HCHS sweeps Fillies for 2-0 start in Hawkeye Ten

 HARLAN (Sept. 8) -- Harlan Community’s first match as a state-ranked volleyball team wasn’t a thing of beauty here Tuesday night, but a sweep is still a sweep.
 Perhaps playing down to the level of their competition at times, the Cyclones started slowly in all three sets but put together enough good stretches to finish off Shenandoah 25-12, 25-20, 25-16.
 HCHS, ranked 15th in Class 4A, improved to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play. The Fillies dropped to 0-6 and 0-2, respectively.
 “I told (the girls) that sometimes you can lose pretty and you can win pretty ugly, and that was one of those you’ve still got to win,” said HCHS head coach Willie Baughman. “That’s what I wanted to take from it... We’ve still got a long ways to go, but it’s still a win.
 “We’ve talked about expectations now that we’re ranked. We’ve got to really go and turn it on, and I didn’t see that tonight. That was a little bit depressing, but outside of that... it seemed like when we wanted to play we really got going.”
 HCHS led 8-7 in set one before scoring 14 of the next 16 points and winning 25-12.
 The second set featured 12 ties and was tight the whole way until the Cyclones got the last four points to win 25-20, capped by a Macie Leinen kill and an Ashley Hall ace.
 HCHS fell behind 10-4 in set three before finishing with a 21-6 flourish.

HCHS 25-25-25, Shenandoah 12-20-16
Harlan Community Stat Leaders
 Serving: 62/74 (83.8%), 14 aces -- Ashley Hall 16/18 (6 aces); Jocelyn Cheek 15/16 (3 aces); Macie Leinen 6/9 (3 aces); Lauren Andersen 7/8 (1 ace); Zophi Hendricks 7/10 (1 ace).
 Attacks: 59/67, 25 kills, .254 kill eff. -- Leinen 15/17, 6 kills (.235 eff.); Claire Schmitz 11/11, 5 kills (.455); Andersen 8/8, 5 kills (.625); Hendricks 8/11, 4 kills (.091); Delaney Wegner 8/9, 2 kills (.111); Cheek 3/3, 2 kills (.667); Lauren McLaughlin 3/4, 1 kill.
 Assists: 21 -- Macy Reischl 10, Cheek 6.
 Blocks: 14 -- C. Schmitz 1s/5a, D. Wegner 0s/3a, Leinen 1s/1a.
 Digs: 29 -- Hall 9, Hendricks 6, Cheek 4, Petersen 4.
 Serve Receive Average: 1.85/3.00 (41 att.) -- Andersen 3.00 (2 att.), Hendricks 2.57 (7), C. Schmitz 2.00 (3), Hall 1.86 (14).

 
 

 

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