The Twin Cedars Volleyball Squad was dominant in nearly all phases Monday night in a 3-0 sweep of its arch-rival Melcher-Dallas 25-12, 25-11, and 25-21. In the third set the Sabers nearly blew a 22-11 lead when the Saints scored ten consecutive points to get within one. Jetta Sterner and Harley Stout had six kills each to lead the Sabers. Ali Mockenhaupt led with ten digs while Jillian French had a team high nine aces and Rylee Dunkin handed out 18 assists. The Saints could not get much going all night as the Sabers were able to place the ball on returns in vacant areas on Melcher-Dallas’s end. Players Kasyn Reed, Brooklyn Metz, and Emma Heaberlin tell KNIA Sports they need to improve in several areas, but are seeing progress.

Reed: “I think we’ve improved from our last game, but we need to get better at some things before we start winning again.”
Metz: I think we’re improving but we struggle when we shouldn’t”
Heaberlin: “I personally we could have been better defensively, but Twin Cedars pushed it to all of our holes and we couldn’t get it.”

Metz was 16/17 serving with two aces while Reed had five kills along with BrieAnna Remster and Emma Clark. Melcher-Dallas is 4-8 and drops to 2-2 in the Bluegrass Conference. The Saints will take on Ankeny Christian and Seymour in a conference triangular at Southeast Warren tonight. The Sabers are now 7-10 on the season and 3-2 in the Bluegrass Conference. Twin Cedars will head to Diagonal for a conference triangular against the host Maroons and Murray tonight.