Trojans battle Tigers to bitter end

IOWA CITY - The Iowa City West volleyball team lost to Cedar Falls Tuesday night after a marathon match lasting two-and-a-half hours.

The first game began with high intensity from both teams, but Cedar Falls quickly took an early lead. West slowly came back to tie up the score 15-15. In the end, it was sophomore Maddie Fay's set to senior Laynie Whitehead, who spiked the ball down to win the game point for West.

After West took the first game, the team's momentum continued, and it began the second game by taking the lead, 9-4. Cedar Falls took a timeout and came back to eventually tie up the score, 24-24. Cedar Falls ended up winning the second game 27-25.

Both teams then went on the win another game, tying the match score at 2-2.

With the crowd from both teams cheering loudly, the energy in the room was at a max for the 15-point match tiebreaker. The game started off evenly with a score of 4-4. This evenness continued, and the score eventually was tied at 12-12. Soon Laynie Whitehead came in with another kill to tie the score 15-15. Later, Ali Tauchen spiked down another kill to tie the score 16-16. In the end, Cedar Falls was able to pull out the victory with a game score of 19-17, and a match score of 3-2.

Cedar Falls improved 22-8 and West fell 16-8. The West High volleyball team will continue its season Saturday at the Westside Invitational, hosted by Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School.

Senior night will be on Oct. 21 against Prairie.

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