Kingsley-Pierson continued its conference stomp on Tuesday evening with a win on the road over Battle Creek-Ida Grove.

After a tight played first game, which the Lady Panthers won 25-23, K-P came out on fire in game two to win 25-7.

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"We haven't had a game in a week and a half," K-P volleyball coach Jon Mouw. "We definitely came out a little sluggish in the first game. We were down about 19-16 in the first game and came back and got the win."

"We came out on fire in the second game," Mouw continued.

"We definitely started serving tougher in game two. [BC-IG] had their passers back farther, so we started serving short and got some aces, which helped us get going."

The Lady Panthers rode that momentum from game two's big win into game three, which they won 25-22 to sweep the match 3-0.

"We had played BC-IG in their tournament a couple weeks ago," Mouw said. K-P defeated BC-IG 2-1 in the round robin tournament.

"I would say [BC-IG] has definitely improved from what we saw of them at the tournament. We faced a better BC-IG team tonight. They did a good job of coming out and stepping up. They had some girls who served some high, deep balls, which was a little tricky for our passers at some times."

In the win, Briana Schaeuble dominated K-P's offense at the net. The senior middle hitter pounded down 19 kills. Backing her up was Amanda Dirksen with eight kills in the match.

Kelsey Krieg set up the offense with 27 assists.

Another aspect that benefitted the Lady Panthers' offense was the serving game, which was led by Krieg.

"My setter had a fantastic night serving," Mouw said of the senior. Krieg was a perfect 22-22 from the service line with four aces.

The ace leader on the night was Dirksen who smacked in six ace serves.

"Amanda had some really tough ones," Mouw said about the strength of Dirksen's serves.

"She also mixed in the short ones tonight as well. She really stepped up and served well."

Mouw also noted that Dirksen's hitting power was a great asset in the win. "Amanda hit pretty well, too," Mouw said. "Her hitting percentage was roughly .250, so that's not a bad night hitting."

Dirksen continued to shine as she dug out a team-high 13 balls on defense for K-P.

"Amanda just had a pretty good night," Mouw concluded.

Adding to the defensive effort in K-P's win were Krieg and libero Dani Sudbeck. Each of the seniors had 11 digs on the night.

Mouw attributed the high number of digs to the blocking ability of Schaeuble in the front row.

"Part of it is Briana up front," Mouw said. "She had three blocks on the night. [BC-IG's] hitters didn't have a ton of opportunities and our girls didn't let a whole lot of balls drop tonight."

With the win, K-P improves to 14-6 overall while boasting a 6-1 Western Valley Conference record. The Lady Panthers are at home tonight as they host Lawton-Bronson. K-P defeated the Eagles 2-1 in the conference tournament on September 27.

For tonight's match-up, Mouw said, "It's kind of one of those things where we need to play like we play. If we do that, we'll be just fine. We just need to focus on the fundamentals of our game."