The streaks are now five, seven, seven, and 87 (unofficially). By finishing out the year with a win in their league finale versus Schaeffer Academy (25-4, 25-16, 25-18), and topping Grand Meadow (25-19, 26-28, 25-11, 25-19) in the East-West Showcase game, Mabel-Canton volleyball continued unblemished domination of the SEC. Coranda Vickerman (12 kills, 13 digs, 11 assists, 12-12 serving, 3 aces), Savannah Slafter (15 kills, 9 digs), Kenidi McCabe (23-23 serving, 6 aces), Lexi Thorson (10 digs), and Payton Danielson (9 digs) led the way versus the Lions. The Larks, coached by former M-C player Tori Burmester (Lind), were a tougher nut to crack. M-C used Vickerman (21 kills, 26 assists, 15 digs, 15-15 serving, 3 blocks) and Slafter (24 kills, 12 digs) as the hammers. Both posted career-highs in kills. Vickerman posted a season-high in assists while notching her sixth volleyball triple-double this year. Maddy Michels (9 kills), Courtney Graves (5 kills, 15 assists, 22-23 serving), Thorson (13 digs, 3 aces), and Danielson (12 digs, 12 assists) helped. M-C doesn’t have any losses to SEC foes in five years and one match. They’ve won 87 straight, a streak that dates back to Oct 20, 2011 (LeRoy-Ostrander).They’ve gone seven straight years not losing an SEC league contest (L-O on September 29, 2009). They (14-0, 30-4) are 1A East’s 2-seed and will host either 10-seed Kingsland or 7-seed SA. It’s their seventh straight 30-win season.
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