NIACC falls to Hawkeye CC, 3-0
MASON CITY - The NIACC volleyballt team dropped a 3-0 decision to No. 13 (NJCAA Division II) Hawkeye CC Wednesday night in an ICCAC contest in the NIACC gym.
Hawkeye CC (16-7 overall, 4-3 in the ICCAC) won 25-9, 25-18, 25-16.
"It was not the game we have been working toward as there were lots of unexpected errors and challenges that we didn't face or fix," NIACC coach Chris Brandt said. "We will use this opportunity to fuel the fire and get back to work (Thursday)."
Sophomore Tiegan Barkema led the Trojans with six kills, 11 digs, two ace serves and one block. Sophomore Kaylee Ollendieck had 10 digs and Ryley Wetlaufer had four assists and six digs.
Also for the Trojans, Kennedy Schwiesow had two digs, Abby Suiter had two blocks and Kalayah Kaschub had three kills and one block. Kyla Moore had had two kills, one dig and one block, Alyssa Wickersheim had four kills and Iwalani Beltran had 10 assists and four digs.
NIACC (10-20, 3-4) returns to action Friday and Saturday at the Iowa Central tournament in Fort Dodge.
