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Logan
Nelson (21) gets a block for Mississinawa Valley Monday against
Monroe Central. The Hawks defeated the Golden Bears in three games.
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Lady Hawks
defeat Monroe Central in three
By George Starks
UNION CITY- It wasn't the prettiest win but no matter how ugly, it's
still a win.
The Mississinawa Valley Lady Blackhawks went to 7-5 on the season after
defeating the Monroe Central Golden Bears in three straight games,
25-22, 25-19 and 25-15 Monday.
"A win is a win and we'll take it," said Hawks coach Scott Brewer.
When Mississinawa Valley walked off the court Monday night, it was
obvious, some things needed fixed.
"Our passing is really off," Brewer pointed out. "Our passing against
Russia Saturday really killed us but we're working on our passes. We're
pleased because we thought we passed a lot better tonight. If we can
stay on that high note, we can go from there and build on that."
It was a night when points on serves were at a minimum on the part of
both squads, with many points coming on sides outs due to net serves,
serves that went out of bounds or a kill ending the volley action.
"Monroe Central was very competitive last year," Brewer said. "Tonight,
they weren't, I think they graduated a lot of their team from a year
ago. They stayed with us in the first two games and we put it away in
the third."
It was a match that was made up of mini runs in the scoring department.
The last of those runs came in the third game, proving to be the
difference maker.
With things knotted 2-2, the Hawks went on a huge 15-3 run to open up a
commanding 17-5 lead.
The Bears would eventually score 10 more points but would never come
close to getting back in the game to contend for a win.
At the net, Maddie Murphy and Hope Neargarder put down some kills with
authority.
"They hit some really nice balls," said Brewer. "They (MC) were giving
us the corners and I had the girls going for the lines. Then they had a
big hole in the middle and I had Madison going for that. We pretty much
hit it where we wanted to tonight."
Neargarder led the Hawks attack with13 blocks, 13 kills and 14 digs.
Heather Dirksen recorded 19 digs while Maddie Murphy added 14 in
support. Victory Humphries had a dozen assists.
The Hawks will play at Union Modoc in Indiana Thursday.
Also on Monday, the Lady Wave defeated Eaton in three games, 25-12,
25-12, 27-25.
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Alexys
Reynolds (6) scores a kill against the Bears.
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