Washington Volleyball

Torson sparks Saints by Warriors

As she has done to so many teams in her stellar four-year high school career, Xavier’s Kayla Torson broke the will of the Washington Warriors Tuesday night with a flurry of late-game kills.

Not once, but twice, the 5-foot-11 senior jumping jack single-handedly brought the Saints back from 20-15 deficits and then finished off with the final points in a straight-set 25-22 25-19 25-23 victory at Xavier.

“When you’re down, that’s not the time to let up,” said Torson, an all-stater who will take her talents next year to the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

“That’s the time to turn it up and go after it. When I’m out there, I want to win.”

And she all but willed her team to a win on their home court against a scrappy Washington outfit that’s getting better game by game.

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Hawks, Warriors win twice at tourney

CEDAR FALLS - The Prairie Hawks and Washington Warriors won two matches at the Cedar Falls Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday.

Prairie went 2-1 in pool play and lost to Dowling, 21-14, 21-16, in the first round of the championship playoffs. The Hawks topped Janesville (16-21, 21-9, 15-7) and beat Waterloo East (21-6, 21-13) in pool play, but lost to powerful Dike-New Hartford (21-15, 21-10).

Washington went 1-2 in pool play with a victory over Des Moines East (21-6, 21-11) with losses to Dowling (21-17, 21-5) and Grundy Center (21-9, 21-5). The Warriors defeated Waterloo East (21-17, 21-17) in the first round of the consolation playoffs before falling to Waterloo Columbus (25-7, 25-22).

Dike-New Hartford topped Cedar Falls for the title, 25-12, 31-29.

Wash spikers sweep Waterloo West

WATERLOO - Sophie Smith, Rumer Weiland and Caiti Peterson had five service aces Tuesday night as the Washington Warriors swept Waterloo West, 25-22, 25-20, 25-15, in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match in Waterloo.

Smith collected 13 kills for the Warriors. Amaris Davis had 11 kills and Weiland contributed four blocks.

Peterson finished with 23 assists for Washington. Mel Hoeger had 12 digs. Charle Jones and McKenna Pink had 10 digs.

Wash spikers fall to ranked foes

IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Washington volleyball team ran into stiff competition at the Caroline Found Invitational in Iowa City Saturday and lost to three ranked teams.

The Warriors began the day with a 21-14, 21-8 loss to Mount Vernon, which is ranked No.2 in Class 3A. Washington then dropped a 21-5, 21-8 verdict to Ankeny, which is ranked No.5 in Class 5A, before rebounding with a 21-19, 23-21 victory over Davenport North.

Washington fell to Dowling, 25-4, 25-15, in the quarterfinals of the championship bracket. Dowling is ranked No.2 in Class 5A.

Ankeny topped Dowling for the title, 25-20, 25-20.