Through nine games in the 2026 season, MACA has worked up a 3-6 overall record. The team competed in the Lakeview Tournament in Cottonwood Sept. 12 and finished 1-3 with a win over Edgerton and losses to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Westbrook/Walnut-Grove and Adrian-Ellsworth. The team was back in conference play with a home game against Sauk Centre Sept. 15 and lost 3-0 to the Mainstreeters. Just two days later, MACA was on the road against Montevideo and earned their second conference win of the season with a 3-2 thriller over the Thunderhawks.

Lakeview Tournament

The Tigers played in four best of three-set matches at the Lakeview tournament. The team started off against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City and were swept by the Falcons pretty handily 25-11, 25-11. The Tigers bounced back quickly with a 25-12, 25-13 sweep against Edgerton in their second matchup. When MACA took on Westbrook/Walnut Grove, it was a competitive battle, but WWG won both sets 25-19 to sweep the Tigers. The day of sweeps continued in the tournament finale against Adrian-Ellsworth with MACA falling 25-19, 25-20 to finish the tournament with a 1-3 record. No individual stats were available.

Sauk Centre 3

MACA 0

The Tigers got back into conference action with a home matchup against Sauk Centre. The Mainstreeters came into the match ready to play and cruised to a 3-0 sweep over MACA.

Sauk Centre controlled the first set and finished with a 25-16 win. They dominated the second set, holding MACA to single digits in the 25-9 win. Down two games, MACA fought in the third set, but still came up short 25-20 to give the Streeters a sweep victory.

On offense, MACA was led by Brenna Jergenson with six kills and Mylie Fehr and Valeria Diaz each added four. Josie Kleindl set up the majority of those kills, leading the team with 17 set assists. 

At the service line, MACA finished with four ace serves, led by Josie Kleindl with two.

On the defensive side, Leah Berlinger was the lone Tiger to get in double figures in digs with 15. Diaz added eight digs and Heika Hall dug out seven.

SC 25 25 25 – 3

MACA 16  9  20 – 0

Serving (aces) – Josie Kleindl-2, Leah Berlinger-1, Heika Hall-1; Set Assists – Josie Kleindl-17, Berlinger-1; Hitting (kills) – Brenna Jergenson-6, Mylie Fehr-4, Valeria Diaz-4, Harmony Coverdale-2, Heika Hall-2; Blocks – Jergenson-2, Coverdale-1, Mylie Fehr-1, Diaz-1, Gimmena Penaloza Gomez-1; Digs – Berlinger-15, Diaz-8, Heika Hall-7, Madison Swenson-6, Josie Kleindl-6, Mylie Fehr-3, Adlee Gades-3, Brooklyn Koehntop-2, Penaloza Gomez-2, Chloe Fehr-1

MACA 3

Montevideo 2

The Tigers got back on the winning track on the road against Montevideo in another West Central Conference matchup. It took all five sets, but MACA was able to escape with a 3-2 victory. 

MACA fell behind early, losing the first set 25-17, but bounced back quickly with a 25-22 win in the second to tie the game. Montevideo went back in front with a 25-18 win in the third, but the see-saw battle continued with the Tigers winning the fourth 25-20 to tie the match at 2-2 and force a fifth set. MACA finally took the lead in the match after sneaking out of the fifth with a 16-14 win to escape Montevideo with a 3-2 win.

Heika Hall was the lone Tiger to finish with double-digit kills, finishing with 16, Jergenson added nine, Coverdale and Chloe Fehr each added eight apiece and Mylie Fehr had seven. Kleindl was setting up her teammates all night long, finishing the day with 40 set assists. 

At the service line, MACA tallied nine ace serves. Coverdale led the team with three aces and Kleindl and Berlinger each had two. 

On defense, Berlinger was all over the floor with 19 total digs, Adlee Gades dug out 12 and Kleindl and Heika Hall each had nine. At the net, Jergenson led the team with three blocks. 

The Tigers were back on their home floor to host Minnewaska Area Sept. 22 and will also host West Central Area in Morris Thursday, Sept. 24.

MACA 17 25 18 25 16 – 3

Monte 25 22 25 20 14 – 2

Serving (aces) – Harmony Coverdale-3, Josie Kleindl-2, Leah Berlinger-2, Heika Hall-1, Brenna Jergenson-1; Set Assists – Kleindl-40, Berlinger-2, Chloe Fehr-1, Jergenson-1; Hitting (kills) – Heika Hall-16, Jergenson-9, Coverdale-8, Chloe Fehr-8, Mylie Fehr-7; Blocks – Jergenson-3, Kleindl-2, Mylie Fehr-2, Heika Hall-1, Coverdale-1; Digs – Berlinger-19, Adlee Gades-12, Kleindl-9, Heika Hall-9, Coverdale-6, Chloe Fehr-5, Madison Swenson-4, Mylie Fehr-1, Jergenson-1.