Postseason begins for Raiderettes

By RYAN STONEBRAKER

MOUNT AYR, Iowa — The Raiderettes began their postseason play this week as the playoffs began on Monday night for teams in Classes 2A and 1A. Mount Ayr enters the postseason with a record of 4-21 after falling in the first round of the Pride of Iowa Conference tournament last week.
Mount Ayr opened the Pride of Iowa Conference tournament last Monday, October 12 at East Union. The Raiderettes lost the first set 25-13 to fall behind 1-0 in the match. Mount Ayr tied the match at 1-1 with a second set win of 25-23. Mount Ayr took a 2-1 match lead in the third set with a win 26-24. East Union tied the match at 2-2 with a fourth set win of 25-14. In the fifth set, East Union won 15-9 to claim the match. The win was the second for East Union over Mount Ayr on their home floor this season.
Mount Ayr served 72-for-86 with nine aces in the match. Emily Knox led, going 17-for-21 with four aces and Dannie Stewart was 17-for-18 with four aces. Mount Ayr had 121 attacks which included 29 kills. Stewart had 33 attacks and 13 kills, Payton Worthington had 26 attacks and five kills and Brynlea Shields had 22 attacks and 4 kills. Jaylee Shaffer had 25 assists.  Stewart had 15 digs and Kate Newton had 12 digs.
Mount Ayr played at Bedford on Monday and fell 3-1 in a closely contested match. The Bulldogs came into the playoff match with a record of 17-11 out of the Corner Conference. Bedford beat Mount Ayr 2-0 in the Shenandoah tournament in mid-September. Bedford also beat Lenox 2-0 in the same tournament.  Bedford also beat Lenox at the Lenox tournament as well.

East Union 3, Mount Ayr 2
Monday, October 12
At Afton

MA 13 25 26 14 9
EU 25 23 24 25 15

Mount Ayr Statistics: 
Kills (29): Dannie Stewart 13, Payton Worthington 5, Brynlea Shields 4, Kynzlee Shaffer 3, Jaylee Shaffer 2, Adley Dredge 1, Bralyn Martin 1.
Assists (26): Jaylee Shaffer 25, Adley Dredge
Blocks (6): Adley Dredge 2, Jaylee Shaffer 2, Payton Worthington 1, Kynzlee Shaffer 1.
Digs (53): Dannie Stewart 15, Kate Newton 12, Ella Graham 8, Brynlea Shields 4, Jaylee Shaffer 3, Kynzlee Shaffer 3, Adley Dredge 1.
Serving (72-for-86 9 aces): Emily Knox 17-for-21 4 aces, Dannie Stewart 17-for-18 4 aces, Jaylee Shaffer 12-for-15 1 ace, Kate Newton 11-for-12, Mackenzie Jackson 10-for-12, Ella Graham 4-for-5, Adley Dredge 1-for-2, Payton Worthington 0-for-1.

Pride Of Iowa
Conference
Tournament 
Monday, October 12
Quarterfinals:
East Union 3, Mount Ayr 2
SE Warren 3, Lenox 0
SW Valley 3, Central Decatur 0
Nodaway Valley 3, Wayne 2

Tuesday, October 13
Semifinals:
SW Valley 3, Nodaway Valley 0
SE Warren 3, East Union 1

3rd Place Match:
East Union 3, Nodaway Valley 2

Championship Match:
SW Valley 3, SE Warren 0

FINAL REGULAR SEASON POI STANDINGS:

TEAM POI Overall
SW Valley 10-0 21-4
SE Warren 8-2 16-10
Wayne 4-2 10-10
East Union 5-4 18-16
Mount Ayr 2-5 4-21
Nodaway Valley 2-5 6-22
Lenox 1-6 8-18
Central Decatur 0-8 1-17