GARNETT — The IHS Mustangs faced stiff competition at the Anderson County volleyball invitational Tuesday evening.
The girls got off to a good start against Burlington, winning the opening set, 25-22. The team then dropped the next two sets for their first loss of the day, 23-25 and 18-25.
Reese Curry led her Mustangs offensively with six kills while Rio Lohman also knocked four kills.
Mustang Aysha Houk went a perfect 15-for-15 at the serving line with five aces. She also led defensively with 15 digs while Alana Mader made 4.5 blocks at the net defensively.
“Our blocking and net play were very good today. We also served-received and passed well during the Burlington game. We’ve got to work on terminating the ball on the attack,” said Iola head coach Amanda Holman.
The second matchup pitted Iola against Anderson County in which the Mustangs fell, 19-25 and 12-25.
Lohman registered four kills while Jackie Fager and Curry had three kills apiece.
Mustangs Elza Clift and Kaysin Crusinbery each led defensively with six digs while Clift also passed well for a 2.4 passing total.
Iola will travel to Eureka on Thursday at 5 p.m.