Kirkwood Womens Basketball

Woolfolk sparks No.2 Eagles, 85-78

Danielle Woolfolk is usually the shortest player on the basketball floor at 5-foot-3, but she may have the biggest heart and the greatest love of the game.

Woolfolk shook off a back injury and sparked No.2 Kirkwood past No.17 Iowa Central Tuesday night, 85-78, with 20 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals at Johnson Hall.

Woolfolk collided with a teammate near the end of the first half and suffered a nasty fall, sending her to the training room for repairs and a heating pad on her sore back. She returned for the second half and did not miss a beat.

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Tuttle, Woolfolk lead No.2 Eagles

COUNCIL BLUFFS - Katelyn Tuttle popped in four 3-pointers and scored 17 points Saturday as No.2 Kirkwood punished the Concordia (Neb.) junior varsity, 93-55, at the Iowa Western Classic in Council Bluffs.

Danielle Woolfolk scored 15 points for Kirkwood (9-1). Mikayla Fallon made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points.

The Eagles hit 14 triples in the ballgame. Kirkwood battered Concordia on the backboards, 46-22, with Ariel Sneed grabbing eight rebounds. Tuttle had six assists.

Kirkwood hosts No.17 Iowa Central Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

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No.2 Eagles smash Northwestern JV

COUNCIL BLUFFS - Freshman Hanna Haynes scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Friday as Kirkwood belted the Northwestern College junior varsity team, 91-58, in the opening round of the Iowa Western Classic.

Kirsten Larson popped in five 3-pointers and netted 17 points for the second-ranked Eagles (8-1). Danielle Woolfolk scored 14 points and Ariel Sneed had 12.

Kirkwood pounded Northwestern on the backboards, 57-23.

The Eagles will play the Concordia (Neb.) junior varsity team on Saturday at the tournament.

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Kirkwood women ranked No.2 in NJCAA

The Kirkwood women's basketball team vaulted into the No.2 spot in the NJCAA Division II national rankings Wednesday.

The Eagles (7-1) were not ranked in the preseason poll, but their victories over No.5 Owens, No.7 Illinois Central and No.8 Kishwaukee helped them jump all the way near the top.

Louisburg College climbed from No.14 to No.1 in the rankings.

NIACC, which competes in the same league as Kirkwood, is ranked third this week. Iowa Central is 17th.

NJCAA DII TOP 20
1. Louisburg (8-0), 2. Kirkwood (7-1), 3. NIACC (9-0), 4. Highland (12-0), 5. Owens (11-1), 6. Johnson County (9-0), 7. Illinois Central (6-2), 8. Kishwaukee (7-2), 9. Mesa (5-1), 10. Guilford Tech (6-0), 11. Lake Michigan (5-1), 12. Pima (5-4), 13. Chesapeake (10-0), 14. Rhode Island (6-0), 15. Kansas City (9-1), 16. St. Louis (7-1), 17. Iowa Central (7-1), 18. Kalamazoo (6-2), 19. Central Columbus (10-3), 20. Lackawanna (9-0).