Metro Sports Report

Eagles edged by No. 5 Cowley

Fri - 12 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

FORT DODGE - The 12th-ranked Kirkwood Eagles were trimmed by fifth-ranked Cowley County, 3-2, in the opening round of the Iowa Central volleyball tournament Friday in Fort Dodge.

The Eagles rebounded with a 3-0 victory over the Grand View junior varsity in their second match.

Cowley and Kirkwood split their first two sets. Cowley won the marathon third set, 31-29, but the Eagles rebounded with a 25-14 victory to square the match at 2-2. Cowley took the fifth set, 15-12.

Lauren Keane rolled up 46 assists against Cowley. Alexa Aldrich-Ingram had 25 kills, Sami Johnson 12 and Haleigh Durnin 10. Maddie Lavenz contributed 23 digs and Chloe McNeese had 14. Aldrich-Ingram and Abbi Tunis blocked six shots.

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Mustangs fall short at Peru State

Fri - 12 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

PERU, Neb. - The Mount Mercy women's volleyball team pushed Peru State to the limit Friday but fell short, 3-2, in a Heart of America Conference match in Nebraska.

The Mustangs won the first set, 25-12, but Peru State captured the second set 25-18 to square the match.

Mount Mercy took the third set, 25-22, for a 2-1 lead, but Peru State countered again with a 25-22 victory to square the match again.

Mount Mercy raced to an 8-3 lead in the fifth and decisive set, but Peru State got hot and won 15-11 for the victory.

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Eagles bumped from ICCAC volleyball race

Thu - 11 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

FORT DODGE - The Kirkwood women's volleyball team lost a five-set heartbreaker to Iowa Central Wednesday night and was eliminated from the race for the ICCAC conference title.

Kirkwood held a 2-1 lead after three sets, but Iowa Central took the fourth set to set up a decisive showdown. The Tritons prevailed in overtime in the fifth set, 19-17, to win the match 20-25, 25-19, 20-25, 25-13, 19-17.

Iowa Central raised its ICCAC mark to 7-0, good for a one-game lead over Hawkeye and Northeast and a two-game edge over DMACC. Kirkwood fell to 4-3 overall, and with only two matches left in the league the Eagles cannot win the title this season.

Alexa Aldrich-Ingram, the reigning ICCAC Conference Player of the Week, collected a personal-best 30 kills against Iowa Central. She ranks second in the country with 475 kills for the year.

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Mustangs booted in double OT

Thu - 11 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Amgad Hassan of William Penn scored in the 109th minute of double-overtime Wednesday night to give the Statesmen a 2-1 victory over Mount Mercy in a Heart of America men's soccer match at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Suleymane Diallo gave Mount Mercy a 1-0 lead in the 54th minute with an unassisted goal, but Victor Hernandez countered for William Penn in the 66th minute to knot the match at 1-1.

Nobody scored for another 33 minutes until Hassan delivered the game-winner with just 59 seconds left in double-overtime.

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Mount Mercy women trim Statesmen

Thu - 11 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Andrea Lopez and Adelaide Bayne scored goals Wednesday as the Mount Mercy women's soccer team edged William Penn, 2-1, in a Heart of America Conference soccer match at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Lopez tallied in the 37th minute on an assist from Megan Hall to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead at intermission. Bayne collected an unassisted goal in the 54th minute for a 2-0 advantage.

William Penn scored its goal in the 80th minute, but Mount Mercy hung on from there.

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