Season Starts with Three Wins at SCC Tourney

West Burlington, IA -- Indian Hills won three of four matches to start the season as the Warriors played in the Southeastern CC Tournament over the weekend. IHCC defeated Cloud County (KS) and Lake Land (IL) CC on Friday, then split a pair of matches on Saturday, losing to Parkland (IL) CC before downing the host Black Hawks.

Against Cloud County, Indian Hills relied on returning sophomores to notch the win in three staight sets (25-13, 25-17, 25-9). Carly Wehling (Readlyn) led the team in kills (11), blocks (3) and digs (8). Two other sophs, Erin Mosinski (Packwood) and Kelsey Lyons (Conesville), had three ace serves each. Freshman setter Ailime Conglaves (Sao Paulo, Brazil) had 29 assists as the Warriors won their season-opener.

Conglaves had 36 more assists as IHCC defeated Lake Land. The teams split the first two sets before Indian Hills won the next two by scores of 25-19 and 25-21.

Freshman Jessi Black (Ottumwa) had 11 digs, Wehling had 12 kills and sophomore Kelsey Wagner (Carroll) had 11 while Mosinski recorded four ace serves.

Parkland dealt the Warriors their first loss in Saturday's opening match, winning in three sets. Wehling had a team-high 11 kils and eight digs. Freshman Emily Eswonia (Tempe, AZ) also had eight digs.

Indian Hills then bounced back with a three-set win against Southeastern (25-16, 25-12, 25-17).

Freshman setter Courtney Blohm (Monroe, MI) piled up 17 assists. Mosinski had eight kills and Wagner three blocks to lead IHCC in those categories. And Lyons had six ace serves.

IHCC coach Terry Carlson was pleased with the way his team responded in the opening weekend, saying "All in all, it was a good weekend. We couldn't handle Parkland's offensive strategy in our match with them, but we'll go back to work and get that straightened out. It was a good start to the season."

Indian Hills opens the home schedule against Southeastern at the Net Center on Monday night.