Kirkwood Volleyball

Kirkwood volleyball splits in Illinois

The Kirkwood volleyball team split two matches Saturday at Champaign, Ill., losing to Southwest Illinois 3-2 and beating Lincoln Land 3-2.

The Eagles (16-6) started the day with a 19-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 15-13 loss to Southwest Illinois.

Erin Wenzel had 18 kills and 11 digs for Kirkwood, Morgan Grimm had 10 kills and 16 digs, Madsey Richards had 10 digs, and Halle Lueck had 35 assists.

Kirkwood came back to beat Lincoln Land 25-21, 25-23, 23-25, 13-25, 16-14.

Wenzel had 18 kills and 20 digs, Richards had 13 kills, Grimm had 10 kills and 31 digs, and Lueck had 42 assists.

No. 11 Eagles bump off Ellsworth

The 11th-ranked Kirkwood volleyball team raised its record to 14-4 Wednesday night with a 25-23, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15 victory over Ellsworth at Johnson Hall.

Morgan Grimm led the Eagles with 13 kills and Erin Wenzel was right behind with 12.

Halle Lueck rolled up 41 assists for Kirkwood and had 12 digs. Jenna Laxton provided 11 digs. Alex Miner had six blocks.

KCC volleyball drops 2 matches

The ninth-ranked Kirkwood volleyball team lost two matches to national powers Saturday at the Kirkwood Invitational at Johnson Hall.

The Eagles fell to 15th-ranked Johnson County, 25-15 25-18, 25-23, and lost to 13th-ranked McHenry in a squeaker, 25-23, 25-15, 15-25, 21-25, 17-15.

The losses dropped Kirkwood to 13-4 for the season.

Madsy Richards had 10 kills for Kirkwood against Johnson County. Halle Lueck collected 30 assists. Jenna Laxton had 10 digs and Erica Armstrong contributed five blocks.

Erin Wenzel had 18 kills against McHenry. Lueck finished with 48 assists. Morgan Grimm contributed 13 digs.

Eagles overcome slow start to win

The Kirkwood women's volleyball team dropped the first game of their match to Iowa Central Wednesday night at Johnson Hall before coming back to win the next three.

Coach Jill Williams' team moved to 11-2 with an 18-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-16 victory over the Tritons.

Erin Wenzel had a big night at the net for the Eagles, pounding home 22 kills. Alex Miner and Morgan Grimm had eight apiece. Halle Lueck had 44 set assists. Jenna Laxton led the defense with 19 digs, followed by Wenzel with 17 and Madsy Richards with 15.

Grimm had two ace serves.