M OR N IN GS ID E C O L L E G E MATCHDAY - NOVEMBER 10, 2020
MUSTANG VOLLEYBALL The 2020-21 home regular season schedule for Morningside College concludes this evening with a Heart of America – Great Plains Athletic Conference meeting. Head coach Jessica Squier’s Mustangs stand 9-9 overall and have won six of their last nine. Peru State College, coached by Laurie Felderman, has a 2-13 record.
MUSTANG MARKS This is the second contest between the two programs, Mside claimed a 3-0 victory on the road 25-12, 25-10, 25-29 less than two weeks ago. Four team statistical categories rank among the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics top 15. Morningside’s 1,238 digs are fourth-best; their 835 kills are 12th-highest; Squier’s squad is 13th in assists (759); and the Maroon’s 19.05 digs per set sit No. 15. Junior setter Sabrina Creason leads the individual categories on the national report. She’s fourth in total (688) and ninth in per set (10.58) assists. Kayla Harris, also a member of the Class of 2022, is sixth in total digs (369), and senior outside hitter Krista Zenk’s 236 kills are 10th-most. The Mustangs have won four straight at home. Two of those triumphs, versus Doane University Oct. 31 and Mount Marty University Oct. 16, have occurred in straight sets. Morningside’s 2020-21 regular season slate is scheduled to wind up Friday, Nov. 13, when they make the trek to the University of Jamestown for a 6 p.m. junior varsity and 7:30 p.m. varsity doubleheader and await a rescheduling date for a JV-varsity double-dip at Hastings College in GPAC action.
Bobcat bits The defensive specialist tandem of sophomore Mattie Nichols and junior Cheyenne Birkle are among PSC’s leaders this season. Nichols’ 21 service aces and Birkle’s 234 digs are each among the national first 50. Junior middle hitter Jaddy Duarte has been a key cog for Felderman’s team, too. She has a teamleading 79 kills and 22 total blocks.
MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MUSTANGS NO. NAME 1 Payton Shoquist 2 Kendall Evans 3 Sabrina Creason 4 Tyler Christianson 5 Ashley Boer 6 Ryley Rolls 7 Krista Zenk 8 Corin Bower 9 Grace Jensen 10 Amara Austin 11 Agnes Garder 12 Meredith Hoffman 13 Elizabeth Zobel 14 Madison Goodwin 15 Grace Wiese 16 Caitlin Makovicka 17 Marisa Beintema 18 Kaelyn Giefer 19 Emma Hannasch 20 Lindi Pojar 21 Kayla Harris
POS. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr.
HT. DS/L S S RS DS OH OH M/OH S MH S OH MH OH/RS DS OH DS OH DS DS DS
YR. 5-4 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-4 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-6 6-1 5-9 6-1 6-0 5-10 5-5 5-10 5-6 5-10 5-6 5-6 5-9
HOMETOWN Mansfield, Tex./Mansfield Estherville, Iowa/Estherville-LC Shawnee Mission, Kan./Northwest Hooper, Neb./Logan View Rock Rapids, Iowa/Central Lyon Alliance, Neb./Alliance Le Mars, Iowa/Le Mars Battle Creek, Iowa/OABCIG Bennington, Neb./Bennington Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado Halden, Norway/The Berg School Des Moines, Iowa/Carlisle Battle Creek, Iowa/OABCIG Kingsley, Iowa/Kingsley-Pierson North Sioux City, S.D./Dakota Valley Ceresco, Neb./Wahoo Bishop Neumann Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt Loveland, Colo./Thompson Valley Glidden, Iowa/Glidden-Ralston Windsor, Colo./Fossil Ridge Dakota City, Neb./South Sioux City
Head coach: Jessica Squier
Assistant coaches: Kayla Ruff, Theison Anderson
PERU STATE COLLEGE BOBCATS NO. NAME 2 Kelcie Gaines 4 Mattie Nichols 5 Cheyenne Birkle 6 Hannah Burianek 7 Mckenzie Brockhoff 8 Ofaloto Moungaafi 9 Tyra Mollhoff 10 Delaney Patocka 11 Randee Witt 12 Jaime Copenharve 13 Dawson Sharman 14 Paige Crouch 15 Pyper Roseberry 16 Hannia Rios 17 Cassie Davis 18 Haley VanLeuven 19 Arianna Waschkowski 23 Katie Thompson 24 Alyssa Bock 25 Stefanie Anderson 26 Jaddy Duarte 31 Sidney Peck Karleeann Ramos
POS. DS DS DS S OH MH MH DS S RS/MH OH RS MH S S OH DS OH DS MH MH OH OH
HT. 5-7 5-6 5-5 5-7 5-11 5-7 5-11 5-5 5-7 6-0 5-9 6-0 5-9 5-5 5-5 5-11 5-6 5-4 5-3 6-0 6-1 5-6 5-8
YR. HOMETOWN So. Watson, Mo./Southwestern CC So. Auburn, Neb./Johnson-Brock Jr. Holden, Mo./Holden Jr. Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Fr. Dearborn, Mo./North Plate Fr. West Valley City, Utah/Granger Sr. Lincoln, Neb./East Fr. Mead, Neb./Mead So. Salem, Neb./Sacred Heart So. Omaha, Neb./Northwest Sr. Sidney, Neb./E. Wyoming College Fr. Holton, Kan./Holton Jr. LaVista, Neb./Ralston Jr. Toa Baja, P.R./Independence CC Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Ave Maria University Jr. Elgin, Ore./Eastern Oregon Uni. Jr. Bellevue, Neb./East Fr. Dunc, N.C./Boys Town Fr. Plattsmouth, Neb./Plattsmouth Fr. Kenesaw, Neb./Kenesaw Jr. Brasilia, Brazil/Vincennes University Fr. Manitoba, Canada/Sturgeon Jr. Aguas Buenas, P.R./Colby CC
Head coach: Laurie Felderman
Assistant coaches: Madison Peters, Jhessica Martins