Volleyball Goes 1-1 on Day One at Ottawa Tournament
Ottawa, KS – The Hastings College volleyball team opened up the Ottawa Tournament by defeating St. Mary (KS) in four sets before falling in straight sets to Ottawa (KS) on Friday.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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15 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 1 |
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25 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 3 |
Team Stats
Saint Mary
| Game Statistics | Saint Mary | Hastings |
|---|---|---|
| Hitting % | 0.194 | 0.309 |
| Blocks | 5.0 | 8.5 |
| Digs | 46 | 52 |
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
Ottawa, KS – The Hastings College volleyball team opened up the Ottawa Tournament by defeating St. Mary (KS) in four sets before falling in straight sets to Ottawa (KS) on Friday.
Hastings would get down early in set trailing 8-5 before running off seven straight points behind kills from Majesta Valasek, Peyton Roper and Amani Monroe to go along with two service aces from Makenna Asher.
Hastings would go on to finish off the Spires in set one scoring the final four points starting with a kill form Monroe. Then Valasek and Monroe teamed up for a block and after an attack error from USM, Asher picked up another service ace to take set one 25-15.
Set two was much tighter as St. Mary clung to a 19-18 lead when Asher switched the momentum with a solo block. She came right back with yet another service ace followed by a Roper kill. Two more Spire attack errors and it was HC leading 23-19. Hastings finished out the set with a Marlee Taylor kill to win 25-21 and go up two sets to none.
USM bounced back to win set three but the Lady Broncos made sure this would not see a fifth set. With HC leading 11-9, Asher connected with Valasek on the outsite for the kill plus an Asher and Monroe block followed by a kill from Lauren Dirks put Hastings up 15-9.
The Spires would make it a four point margin at 22-18 but a kill from Valasek, a double block from Roper and Monroe followed by a kill from Monroe ended the match as HC won the fourth 25-18.
Taylor had yet another outstanding outing with a match high 16 kills while hitting .433. Valasek added 14 kills while hitting .179. Monroe finished with eight kills while hitting .353.
Asher finished with a career high 48 assists and a career high seven service aces while Miriam Miller led the team with 20 digs.
Hastings finished the game hitting .309 while USM hit .194.
Later in the day, Hastings would get swept by Ottawa 25-16, 25-23, 25-14.
Hastings moves to 11-5 (2-2) on the year and will be back in action Saturday finishing up the Ottawa Tournament with a match with William Woods at 10 am followed by a match with Friends at 2 pm down in Ottawa, KS.
