#2 Kirkwood Sweeps NIACC

Mason City, IA- The #2 Kirkwood Eagles traveled to Mason City on Thursday evening to take on the NIACC Trojans in a crucial ICCAC matchup. 

Kirkwood (8-0 ICCAC) was looking to extend its conference winning streak to 10 and NIACC (3-5 ICCAC) was looking to make a late push for the Region 11 tournament. 

The Eagles and Trojans would start set one exchanging points until Kirkwood pulled away in the middle of the set. Kirkwood would take the first 25-16 and the second set 25-17. The Eagles would then be up 24-18 in the 3rd, however, a late scoring run by the Trojans would push Coach Brown to call two timeouts during a 5 point scoring run. At 24-23 a kill on the outside by Emma Meester would seal the victory for Kirkwood. 

Marissa Cahoy would lead the Eagles offensively. The freshman outside had 14 kills on 34 swings to hit .324 for the night. Freshman Kaci Johnson would put up another triple-double in the course of three sets with 10 kills, 25 assists, and 10 digs. 

The Eagles will be back in Johnson Hall on Wednesday for a pivotal ICCAC matchup with Iowa Central. The game between #1 and #2 in the conference is set for 6:30PM.