Mabel-Canton volleyball’s streaks of SEC domination continue. They are at eight, six, and 105. Two more individual milestones have also been passed. First, M-C beat Schaeffer 3-0 (25-18, 25-7, 25-15). It clinched the Cougars’ eighth straight perfect SEC regular season. Frosh setter Kenidi McCabe (28 assists, 11 digs, 13-13 serving, 3 aces) went over 1,000 career assists. She has over 800 just this year. Dakota Delaney (9 kills, 3 aces) and Maddy Michels (9 kills) carried the offense. Avery Davis added 6 kills. Lexi Thorson led the defense (12 digs). Savannah Slafter rested. A night later, East champ M-C (25-5) took on West champ GM (20-9) in the SEC Showcase game. The Cougars had all hands on deck (Slafter, Payton Danielson). They got out 9-3 in game one. GM closed to 12-10. A quick 4-0 spurt made it 16-10. M-C prevailed 25-15. The Larks came to play in game two. After combining for four in game one, both Jordyn Glynn and Kaitlyn Hilton had six kills. M-C’s only leads in the first 40 total points were 11-10 and 18-17. Down the stretch was tight. M-C was at set point (24-23). Thanks to a Rylie Queensland block/kill combo, GM was then at set point (25-24). Two Lark errors and a Slafter kill allowed M-C to steal the game 27-25. Then came the Dakota Delaney show. The 5’9” MH was All-SEC as a sophomore, but limited per injury last year. The senior has been a go-to hitter (per Slafter’s injury) this year. For roughly one stint in the front row in game three, she was on fire. Literally every other point was a Delaney kill. She had ten in the set. M-C got the sweep (25-15, 27-25, 25-13). Delaney (19 kills, .500 hitting) fell one-short of a career-high. Slafter (12 kills, 10 digs) and Michels (11 kills) helped. Slafter went over 1,000 career digs. McCabe (50 assists, 13 digs) notched her second 50-assist match. Hannah Snell (career-high 15 digs), Danielson (14 digs), and Thorson (15-15 serving, 3 aces, 9 digs) led the ‘D.” The Cougars have now gone six years, 105 matches, without a loss to an SEC foe.
The Streaks (and Milestones) Continue
