March 28, 2024

No. 13 Tritons sweep Southwestern

FORT DODGE — The first set went into overtime, but eventually 13th-ranked Iowa Central put together a sweep of visiting Southwestern Wednesday night, 29-27, 25-14, 25-21.

Iowa Central improved to 11-6 overall and 2-1 in the ICCAC Division II race. SWCC fell to 3-14 and 1-3.

Carmen Subbert had 16 kills for the Spartans and Madison Walston added nine. Bailey Preston had a team-high 13 digs along with 23 setting assists.

“We played up and down,” said Southwestern coach Ting Liu. “The first game was really close, but we were down by 10 points in the second one. Overall, our serving and passing was better, but we still need to work on the offense.”

Attacks (kills) — Carmen Subbert 16, Madison Walston 9, Brusha Cobbs 3, Mikayla Prott 2.

Blocks (solo-assists) — Subbert 2-1, Walston 0-1.

Digs — Bailey Preston 13, Natali Donahue 10, Subbert 7, Cobbs 5, Kirsten Anderson 4.

Serving (aces) — Preston 1, Prott 1, Cobbs 1.