NIACC begins regional play at DMACC
BOONE - The NIACC volleyball team opens NJCAA Region 11 tournament play at No. 11 DMACC on Wednesday.
Match time is slated for 7 p.m.
The Trojans (14-23 overall) enter the regional tournament as the No. 8 seed. DMACC (26-9) is the tournament's No. 1 seed.
DMACC, No. 4 Kirkwood and No. 9 Iowa Central all finished ICCAC play with 10-1 records with the Bears earning the top seed via a tie-breaker. The winner of the eight-team regional tournament receives an automatic bid to the NJCAA Division II national tournament Nov. 15-18 in Cedar Rapids.
There are four at-large bids available to the national tournament. The max any region can get is three teams at the national tournament, including automatic bid.
Sophomore Jaida Hansen leads NIACC with 299 kills. The Trojans' Iwalani Beltran has 572 assists and 70 ace serves, Kennedy Schwiesow has 620 digs and Kit Byars has 132 blocks.
DMACC is led by Zophi Hendricks and Coryl Matheny with 308 kills apiece.
NJCAA Region 11 tournament
Wednesday's quarterfinals (all matches at 7 p.m.)
(8) NIACC at (1) DMACC
(2) Southeastern CC at (2) Kirkwood
(6) Hawkeye CC at (3) Iowa Central
(5) Northeast CC at (4) Ellsworth
Saturday's semifinals at site of highest remaining seed
DMACC/NIACC winner vs. Ellsworth/Northeast CC winner, 1 p.m.
Kirkwood/Southeastern CC winner vs. Iowa Central/Hawkeye CC winner, 3 p.m.
Sunday's title match at semifinal site
Remaining teams at 1 p.m.
NIACC LEADERS
Kills (1,300) - Jaida Hansen 299, Alyssa Wickersheim 234, Ellie Hanna 171.
Assists (1,183) - Iwalani Beltran 572, Emily Opstvedt 418.
Ace serves (251)- Beltran 70, Wickersheim 40, Opstvedt 35.
Digs (2,404) - Kennedy Schwiesow 620, Abbie Hyde 365, Wickersheim 354.
Blocks (267) - Kit Byars 132, Hanna 102, Hansen 96.
DMACC LEADERS
Kills (1,447) - Zophi Hendricks 308, Coryl Matheny 308, Eden Wilson 272.
Assists (1,432) - Emma Flathers 1,236.
Ace serves (271)- Maddie Dunham 63, Jerica Heintz 48, Flathers 43, Matheny 43.
Digs (2,444) - Kenya Prescott 706, Matheny 373, Flathers 332.
Blocks (217) - Monica Mirembe 89, Flathers 57, Abbi Brenizer 55.
