Iola Middle School’s volleyball teams had lots of wild momentum swings Monday.
The Mustang eighth-grade A team fell, 3-2, to visiting Prairie View.
“The girls played great during the two sets we won,” IMS head coach Terri Carlin said. “The other sets were a little rough.”
Iola won the opener, 25-9, fell in the second set, 25-9, then rebounded to win the third, 25-22. But Prairie View ended with a flourish, outscoring Iola, 25-9, to force the fifth-set tiebreaker, which the Buffalos won, 15-9.
“We had several girls step up and play well. Madison Hall had a great game and was really a leader on the court,” said Carlin.
Hall had four ace serves and a pair of kills. Lily Lohman, Madelyn Ashworth, and Kandrella McCullough each had three ace serves. Faith Warden added an ace. Carly Kramer had one assist. Bella Rahming had a kill.
The eighth-grade B team won two sets, 25-20 and 25-18.
Warden racked up seven ace serves, followed by Rahming with five and Lohman with three. Stephanie Fees chipped in with two ace serves, and Kramer had one.
IN SEVENTH-GRADE action, Iola’s A team fell short to the Buffalos in five sets, 25-16, 26-24, 24-26, 13-25 and 15-8.
“Several Mustangs did a great job serving,” head coach Aubrey Westhoff said.
Zoie Hesse and Dally Curry led the way with six aces apiece, Brooklyn Holloway had four aces, Sheridan Byrd and Emma Michael had three each and Kinsey Jelinek, Kaydra Scheibmeir, and Zoe Warner all had one.
“The girls also did an excellent job of playing at the net,” Westhoff said.
Byrd led with six kills, Holloway had five, Hesse had four kills and Curry had three.
” Sheridan and Dally did an excellent job of getting that second hit and setting the girls up,” Westhoff said. “The girls did such a good job of moving, talking, setting the ball up, and serving. It was so fun watching them play tonight.”
The B team also fought hard, falling in four sets, 25-12, 26-24, 25-18 and 25-16.
