BOONE - The fourth-ranked Kirkwood Eagles lost to No.19 DMACC, 25-15, 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, in a battle of top conference volleyball teams Wednesday night in Boone.

Kirkwood fell to 7-1 in the ICCAC conference, with DMACC now a half-game behind at 6-1. Kirkwood is 23-6 overall and DMACC is 20-8.

Heather Poula collected 16 kills for the Eagles. Erin Walker had 11, Amber Timmins eight and Payton Hilton seven.

Timmins contributed 32 assists and 13 digs. Cali Beyer had 22 digs, Poula 13, Timmins 13, Walker 11 and Chelsea Gryp 11.