Metro Sports Report

KCC volleyball swept by Indian Hills

The Kirkwood volleyball team was swept by Indian Hills, 25-11, 25-17, 25-14, in a junior college match Tuesday night at Johnson Hall.

Erin Wenzel led the Eagles with six kills and Brittni Wright had five. Halle Lueck had 16 assists and 11 digs.

Kirkwood fell to 25-14 for the season.

Caitlyn Smith wins Metro Spotlight Award

Caitlyn Smith of Marion is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Smith, a sophomore, is a key member of the Marion High School volleyball team. The Indians are ranked No. 4 in Class 4A with a 29-8 record heading into the postseason tournament.

Smith leads the powerful Wamac Conference in assists with 873 this year and is averaging 9.29 assists per set. She also has 129 digs, 45 kills, 38 blocks and 28 aces for the Indians.

No. 20 Coe women blank Central

Jordan Holmes scored an unassisted goal in the 48th minute Tuesday to help the 20th-ranked Coe women's soccer team blank Central, 1-0, in an Iowa Conference match at Clark Field.

Holmes connected into an open net from about five yards into the bottom right corner.

MJ Winter made six saves for the shutout.

The Kohawks raised their records to 15-1-2 overall and 5-1-1 in the conference.

Gavin named new A.D. at Mount Mercy

Paul Gavin has been selected as the new athletic director at Mount Mercy University and he's already made two major appointments in the department, the Metro Sports Report learned Saturday.

Aaron Jennings has replaced Gavin as the men's basketball coach at Mount Mercy. And Bob Kintzel has replaced Jennings as the women's basketball coach on an interim basis for this season.

An official announcement of all three moves is expected Monday.

Gavin, 49, compiled a 387-329 record in 23 years as the men's basketball coach at Mount Mercy. He is the winningest men's basketball coach in school history and led the Mustangs to three NAIA national tournaments, including a trip last season to the second round.

Gavin succeeds Scot Reisinger as the school's athletic director. Reisinger became the new dean of adult programs at Mount Mercy in August after serving as the athletic director since 2006.

Gavin has spent most of his adult life at Mount Mercy as a successful student-athlete and coach. He graduated from Mount Mercy in 1988 and was a star basketball player and golfer for the Mustangs. He also has been the successful men's golf coach at Mount Mercy, but will be stepping aside from that post as well to become the full-time athletic director.