Warriors' Bid for National Tourney Berth Ends

Council Bluffs -- After winning their two matches in pool play in the District D tournament in impressive fashion, the Indian Hills Warriors were primed to spring an upset against defending district champ Iowa Western in Sunday's title match.

But the Reivers quickly squelched the Warriors' hopes for the upset with a straight-set win. Iowa Western advanced to the national tournament, beating the Warriors, 25-14, 25-17 and 25-22.

The match ended the IHCC coaching career of the Warriors' Terry Carlson, who had announced earlier in the week that he would retire at the end of the season.

"I told the girls that I couldn't have had a better group of girls for my final Indian Hills team," Carlson said on Sunday. "We never let the circumstances get us down. Even in the final loss, we had girls step up and make big plays. You can't ask for more than that from a team."

In the match with the Reivers, Carly Wehling, playing her last match for IHCC, led the team with eight kills. Jessi Black and Emily Eswonia, a pair of freshmen, each had 10 digs and Kelsey Wagner, another sophomore, had three blocks.

On Saturday, Indian Hills took care of two Illinois schools -- Lake Land and John A. Logan -- in three sets each. The scores against Lake Land were 25-21, 25-23 and 25-20. The JAL scores were 25-20, 25-23 and 25-17.

Wehling had 13 kills in the first match and 10 against JAL. Eswonia had 13 digs in each match. Setter Ailime Conglaves had 30 assists in both matches.

The Warriors end the season with a 23-20 record.

Final Home Match Results in Win

Ottumwa -- The Indian Hills volleyball team sent retiring coach Terry Carlson out in style in his final home match, sweeping visiting Marshalltown CC at the Net Center on Wednesday night.

Carlson, who was honored in a ceremony at the conclusion of the match, saw his squad polish off the Tigers in three sets, winning 25-20, 25-12 and 25-18.

It was also Sophomore Night for the Warriors and the three sophs all played a key part in the Warriors' 21st win of the season.

One of the sophomores, Carly Wehling, led IHCC with 10 kills and she added nine digs. Classmate Kelsey Wagner had eight kills and five blocks, including three straight blocks in the second set. The other soph, Erin Mosinski, recorded six kills and two digs.

Freshman Emily Eswonia also came up big for IHCC with seven kills and a team-high 20 digs.

The Warriors now head to Council Bluffs this weekend for the District D tournament. They open with pool play on Saturday, taking on both Lake Land and John A. Logan. The championship match is slated for Sunday.