Hastings College Volleyball Falls To Mount Marty

(Yankton, SD) – In a road contest against Mount Marty, the Hastings Broncos lost in four sets to Mount Marty (25-19, 22-25, 25-23, 25-23) on Saturday afternoon.

The two teams split the first 12 points of the first set, with junior Makenna Sutter hitting a couple of kills for the Broncos. Mount Marty went on a 10-3 run to take a 16-9 lead. Mount Marty took a 24-15 lead, then Hastings won four straight points to get within five at 24-19, as senior Mikah O'Neill and Sutter each had kills. The Lancers won the next point on a kill to win, 25-19.

Hastings started strong in the second set, going up 9-4 on a double-block by senior Ilse Benne and sophomore Klarissa Dowdy. The Broncos went on a 7-3 run shortly after, as Olson had two kills during that stretch to take a 16-8 lead. At 20-12, Mount Marty won three straight points and six of the next eight, making it 22-18. They made it 24-22 on a kill, but sophomore Fran Warson ended the set with a kill to tie the match at one set apiece.

In set three, Hastings took a 4-1 lead on a Lancer error, but Mount Marty responded with a 5-0 run to go up 6-4. The Broncos regained the lead at 10-9 on an ace by junior Malena Onespot Danforth. Shortly after, Olson got a kill to go up 14-12, then the Lancers went on a 7-2 run to go up 19-16. A kill by Sutter cut the lead to one at 20-19, then after Marty went up 23-19, Hastings won four of next five points, making it 24-23. A Lancer kill ended the set at 25-23.

Tied at six in the fourth set, Sutter and Dowdy hit back-to-back kills to go up 8-6. Leading 10-9, the Broncos would win four straight points to make it 14-9, as Sutter and O'Neill had kills during the run. O'Neill later put them up 17-12 on a kill, but the Lancers cut it to one at 21-20. Benne and O'Neill responded with consecutive kills, then after Mount Marty rallied to tie it at 23 to force a Bronco timeout, the Lancers ended it with back-to-back blocks to make it 25-23.

Sutter led the team with 14 kills and 12 digs. Benne had 10 kills and eight digs, while O'Neill added eight kills. Warson finished with 36 assists and eight digs. Junior Lainey Benson had 21 digs. Olson also had five blocks to go along with six kills.

Up next, Hastings (16-6, 8-5) will host #3 Concordia on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7:30pm.