PCM volleyball claims team title at Pleasantville tournament

PLEASANTVILLE — A pair of double-doubles by Tori Lindsay, 27 kills from Libby Winters and 24 digs by Addi Hudnut propelled the PCM volleyball team a tournament championship on Saturday.

The Mustangs won all four of their matches at the Pleasantville tournament, including a pair of three-set victories over Southeast Warren and the host Trojans.

PCM also swept Colfax-Mingo and Chariton and matched last year’s win total after a 4-0 day.

Southeast Warren took the opening set against the Mustangs, but PCM rallied for an 11-21, 21-7, 15-12 win. It was PCM’s third straight win over the Warhawks.

Lindsay finished with 10 assists, 10 digs, four kills and four aces to lead the Mustangs. Winters chipped in seven kills, seven digs and three assists, Jorja Teeter posted four kills, three digs and two aces and Hudnut totaled four digs. Peyton Lathrum and Ryan DeVore each had two digs.

The Mustangs (16-2) were 42-of-47 with 10 aces. Winters served 14-of-14, Lindsay was 10-of-10 and Addyson Pederson tallied two aces.

Southeast Warren dropped to 31-5 for the season. The Warhawks’ 31 wins are currently the most in Class 1A.

PCM also had to rally against Pleasantville. The Trojans won the first set, but the Mustangs rallied for a 20-22, 21-10, 15-12 triumph.

Lindsay had 14 assists, 10 digs and two aces and Winters totaled nine kills, three blocks and four digs to lead the Mustangs.

Hudnut chipped in 10 digs and four assists, Teeter added six kills and seven digs, Pederson posted four digs and two aces and Lathrum registered four kills and two blocks.

DeVore finished with three digs and Claire Van Wyk put down two kills. The Mustangs were 47-of-56 with eight aces. Lindsay was 20-of-20 in serves.

Teeter’s six kills came on zero errors. She had a kill efficiency of .429, and PCM’s kill efficiency was .149.

Lillian Mason led 2A Pleasantville (13-13) with six kills and 10 digs and Claira Vestal added six kills, three blocks and eight digs. The Trojans missed only three serves and had four aces.

The Mustangs swept Chariton 21-18, 21-17 and downed Colfax-Mingo 21-18, 21-8.

In the win over the 3A Chargers (10-10), Lindsay finished with eight assists, two kills, two blocks, three digs and three aces and Winters chipped in five kills and four digs.

Lathrum put down five kills, chipped in two blocks and served up two aces, Pederson had four aces and two blocks, Hudnut and DeVore each tallied four digs and Seriah Nolin collected two digs.

The Mustangs were 38-of-41 in serves with 10 aces.

Lindsay had 12 assists, two kills and six digs in the win over Colfax-Mingo. Pederson posted two kills, two assists, two aces and two digs, Winters chipped in six kills and five digs, Teeter registered six kills and two digs and Hudnut had six digs and two aces.

DeVore contributed six digs, Lathrum collected three kills and two aces, Carly Wilkerson put down two kills and Camden Webb secured two digs.

PCM, which scored its fourth straight win over Colfax-Mingo, was 32-of-41 in serves with nine aces.

The 2A Tigerhawks (8-10) were led by Mickey Bucklin, who finished with two blocks and four digs. Katelyn Steenhoek contributed three digs and two aces.