Playing for the first time since Aug. 26, Greene County hosted PCM (Monroe) in high school volleyball in the air-conditioned Greene County High School gym on Tuesday night. It was the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference opener and the Rams won in four sets by scores of 26-24, 14-25, 25-14, 25-8. The victory puts the Rams at 1-0 in the league, 4-0 overall and 10-1 in sets. The Mustangs fell to 5-10 in matches.

The first set saw the Rams lead 6-1 before falling behind and PCM led 24-21 before the Rams scored the final five points to win set one by a 26-24 score. Set two saw the Rams commit seven service errors and they lost by double digits. Set three saw the Rams commit only two service errors to win by double-digits. The Rams jumped out to a 16-2 lead and had no service errors in the fourth set. When the Rams were serving, junior Natalie Heupel (pictured) had seven ace serves in the last set alone.

Coach Chris Heisterkamp’s Rams go on the road for the first time in their next match when they play Thursday at Story City vs. Roland-Story.