Tigerhawks down Moravia, Seymour at SE Warren volleyball tournament

LIBERTY CENTER — The Colfax-Mingo volleyball team picked up a pair of firsts on Thursday during the Southeast Warren quadrangular.

The Tigerhawks went 2-1 for the night with the wins coming against Moravia and Seymour. They also dropped a two-set match to Class 1A No. 12 and host Southeast Warren.

Colfax-Mingo’s 21-19, 17-21,15-11 win over Moravia was its first over the Mohawks since 2020. They also downed Seymour 21-16, 21-12 for the first win over the Warriors in the Bound era.

Southeast Warren stayed unbeaten with a 21-10, 21-12 victory. The state-ranked Warhawks are now 12-0.

Katelyn Steenhoek led the Tigerhawks against Moravia with 19 assists, three kills, two blocks, five digs and four aces.

Britney Keeney also finished with a career-high 11 kills, three blocks and four digs, Grace Hunsberger posted five kills and five digs and Hope Allen contributed six assists and two digs.

Grace Allen chipped in 15 digs, Isabelle Utz had four kills and three digs and Dakota Allen posted four kills and two digs. Meadow Lane contributed three digs in her prep debut and Macie Porter tallied two digs.

The Tigerhawks (6-2) were 48-of-53 with six aces, while Moravia was 47-of-51 with four aces. Steenhoek was successful on 17 of her 18 serve attempts.

The Mohawks (2-8) were led by Jaida Spencer’s nine kills and Leah DeJong’s 13 digs and two aces. Spencer was 15-of-15 in serving.

Hunsberger had seven kills and two aces and Keeney added six kills and two blocks to lead the Tigerhawks against Seymour.

Steenhoek totaled 10 assists, four digs and three aces, Hope Allen had four assists and four digs and Grace Allen chipped in six digs and two aces.

Lane contributed five digs, Utz put down three kills, Dakota Allen totaled two blocks, Porter posted four digs and Brooklyn Yanske tallied three digs.

Colfax-Mingo was 36-of-41 in serves, and the Tigerhawks had a kill efficiency of .306.

Kallie Peck led Seymour (1-8) with seven assists, three digs and two aces. The Warriors were 24-of-27 in serves with five aces.

Southeast Warren got nine kills, four digs and three aces from Lexi Clendenen, and the Warhawks were 35-of-37 in serves with nine aces.

Steenhoek led the Tigerhawks with four assists and four digs, Hope Allen totaled two assists and three digs and Grace Allen chipped in five digs.

Mickey Bucklin and Keeney each put down two kills, and the Tigerhawks were 22-of-23 in serves with two aces.

Southeast Warren has eight sweeps in its 12 matches this season, and the Warhawks are 3-0 against South Iowa Cedar League opponents.