Wednesday, Oct. 30
Division I Conference Matches
#6 Indian Hills (33-3; 3-1) def. #10 Iowa Western (24-9; 3-1), 3-0
When Indian Hills needed it most, they delivered. The Warriors took down Iowa Western 3-0, 25-23, 26-24, 25-20 on the road in Council Bluffs. The win gave the Warriors a share of the Region XI regular-season championship after both teams finished the season 3-1.
The coincidence is that the exact same scores were posted in Ottumwa earlier this season, leaving the teams in a deadlock tie for first place, each winning three sets and scoring 143 points.
The teams flipped a coin on Thursday morning to determine the seeding in the Midwest District Tournament. Iowa Western won the coin toss and will represent Region XI in the Midwest A bracket and Indian Hills will head to the Midwest B bracket. Both tournaments will be hosted by teams from Region 24 (Illinois) on Nov. 9.
Other representatives from Region 4, 16 and 24 will be announced next week after the completion of their regional tournaments.
Division II Conference Matches
#8 Iowa Central (30-5; 7-1) def. #13 NIACC, 3-1
In the deciding match of the ICCAC Regular Season title, Iowa Central took care of business against NIACC at home, 3-1.
The Tritons took the first two sets before giving up one to the Trojans in the third, 25-22. But they adjusted and won the fourth set 25-20 to seal their second straight ICCAC Conference Championship.
Amaya Finley and Kealy Anderson had 15 kills each to lead the Tritons. Kate Godfredsen and Alesha Johnson shared the passing load, totaling 44 assists combined.
Taylor Bienemann had 29 digs, Finley had 20 and Anderson had 12.
For NIACC, Kennedy Meister totaled 16 kills to lead all scorers in the match. She also led her team with 24 digs. Becca Steffen had 21 assists and 18 digs.
Iowa Central will host the Region XI-A Tournament in Fort Dodge this weekend, while NIACC will do the same in Mason City for Region XI-B. The Trojans earned the tie-break over Northeast for their head-to-head win back on Oct. 9.
Northeast (19-16; 7-2) def. DMACC (18-17; 6-3), 3-0
More seeding was on the line last night in Boone as DMACC hosted Northeast. In a back-and-forth match, Northeast wound up with the W beating the Bears in the fifth set, 15-7.
Northeast was led by Caitlin Orton and Brianna Bauer who finished with 14 and 15 kills. MaKayla Davidson dished out 40 assists along with 13 digs. Josie Sanger led all Hawks with 30 digs.
For the Bears, Amber Dilsaver had a huge night, tallying 26 kills. Cailey Schaa led the match with 52 assists and 22 digs. Three other Bears had over 20 digs, including Dakota Miles who finished the match with a whopping 42.
Northeast secured the No. 3 seed in the Region XI-B Tournament in Mason City this Saturday against No. 6 Hawkeye.
DMACC dropped all the way to No. 5 and will face Kirkwood. Had DMACC won, they would have jumped all the way up to the No. 2 seed and hosted in Boone.
#19 Kirkwood (23-14; 6-3) def. Hawkeye (15-23; 4-5), 3-0
With a win over Hawkeye, Kirkwood finished 6-3 and won the tie-break over DMACC for the No. 4 seed of the Region XI-A Tournament.
Last night in the 3-0 victory, the Eagles were led by Anna Gorsich again, who had 12 kills. Abbie Ericson had 9 and Aubrin Dittmer had 8 to balance the offensive attack. Defensively, Maranda Wheelock had 15 digs and Olivia Richards had 14. Madi Wagaman had 24 assists.
Hawkeye will be the No. 6 seed in Region XI-B and face Northeast in the semifinals on Saturday. Kirkwood will face DMACC.
Southeastern (22-16; 4-5) def. Southwestern (5-33; 1-8), 3-0
Southeastern, locked into the No. 7 seed of the Region XI-B Tournament before the night began, eliminated Southwestern with a 3-0 sweep of the Spartans.
The Blackhawks were paced by Rachel Bingham who finished with 12 kills and Rachel Malinowski had 11. Bingham finished with a double-double, adding a team-high 13 digs.
Kennedy Good also had 13 digs for Southeastern and Jenna Saad dished out 22 assists on the night.
Southwestern needed a win and an Iowa Lakes loss to make the regional tournament. Coming up short, Southwestern season ended.
Iowa Lakes (10-29; 2-7) def. Ellsworth (5-27; 0-9), 3-0
Ellsworth needed a victory to keep any hopes of sneaking into the Region XI Tournament alive. Iowa Lakes spoiled any of those plans as the Lakers rolled to a 3-0 win and secured a spot of their own as the No. 8 seed in the Region XI-A Tournament.
Lindsey Jensen led the attack for the Lakers with 10 kills. Ariel Bozonie had 8 herself, and Sydney Swanson had 7 to help provide a spark. Mary Kelly assisted on 33 of the Lakers' points. Faith Marroquin did as she always does defensively and led ILCC with 25 digs. Jensen complimented her 10 kills with 11 digs for a double-double.
For Ellsworth, Monique Vanzin had a match-high 18 kills, and Kaitlyn Baer had 9 for the Panthers. Vitoria Kazanovski had 33 assists. Jojo Keahey led all Panthers with 13 digs.
With the loss, Ellsworth's season ends.