OSAWATOMIE — Iola Middle School volleyball head coach Stacy Sprague has been impressed with her team’s improvement throughout the early stages of the 2022 season.
That’s even after her varsity volleyball team lost at Osawatomie on Monday in three sets, while her junior varsity team won four sets in a row.
The Mustang junior varsity team won, 25-17, 25-14, 25-17 and 25-18.
Iola’s JV team was led in their victories by Zoe Warner, Keysha Smith, Lilli Hirt and Kaydra Scheibmeier’s dominant serving. Warner led the team with four aces, followed by Lacarea Eads’ two aces, Scheibmeier’s three, Hirt and Smith’s two apiece and Lainey Oswald’s one.
The varsity Mustangs fell short in three sets 25-14, 25-20 and 25-16.
Iola was led by Brooklyn Holloway’s three aces and Zoie Hesse’s two.
Hesse also led offensively with two hits, followed by Dally Curry, Sheridan Byrd and Holloway’s one hit apiece. Kinsey Jelinek was also one of the Mustang’s top passers.
“While the scores don’t reflect it, the girls have made great improvement from last week,” Sprague said. “We are moving better on the court. Kinsey Jelinek made huge improvements in passing. We are starting to work better as a team.”
The Mustangs will host Pittsburg on Thursday at 4 p.m.
