Kirkwood Volleyball

5 Kirkwood volleyball players honored

Five members of the Kirkwood volleyball team have received All-Region and All-Conference honors, the ICCAC announced Thursday.

Heather Poula, Amber Timmins and Erin Walker were named first team All-Region. Alicen Wintermote and Payton Hilton were named second team All-Region.

Poula and Walker were named first team All-Conference in the ICCAC. Wintermote, Timmins and Hilton were named second team All-Conference.

Kirkwood finished 32-8 and tied for the ICCAC title. The Eagles lost in the regional finals, falling one step short of the national tournament.

KCC volleyball team falls in finals

FORT DODGE - The Kirkwood volleyball team ran into one of the hottest teams in the country and lost to Southwestern Community College in the Region XI-B finals, 31-33, 25-21, 25-23, 25-23, Saturday afternoon in Fort Dodge.

Southwestern (32-9) will take a 12-match winning streak to the national tournament in Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 21-23.

The seventh-ranked Eagles defeated Southwestern, 3-1, during the regular season Sept. 11 at Kirkwood, but the Eagles fell short Saturday after taking the marathon first game 33-31.

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Kirkwood 1 step from national tourney

They didn't have the "spark" Coach Jill Williams was hopeful of seeing.

But the Kirkwood women's volleyball team had more than enough to move within one step of another berth in the NJCAA Division II national tournament.

The Eagles were able to put together some runs in the middle of all three sets in Tuesday night's Region XI-B semifinal matchup with Marshalltown Community College at Johnson Hall.

All three sets were close until the midway point of each. That's where No. 7 Kirkwood took over in each set and went on to post a 25-16, 25-19, 25-18 win. The victory moves the Eagles (32-7) into a 2 p.m. contest against Southwestern CC of Creston in Fort Dodge for the right to go to the national tournament.

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No.7 Eagles split volleyball matches

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The seventh-ranked Kirkwood volleyball team split two matches at the Parkland Tournament Saturday in Champaign, Ill.

The Eagles (31-7) swept Danville, 25-13, 25-17, 25-19, but lost a tough five-set match to Lincoln Land, 25-20, 25-20, 18-25, 13-25, 15-13.

Payton Hilton led Kirkwood with 12 kills against Danville. Erin Walker had 10 kills and Heather Poula nine. Amber Timmins collected 29 assists. Chelsea Gryp had 13 digs and Cali Beyer 12.

Poula paced the Eagles with 19 kills against Lincoln Land. Walker had 14 kills and Gryp 10. Timmins rolled up 45 assists. Beyer had 28 digs and Timmins 20.