Volleyball Recap: Pioneer Panthers vs. South Central Satellites
South Central typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Pioneer proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the South Central Satellites 3-0. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Panthers also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2023.
The final score came out to 25-15, 25-15, 25-21.
Leading Pioneer to victory were Ava Beasy and Madyson Shaffer. Beasy had 17 digs, while Shaffer had 18 digs and two aces. Shaffer has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Pioneer was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Central only served four.
Despite the loss, South Central still got an impressive performance from Gwen Mendenhall, who had nine digs and two aces. That's the most aces Mendenhall has posted since back in August.
Pioneer is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-11 record this season. As for South Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 18-11.
Pioneer wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 3-0 defeat against Benton Central on the 8th. South Central has also already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against New Prairie on the 9th.
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