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The Marshalltown Community College volleyball team came up short in its season finale, falling to NIACC 3-0 in Wednesday's Iowa Community College Athletic Conference clash. The visiting Trojans (15-19, 6-7) captured the match by scores of 25-16, 25-20, 25-14, but came up just short of advancing to the NJCAA Region XI Tournament.
Six players had at least four kills apiece for NIACC, led by Camrie Macal with seven. Kendal VanMinsel finished with 19 assists and added six kills for the Trojans, who also recorded 13 service aces in the match.
Morghan Harvey had nine kills to lead MCC (9-14, 3-10) at the net. Lillian Mason and Stella Remer had four kills apiece, and Amira Cowell chipped in two kills. Isabelle Rawlins tallied 20 assists, but the Tiger offense finished with more errors than kills.
Lesly Yismel Valentin Marte led MCC's defense with 10 digs, while Keeley Clarke and Harvey added six each. Addie Ratcliff, Stella Del Netro, Cowell and Harvey had one solo block apiece, and Ratcliff had the team's only service ace.
MCC ended the season having lost nine of its last 11 matches.