Stanton continues to roll as the Mustangs defeated Norfolk Catholic and Boone Central/Newman Grove 2-0 at the Norfolk Catholic Triangular on Thursday, and beat Hartington Cedar Catholic, Twin River, and Battle Creek 2-0 at their own tournament on Saturday.
The Mustangs downed the Cardinals 25-10 in set one and 25-15 in set two.
Jessie Brandl finished with 7 kills and 9 digs while MacKenzie Brandl notched 8 digs. Bree Burtwhistle added 17 set assists.
Stanton beat the Knights 25-17 in the first set, and 25-11 in the second set.
Jessie Brandl registered 7 kills and 9 digs while Katie Brandl totaled 7 digs. Burtwhistle dished out 14 set assists while Makenna Espinoza had 10.
The Mustangs swept the Braves 25-23 in set one and 25-20 in set two.
Jessie Brandl compiled 10 kills and 14 digs while MacKenzie Brandl notched 17 digs. Burtwhistle recorded 19 set assists.
Stanton downed the Titans 25-18 in the first set, and 25-22 in the second set.
Burtwhistle posted 12 kills, 13 digs, and 12 set assists while Jessie Brandl totaled 7 kills and 10 digs. MacKenzie Brandl recorded 13 digs while Espinoza notched 11 set assists.
The Mustangs took care of the Trojans 25-15 in set one, and 25-18 in set two.
Burtwhistle had 10 kills and 11 digs while Jessie Brandl notched 9 kills and 10 digs. Hannah Heppner added 8 kills while MacKenzie Brandl recorded 15 digs. Espinoza chipped in 10 set assists.
Head Coach Tracy Kuester-Burtwhistle on the win over Hartington Cedar Catholic. "It was nice to play HCC again in a championship match in a tournament. They are a very good competitive team, that blocks exceptionally well, plays great defense and makes great choices attacking the ball. All areas of the game that we worked on this past week to improve our level of play, so as a team it was nice to come out with a win against HCC."
Kuester-Burtwhistle adds winning this tournament was a big deal. "Winning this past week end continues to gives us momentum our program is striving for. We set goals every season, we check them off and we missed one goal so far this year! From that missed goal we learn and make adjustments. This tournament win gives us a boost of confidence playing together as a team and staying the course, great things will happen."
The Mustangs made adjustments following a second place finish in the Wakefield Tournament. "After the Wakefield Tournament we talked about our weaknesses as individual players and a team, and implemented a plan this past week during practice to focus on those areas we could immediately improve on. Play defense first, serve aggressively, run our offense and attack the ball, which they demonstrated at every match on Saturday. Are we at our potential - no, however this team is willing to take those extra reps at practice to improve:)"
Stanton (13-2) takes on Pender (5-4) and Wisner-Pilger (4-3) in the Wisner-Pilger Triangular on Tuesday.
The Pendragons won 3-1 at Wakefield last time out while the Gators lost 3-0 at home to North Bend Central in their last match.
Kuester-Burtwhistle discusses the keys to beating both teams. "Stay our course, control what we can control and continue to learn from our errors and build our mental toughness. Make a mistake - move on, and continue to make adjustments quicker during the match, build our teams trust - I'm In = All In!"
The Mustangs are playing about as well as anyone right now, and I look for Stanton to continue to roll Tuesday night.
Pender and Wisner-Pilger are tough teams though so the Mustangs have to be ready to play just like they were on Thursday and Saturday.
You can bet the Pendragons and Gators will give Stanton their best shot so the Mustangs have to be ready to go blow for blow with both squads.
Stanton is very capable of beating both teams, and given the way the Mustangs have been playing lately, and how good they are, they should beat both teams.
I don't look for either match to be easy, but I look for Stanton to be too strong for both teams and prevail in the end.
The Mustangs have high expectations for this season like they always do, and I look for Stanton to take another step in the right direction in achieving their goals.
This team is on a roll right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they continue their winning ways on Tuesday, and continue this current run they are on at the moment.
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