O’Neal hits milestone as MHS netters split
PHOTO PROVIDED Marshalltown senior setter Lauren O’Neal poses with a poster signifying her achievement of 1,000 career assists during Saturday’s Oskaloosa Tournament.
PHOTO PROVIDED The Marshalltown volleyball team huddles around senior setter Lauren O’Neal in celebration of her 1,000th career assist during the Oskaloosa Tournament on Saturday.
PHOTO PROVIDED Marshalltown senior setter Lauren O’Neal poses with a poster signifying her achievement of 1,000 career assists during Saturday’s Oskaloosa Tournament.
PHOTO PROVIDED The Marshalltown volleyball team huddles around senior setter Lauren O’Neal in celebration of her 1,000th career assist during the Oskaloosa Tournament on Saturday.
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OSKALOOSA -- Marshalltown senior setter Lauren O'Neal eclipsed 1,000 assists for her career as the Bobcat volleyball team closed its regular season with a 2-2 showing at the Oskaloosa Tournament on Saturday.
The Bobcats fell to the tournament host in the first round, losing to Oskaloosa 21-7, 21-11. Marshalltown turned it around with a win over Des Moines East, 21-15, 21-9, but fell in a three-set showdown with Mount Pleasant, 21-13, 18-21, 15-8. MHS closed the weekend with a straight-set victory over Fairfield, 21-12, 21-18.
O'Neal totaled 55 assists on the day to climb to 1,016 for her three-year varsity career. Bella Avise led the Bobcats with 19 kills, Brooklyn Smith had 18, Avery Polley added 12, Lorelai Holloway had seven and Kendall Brummel five.
Marshalltown's defense was led by Morgan Hilderbrand with 41 digs. O'Neal finished with 27 digs, Polley had 26 and Avise added 21, while Avise, Brummel and Smith had two blocks apiece.
Avise also finished 30-for-34 with two aces to lead MHS at the service line, and Hilderbrand was 30-for-32 with three aces. Polley totaled 22-of-25 with five aces, while O'Neal chalked up a team-best six aces.
Marshalltown tips off postseason play on the road, going to Urbandale on Tuesday, Oct. 20, for their first-round regional match.