HIGHLAND — Allen Community College’s head volleyball coach Jessica Peters is never happy with a loss — except when she sees progress.
“Even though we lost two matches over the weekend our greatest deficit was 25-19 so our matches overall were close throughout the tournament,” Peters said.
The Red Devils went 2-2 at the Highland Community College tournament Friday and Saturday. They notched wins over Rend Lake (Ill.) 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12 and beat Cloud County 25-14, 25-23, 25-13.
Longview beat ACC 20-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-23. Southwestern (Iowa) beat Allen 22-25, 27-25, 25-22, 20-25, 16-14.
Hayley Mertens pounded down 72 kills for the tournament and had 64 digs to lead the Red Devils. Sierra Morgison had 37 kills.
Randi Billings put up five solo blocks and 10 assisted blocks. She also had 24 kills. Sidney Keith had 32 kills, three solo blocks and seven assisted blocks.
Jacqui Ortiz was credited with 91 set assists and 67 digs. She also had five service aces. Adriee Munoz had 76 set assists and four aces.
Taylor Shook had 75 digs and four ace serves. Sarah Charbonneau served up nine aces.
Red Devils go 2-2
