VBC, WMU make SEISC finals

BURLINGTON — The Southeast Iowa Super Conference tournament finals were on Saturday in Burlington, and two area teams were in attendance. Both Van Buren County and Winfield-Mount Union moved past Thursday’s pool play round, but both were eliminated in Saturday’s quarterfinals.

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On Thursday, Van Buren County entered ‘Pool 3’ in Columbus as the No. 6 seed. The Warriors went 2-1.

The Warriors beat Columbus 21-12, 21-14. Van Buren County knocked off Hillcrest Academy 21-10, 21-17.

Due to a 21-14, 22-20 loss to Notre Dame in their other pool play game, the Warriors had to play against Pool 4 winner Central Lee. The Hawks knocked out the Warriors after two nail-biting sets went Central Lee’s way, 25-23 and 26-24.

Winfield-Mount Union finished second at ‘Pool 1’ in Danville. The Wolves beat hosting Danville 21-16, 21-19, behind a seven-kill performance from Kellee Milks. WMU took out Lone Tree 21-17, 21-5, getting three kills from Audrie Gipple.

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WMU did fall to Holy Trinity in its other pool play match, which forced the Wolves to play ‘Pool 2’ winner West Burlington. WMU fell 25-9, 25-9 against the Falcons to end their run in the quarterfinals.

No other Union area teams finished Top-2 in their pools. Highland did pick up a 21-9, 21-9 win against Pekin in Pool 2. Columbus had a thrilling three-set win over Hillcrest (21-11, 24-26, 15-10) in Pool 3.

In Pool 4, New London did have three wins. The Tigers took down Central Lee (18-21, 21-19, 15-8), WACO (25-23, 17-21, 15-8) and Louisa-Muscatine (21-11, 21-16).

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New London wound up in a three-way tiebreaker with Central Lee and New London. The Hawks took down the Tigers 21-17, and then beat Wapello 21-18 to earn the top spot.

WACO had one win in pool play, beating Louisa-Muscatine 21-11, 21-13.

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In the final match of the tournament, West Burlington swept Holy Trinity 25-19, 25-18.