Kennedy Volleyball

Prairie wins MVC/MAC Challenge

Cedar Rapids Prairie went 3-0, capping the evening with a thrilling win over top-ranked Bettendorf to take the title in the MVC/MAC Challenge at Prairie.

Prairie opened with a 2-1 win over Pleasant Valley, then swept North Scott before taking both games from Bettendorf to win the challenge.

Kennedy went 2-1, losing a 3-set match to Bettendorf before bouncing back with sweeps over Pleasant Valley and North Scott.

Iowa City West also went 2-1 giving the MVC a 7-2 mark against the MAC teams

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Fluent will join Loyola volleyball

Cedar Rapids Kennedy junior Anna Fluent has accepted an offer to play college volleyball at Loyola of Chicago.

Fluent committed to Loyola Sunday night, according to Kennedy Coach Michelle Goodall.

Fluent was named all-conference in the MVC last season and helped Kennedy reach the Class 5A regional finals.

Milbrath will join N. Illinois volleyball

Brinley Milbrath of Kennedy has accepted an offer to join the Northern Illinois University volleyball team for the 2016-17 school year.

Milbrath, a 6-foot-1 junior, led the Cougars last season with 297 kills and 77 blocks. Kennedy finished with a 28-12 record.

Milbrath was named second team all-conference and second team all-Metro. She is also a member of the Kennedy basketball team.

Metro volleyball players rake in honors

Nine high school volleyball players from the Metro area have been named to the all-state and all-district teams by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association.

Alyssa Thomas and Abby Phillips of Marion were named first team all-state in Class 4A. Amanda Sahm of Marion was named second team all-state. Kayla Torson of Xavier and Isabella Sade of Marion received honorable mention in Class 4A.

Amanda Ollinger of Jefferson was named second team all-state in Class 5A. Anna Fluent of Kennedy, Sarah Renner of Linn-Mar and Kate Busswitz of Prairie received honorable mention in Class 5A.

The same nine players were named to the all-district teams.

Thomas, Sade, Phillips, Sahm and Torson were named all-district on the Class 4A Northeast squad. Busswitz, Renner, Ollinger and Fluent were named all-district on the Class 5A East team.