over its conference rival since 2021.

Tori Lindsay led the Mustangs with 13 assist, two kills and four digs and Addyson Pederson contributed seven kills and two digs.

Addi Hudnut totaled seven digs and two aces, Libby Winters posted two kills and five digs, Claire Van Wyk added two kills and three digs and Peyton Lathrum put down four kills.

Ryan DeVore chipped in two digs, and the Mustangs (8-1) were 38-of-42 in serving with three aces. Hudnut served 13-of-14, and PCM had a kill efficiency of .211.

West Marshall (1-5) also lost in three sets to Boone but defeated South Tama County in three.

South Tama (2-6-1) opened its matchup with PCM with a 21-14 win, but the Mustangs rallied with wins of 21-18 and 15-8.

The victory snapped a five-game skid against the visiting Trojans as Winters finished with five kills, two blocks, four digs and three aces. She leads the squad with 50 kills.

Lindsay posted 13 assists and seven digs, Jorja Teeter collected three kills and six digs and Van Wyk contributed three kills and two digs.

Lathrum put down three kills and Pederson, Hudnut and DeVore all had three digs. Hudnut now has a team-most 66 digs.

The Mustangs served 47-of-50 with four aces and won the match despite a negative kill efficiency.

PCM rallied past Boone 16-21, 23-21, 15-12 behind a double-double from Lindsay. She posted 18 assists and 12 digs, while Hudnut had two assists and 11 digs.

Winters tallied eight kills and seven digs, Teeter contributed four kills and eight digs and Pederson registered five kills and two digs. DeVore chipped in four digs and Lathrum and Van Wyk both put down two kills.

The Mustangs, who have won eight straight matches, were 45-of-54 in serves with one ace and had a kill efficiency of .011.

Jenna Johnson delivered nine assists and put down three kills and Karsyn Smith and Baylee Bunning contributed eight digs to lead Boone. The Toreadors (1-4) served 43-of-48 and had five aces.