Kirkwood Volleyball

No. 7 Eagles finish 3-1 at Wisconsin Dells

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. - The seventh-ranked Kirkwood volleyball team  won both of its matches Saturday to finish with a 3-1 record at the  Wisconsin Dells tournament.

The Eagles defeated Harper College, 25-20, 19-25, 25-7, 26-24, and  rallied to top Carl Sandburg, 23-25, 29-27, 25-14, 25-22.

Margaret Micka led Kirkwood against Harper College with 12 kills and  14 digs. Alexa Whipple had eight kills and 11 digs. Abbi Tunis  finished with six kills and Ady Wintermote had five.

Grace Swenning collected 16 assists against Harper and Lauren Keane  had 14. Whipple had four aces and McKenzie Petersen blocked six shots.

Micka had 10 more kills against Carl Sandburg. Tunis had nine kills,  Wintermote seven, Hailey Borgmeyer six and Petersen five.

Keane rolled up 20 assists against Sandburg and Swenning had 14.  Swenning also had four aces. Brianna Eberhardt provided 16 digs and  Keane finished with 15. Wintermote and Haleigh Durnin blocked five  shots.

Kirkwood raised its record to 4-1.

No. 7 Eagles split at Wisconsin Dells

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. - The seventh-ranked Kirkwood volleyball team split its two matches at the Wisconsin Dells tournament Friday.

The Eagles lost to third-ranked Owens, 3-0, and rebounded with a 3-0 victory over Henry Ford.

Margaret Micka led Kirkwood with 11 kills against Owens. Ady Wintermote had six kills and Haleigh Durnin had five. Lauren Keane rolled up 21 assists, Micka had 10 digs and Durnin had seven blocks.

Alexa Whipple collected 14 kills against Henry Ford. Micka had nine kills for the Eagles (2-1). Grace Swenning dished out 20 assists and Micka had 11 digs.

The tournament continues Saturday.

Young Eagles sweep GV in 2017 opener

Scrappy. Athletic. Young.

That's the early scouting report for the Kirkwood women's volleyball team for the 2017 campaign.

The seventh-ranked Eagles swept the Grand View junior varsity, 25-14, 25-9, 25-18 in the season opener Wednesday night with a balanced attack at Johnson Hall.

The youthful Eagles feature 11 freshmen and only three sophomores on the club, but Coach Jill Williams liked what she saw after three weeks of camps and practices.

"I liked the energy, I liked the effort, I liked the bounce," she said after the match.

Kirkwood has finished seventh in the NJCAA Division II national tournament the last two years and Williams thinks she has another competitive team this season.

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6 KCC volleyball players sign letters

The six Kirkwood volleyball players who helped the Eagles finish seventh at the national tournament last season will be taking their skills to four-year colleges next year.

All-Americans Madsy Richards and Alex Miner are both headed to the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Erica Armstrong, a second team all-conference selection, will play at Upper Iowa University. Caiti Peterson, another second team  all-conference pick, is staying in Cedar Rapids to play at Mount Mercy.

Jenna Laxton, who received honorable mention in the ICCAC conference, will be playing at Saint Ambrose. And Morgan Grimm, another talented  Eagle, plans to play at Lake Forest.

The six Eagles were honored during a signing ceremony at Johnson Hall on Wednesday.