Indians Over Cardinals In Conference Play
by Jennifer Comfort
The Oskaloosa Volleyball team hosted Newton in a 9/JV/Varsity match last night. The Indians were victorious in the Varsity match, winning 25-14, 25-8, 25-16, and in the JV match, winning 25-14, 25-19. After winning the first set, the Freshmen team lost the match 25-12, 19-25, 6-15. It was a good night to have all our teams in action, at home, with a crowd here to support these hard-working athletes.
Tough serving was a big difference in the Varsity match. When we can score 15 points alone off of aces, we set ourselves up for a good match. With only 7 errors, we were smart and aggressive, which is important as we play high-level teams. On the other side of the serve-pass battle, I thought we passed well and sided-out quickly (65%). Statistically, it was one of our best pass-rating matches (2.34), and that was proven by our ability to be in-system and feed all of our hitters quality sets. We still have work to do on small things that have a big impact on the game. We will continue to drill those in practice and make them happen in a match. Overall, it was a fun night to win at home!
SCORES:
Varsity beat Newton: 25-14, 25-8, 25-16
JV beat Newton: 25-14, 25-19
Freshmen lost to Newton: 25-12, 19-25, 6-15
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Attacking
– Faith DeRonde: 17 kills, 3 errors, 27 attempts, .519 kill eff
– Maleah Walker: 9 kills, 7 errors, 25 attempts, .080 kill eff
– Aby Thompson: 6 kills, 4 errors, 15 attempts, .133 kill eff
TEAM: 38 kills, 16 errors, 80 attempts, .275 kill eff
Setting
– Olivia Gordon: 25 assists
– Presley Blommers: 9 assists
TEAM: 36 assists
Serving
– Maleah Walker: 15 of 15, 5 aces
– Addison Gerard: 7 of 8, 3 aces
– Lucy Roach; 13 of 15, 3 aces
– Macie Krier: 15 of 16, 2 aces
TEAM: 66 of 73, 15 aces
Defense
– Faith DeRonde: 13 digs, 1 block assist
– Lucy Roach: 9 digs
– Aby Thompson: 2 block assists, 1 dig
TEAM: 37 digs, 3 total blocks
The Varsity team will play on Saturday at the Southeast Polk Tournament. All teams will return to the HOME court on Tuesday against Norwalk.
Thanks & GO INDIANS!
