WARRIORS SPLIT A PAIR AT CARDINAL CLASSIC
October 09, 2026
Park Hills, MO – The Indian Hills Volleyball team split a pair of matches at the Cardinal Classic on the Mineral Area College (MO) campus on Friday. The Warriors fell to Lake Land College (IL) in a five-set thriller before topping Missouri State University – West Plains in four sets.
Indian Hills moves to 15-9 overall on the year with Friday’s split. The Warriors battled in the opener vs. Lake Land, eventually falling five sets by scores of 32-30, 22-25, 25-23, 24-26, and 15-10. The Warriors battled back in the nightcap to take its second win of the season over the Grizzlies by set scores of 25-21, 25-18, 22-25, and 25-17.
The Warriors saw a number of season-high efforts in the opener vs. Lake Land, posting a season-best 59 kills to go along with an impressive .305 hitting percentage. The Warriors also tallied a season-high 10 service aces for the fourth time this season.
Freshman Kanade Yamagishi (Osaka, Japan/Kochi Chuo) produced a season-high 26 digs to charge the defense for the Warriors while fellow freshman Elsa Dermis Cuevas Perez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Matias Ramon Mella) boasted a career-high 18 digs on the offensive side of the ball. Sofia Silveira (Lisbon, Portugal/António Damásio) recoded a game-high 28 assists for the Warriors.
The second match of the day saw another strong showing on both sides of the ball for the Warriors. Yamagishi topped her season-high total from the opener with 27 digs to go along with a pair of service aces as the Warriors tacked on 10 more points from the service line.
Cuevas Perez was dominant once against, posting a team-high 13 kills to lead four players in double-digit kill totals. Sophomore Amelia Polojanska (Gizycko, Poland/X Liceum Ogólnokształcące Mistrzostwa Sportowego) and freshman Alisha Perez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/IMG Academy) added 12 kills followed by 10 from sophomore Ayana Ito (Tokyo, Japan/Fujimura).
Silveira reached 450 assists on the season with a team-high 27 helpers for the Warriors.
Indian Hills wraps up play at the Cardinal Classi con Saturday with a 9:00 AM matchup vs. Vincennes University.
