C-M volleyball downs Madrid, falls to No. 4 Spartans in regional tournament

COLFAX — Five players put down at least four kills and the Colfax-Mingo volleyball team registered a season-best 13 blocks during its Class 2A Region 4 victory on Monday.

The Tigerhawks posted their first regional win since 2022 after downing Madrid 25-21, 25-20, 25-10 on their home floor.

The victory bettered Colfax-Mingo’s win total from last season, and the Tigerhawks have won four of the past five against the Tigers.

They advanced to play 2A No. 4 Grundy Center (33-9) in the regional quarterfinals, and the Spartans eliminated the Tigerhawks in straight sets.

Katelyn Steenhoek led the Tigerhawks (12-16) with a double-double. She finished with 16 assists, 11 digs and four kills.

Hope Allen totaled 16 assists and six digs, Britney Keeney contributed nine kills and a career-best six blocks, Dakota Allen posted seven kills and a career-high five blocks and Isabelle Utz chipped in six kills and five digs.

Grace Hunsberger tallied four kills and six digs, Mickey Bucklin added four kills and two digs, Grace Allen registered eight digs and three aces and Meadow Lane and Macie Porter each totaled seven digs.

Colfax-Mingo was 69-of-73 in serves with five aces. Steenhoek served 17-of-17, Hunsberger was 8-of-8, Utz finished 14-of-15, Hope Allen was 10-of-11, Keeney served 9-of-10 and Grace Allen was 11-of-12.

The Tigerhawks had a kill efficiency of .186. Utz posted a .429, Dakota Allen and Hunsberger each finished at .333 and Keeney ended up at .250.

Samantha Springer led Madrid (7-28) with eight kills and Paige Richards and Iyla Fine each posted seven digs. The Tigers were 52-of-53 in serves with two aces.

Grundy Center 3, Colfax-Mingo 0

GRUNDY CENTER — Fourth-ranked Grundy Center was too much for the Tigerhawks during their 2A Region 8 quarterfinal matchup on Wednesday.

The Spartans served up 10 aces, had a .429 kill efficiency and dropped Colfax-Mingo 25-12, 25-13, 25-6 at home.

Steenhoek led the Tigerhawks with six assists, three kills and four digs and Hunsberger posted four kills and six digs.

Hope Allen added five assists and two digs, Keeney chipped in two kills and two digs and Dakota Allen put down three kills in the loss. Grace Allen tallied eight digs, Porter totaled four digs and Utz registered two kills.

Colfax-Mingo was 30-of-33 in serves with two aces, and the Tigerhawks had a negative kill efficiency.

Grundy Center (33-9) got 18 kills from Ryanne Brubaker, 10 digs from Charlee Kirkpatrick, five aces from Jenna Blythe and 21 assists, three aces and six digs from Lauren Zajac.

The Spartans host Earlham (20-15) in the regional semifinals at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 in Grundy Center.