CHARITON —
Davis County got back on the winning track in their South Central Conference opener on Tuesday. The Mustangs scored a 25-15, 25-14, 25-13 win over Chariton to snap a four-match losing streak.
Shelby Graves led a nearly-perfect serving night for Davis County, going 23-23 with a team-best five aces and 23 assists. Rylee Eakins led the Mustangs at the net, going 19-21 in hitting with 13 kills and a pair of blocks.
Davis County (2-4, 1-0) return to Chariton to compete in the Chargers’ (5-4, 0-1) home tournament on Saturday.
Davis Co. 25-25-25
Chariton 15-14-13
Davis County Statistics
Serving — Shelby Graves 23-23, Megan Joos 15-17, Kate Birchmier 11-13, Lauren Lynch 10-10, Rylee Eakins 8-9, Janel Fenton 1-1, Cami Guiter 1-2. Team 69-75. Aces — Graves 5, Birchmier 3, Joos 3. Team — 11.
Hitting — Eakins 19-21, Lynch 13-17, Birchmier 10-11, Joos 7-9, Graves 4-5, Guiter 3-4, Connor Wilfawn 3-4, Caden Dixon 1-1, Fenton 1-1, Blair Bodkins 0-1. Team 61-74. Kills — Eakins 13, Lynch 7, Birchmier 3, Graves, Joos, Wilfawn. Team — 26.
Setting — Graves 23, Guiter. Team — 24.
Blocks — Eakins 2, Birchmier, Fenton. Team — 4.
Digs — Wilfawn 7, Joos 6, Graves 4, Eakins 3, Lynch 3, Birchmier 2, Dixon 2, Guiter 2, Fenton. Team — 30.
Comets rally past Moravia in four
Courier sports staff
ELDON — Jerald Harter current squad got all they could handle from his former squad on Tuesday night. In the end, however, Cardinal gave Harter a win over his former team as the Comets bounced from a game-one loss to beat Moravia in four games, winning 22-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-22.
“We didn’t play really well in any game, but we made enough plays to come out on top,” Harter, who coached the Mohawks volleyball team before coming to Cardinal, said. “Lindsay (Moore’s) hitting and Delaney (Ridgway’s) play in the middle really made a difference for us.”
“Leea (Ostrander) also did a great job finishing off the match with a pair of aces.”
Cardinal (1-1, 0-1) will look to get a Southeast Iowa Superconference South win Thursday at MSAE while Moravia (1-2, 1-0) returns to Bluegrass play at home against Melcher-Dallas.
Cardinal 22-25-26-25
Moravia 25-19-24-22
Cardinal Statistics
Serving — Danae Moses 18-20, Delaney Ridgeway 17-19, Leea Ostrander 13-16, Lindsay Moore 13-16, Alexis Adam 7-9. Aces — Ostrander 6, Moore 4, Moses 4, Adam 2, Ridgeway.
Hitting — Ridgway 23-25, Moore 16-18, Dakota Durflinger 4-5. Kills — Ridgway 14, Moore 10, Durflinger 3.
Setting — Moses 13, Ashlyn Martin 4, Cassidy McMartin 3.
Blocks — Schylar Conger 3, Durflinger 2, McMartin.
Sigourney bests Pekin in four
Courier sports staff
SIGOURNEY — The Sigourney volleyball team edged their way past Pekin in four games on Tuesday night, besting the Panthers after the first two games 25-19 to pick up the victory with 25-21 and 25-23 wins in the final two games of the night.
Sydney Davis led Sigourney with a team-high three aces on 13-15 serving while also dishing out 33 assists. Val McGill added 15 kills on 23-26 hitting with a pair of blocks.
“I was glad we came out and won the first game. That was one of our goals to come out strong,” Sigourney head coach Chris Carter said. “We stopped playing our style of volleyball in game two, but we did a good job coming back in games three and four to win the match.”
Sigourney (2-0) opens South Iowa Cedar League play against Lynnville-Sully on Thursday while Pekin (4-8) travels to Lone Tree for their South Iowa Superconference north opener.
Sigourney 25-19-25-25
Pekin 19-25-21-23
Sigourney Statistics
Serving Leaders — Sydney Davis 13-15, Madison Denny 9-13. Team 74-93. Ace Leaders — Davis 3, Denny 2. Team — 9.
Hitting Leaders — Val McGill 23-26, Jordan Carter 22-23. Team 70-82. Kill Leaders — McGill 15, Carter 14. Team — 41.
Setting Leader — Davis 33. Team — 35.
Blocks — McGill 2, Carter 2. Team — 4.
Dig Leaders — Becca Ohland 20, Davis 8, Carter 8. Team — 48.
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