Class 3A Team Rankings Update 10/1/24

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/08/prep-dig-iowa-class-3a-preseason-rankings/">3A Preseason Top 10</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/09/class-3a-team-rankings-update-9-3-24/">3A Top 10 9/3/24</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/09/class-3a-team-rankings-update-9-10-24/">3A Top 10 9/10/24</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/09/class-3a-team-rankings-update-9-17-24/">3A Top 10 9/17/24</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/09/class-3a-team-rankings-update-9-24-24/">3A Top 10 9/24/24</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1. Mount Vernon (25-3):&nbsp;</strong>The Mustangs dropped their first match to an Iowa team this season, <a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/09/watch-pleasant-valley-vs-mount-vernon-at-fall-classic/">falling to 4A power Pleasant Valley</a> Saturday morning at the Mount Vernon Fall Classic. It was tightly contested. The Mustangs did top Dike-New Hartford, Liberty and City High in the tournament, and also swept visiting Center Point-Urbana in a WaMaC match last week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Against PV, [player_tooltip player_id='215385' first='Chloe' last='Meester'] delivered a team-high eight kills (.333), and [player_tooltip player_id='215389' first='Sydney' last='Maue'] had four in the two-setter. [player_tooltip player_id='215387' first='Sydney' last='Huber'] handed out 17 assists along with collecting a pair of digs and 2.0 blocks. Eryn Jackson came up with seven digs, [player_tooltip player_id='508657' first='Paige' last='Schurbon'] had three kills and CaliAna Whitaker posted 3.0 blocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –&nbsp;</strong>10/1 at Independence, 10/5 at Western Dubuque tournament</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2. Western Christian (14-9):</strong>&nbsp;The Wolfpack was unbeaten against Iowa competition last week, taking down Spirit Lake and Sergeant Bluff-Luton. It went 2-2 at the Sanford Pentagon tournament Saturday in South Dakota. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='489999' first='Bentley' last='Bliek'] and [player_tooltip player_id='753877' first='Scarlett' last='Winterfeld'] each produced 15 kills, and Shae Reitsma and Morgan Kooiman had 14 apiece during the victory at 4A Sergeant Bluff-Luton. [player_tooltip player_id='455736' first='Maggie' last='Van Schepen'] dished out 45 assists to go with 11 digs. Breslyn Kooima had 16 digs, and Sydney Feenstra chipped in 11. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –&nbsp;</strong>10/1 at Sioux Falls (SD) Christian School, 10/5 at Urbandale tournament </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3. Davenport Assumption (16-6):</strong>&nbsp;A 3-0 triumph at Bettendorf Tuesday was the Knights' only match last week. In it, middle hitter [player_tooltip player_id='230661' first='Ellah' last='Derrer'] contributed 12 kills (.500) and 5.0 blocks, both team bests. [player_tooltip player_id='215761' first='Ellie' last='Schubert'] recorded 33 assists, four kills, nine digs and 3.0 blocks. [player_tooltip player_id='215757' first='Alyssa' last='O'Neal'] (9 kills, 9 digs, 4.0 blocks), [player_tooltip player_id='694203' first='Belle' last='Cotton'] (6 kills, 10 digs) and [player_tooltip player_id='215436' first='Dru' last='Dorsey'] (13 digs) also stood out in the match. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –</strong>&nbsp;10/1 at Clinton </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4. Dubuque Wahlert (16-4):&nbsp;</strong>The Golden Eagles picked up a pair of home sweeps last week, dispatching of Waterloo West and Dubuque Senior. [player_tooltip player_id='437486' first='Olivia' last='Donovan'] handed out exactly 46 assists in each of those matches, and [player_tooltip player_id='215405' first='Audrey' last='Tschiggfrie'] pounded out 14 kills during each one. [player_tooltip player_id='538938' first='Anna' last='Roling'] totaled 27 kills, and Claire Lueken added 17. Libero Kaylee Walter missed the Senior match but led the team with 12 digs against Waterloo West. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –</strong>&nbsp;10/1 at Hempstead, 10/5 at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mothermcauley.org/athletics/asics-challenge">ASICS Challenge Volleyball Tournament</a>&nbsp;in Chicago </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5. West Delaware (26-3):</strong> 'Twas another productive week for the Hawks with their lone loss coming against a ranked 4A team (Cedar Rapids Prairie). That happened in the semifinals of Saturday's Cedar Falls tournament, where they did knock off Linn-Mar, Urbandale, Janesville and Grundy Center all in straight sets. They swept Independence on the road in a WaMaC match last week as well. Vedah Langel paced the squad in kills (12) and blocks (3.0) during the conference victory, while [player_tooltip player_id='730780' first='Hannah' last='Cantwell'] contributed eight kills, 10 digs and a pair of blocks. Olivia Halverson came up with 12 digs, and [player_tooltip player_id='523167' first='Natalie' last=''] Mensen handed out 20 assists.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –&nbsp;</strong>10/1 vs Solon </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>6. Mid-Prairie</strong> <strong>(21-5): </strong>The Golden Hawks move up one spot following a 6-0 week. They swept their way to a championship at Saturday's South Tama tournament after picking up a 3-0, mid-week win at Durant. During the league victory, [player_tooltip player_id='215390' first='Jovi' last='Evans'] banged out 12 kills, and [player_tooltip player_id='389071' first='Harper' last='Pacha'] added 10. [player_tooltip player_id='215395' first='Dakota' last='Mitchell'] collected 21 digs, while [player_tooltip player_id='775157' first='Jeorgia' last='Evans'] and Lanee Duwa teamed up for 22. [player_tooltip player_id='753942' first='Avery' last='Helmuth'] produced 14 assists, and Brylee Gearhart kicked in 3.0 blocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –</strong>&nbsp;10/3 vs Tipton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>7. Solon (15-8):</strong> A loss against a ranked 4A team in Marion was the Spartans' lone competition last week. The set scores were 27-25, 25-22 and 28-26. Solon had not uploaded its statistics from the Marion match to Bound at the time these rankings published Tuesday afternoon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week:</strong>&nbsp;10/1 at West Delaware, 10/5 at Union tournament </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8. Cherokee Washington (17-2): </strong>Cherokee swept its lone match ast week at [program_tooltip program_id='428931' first='Storm' last=''] Lake. [player_tooltip player_id='730843' first='Keylee' last='Gregg'] paced the team with 10 kills and ranked second in digs (12). [player_tooltip player_id='493982' first='Deidra' last='Doeden'] contributed nine kills and 5.0 blocks, and [player_tooltip player_id='508655' first='Laney' last='Wolfswinkel'] had nine kills and seven digs. [player_tooltip player_id='753335' first='Kendyl' last='Fox'] picked up a team-high 13 digs, and [player_tooltip player_id='574225' first='Addy' last='Wolfswinkel'] and Elise Anderson combined for 33 assists.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –</strong>&nbsp;10/1 vs Spirit Lake, 10/3 at Spencer </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9. Des Moines Christian (15-9):</strong>&nbsp;The Lions experience 3-2 week for the second week in a row. They finished 2-2 at Saturday's Nevada tournament, and picked up a 3-1 win at Van Meter last Tuesday. [player_tooltip player_id='203590' first='Hadley' last='Hardersen'] posted 26 assists, 13 kills and 19 digs against the Bulldogs. [player_tooltip player_id='215732' first='Sydney' last='Brandmeyer'] registered 15 kills and eight digs, while Olivia Wolven came up with 20 digs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week –</strong>&nbsp;10/5 at Urbandale tournament</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10. Kuemper Catholic (27-1): </strong>Strength of schedule had kept the Knights from jumping into the rankings this season, but 27-1 is 27-1. The loss came against 4A Heelan. Last week, Kuemper took down Shenandoah in five sets and swept Atlantic. [player_tooltip player_id='389937' first='Brianna' last='Wittrock'] put down 13 kills during the Shenandoah match, and Kolbi Peter added 10. [player_tooltip player_id='500113' first='Kaylie' last='Simons'] led the way with nine digs, Karsyn Overmohle and Brooke Rohe had seven apiece. Overmohle and [player_tooltip player_id='753919' first='Elsa' last='Tiefenthaler'] teamed up for 32 assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>This Week:</strong> 10/1 vs Glenwood </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Dropped Out:&nbsp;</strong>West Liberty </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->