C-M volleyball drops SICL match to HLV/TC

THORNBURG — The Colfax-Mingo volleyball team responded from an early hole against HLV/TC on Thursday.

But the Tigerhawks couldn’t hold that momentum during a 25-21, 25-27, 25-20, 25-16 win for the Warriors in South Iowa Cedar League play.

It was the fourth straight win for HLV in the series. The Warriors are 8-4 against Colfax-Mingo since 2015. Thursday’s match was played at Tri-County High School.

Colfax-Mingo lost the match despite serving 19 aces. The Tigerhawks also had a kill efficiency of .210.

Katelyn Steenhoek led the way with 17 assists, seven kills, eight digs and two aces, but Britney Keeney put down 12 kills, had two digs and served six aces.

Isabelle Utz totaled six kills, seven aces and four digs, Grace Hunsberger tallied four kills, two digs and three aces and Hope Allen contributed 13 assists and five digs.

Grace Allen collected nine digs, Mickey Bucklin put down four kills, Meadow Lane had six digs and Macie Porter registered two digs.

The Tigerhawks (7-5, 1-3 in the SICL) were 74-of-85 in serves. Hunsberger was 13-of-13.

Nicole Gensley led HLV/TC (7-10, 2-1) with 18 kills and four blocks and Erilea Kupka contributed 14 digs, six kills and four aces.

The Warriors were 91-of-99 in serves with 15 aces.