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The Iowa Central volleyball team added more momentum heading into their pivotal showdown with Kirkwood on Thursday.

The No. 10 Tritons (26-7 overall) stretched their win streak to six with three victories at their home invitational inside Hodges Fieldhouse. After besting Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Allen County, they earned a four-set win over Metropolitan.

Up next for Iowa Central (10-0 in the ICCAC) will be second-ranked Kirkwood (28-1, 9-0) back here on Thursday at 7 p.m.

“This is a big week for us,” ICCC head coach Sara Horn said. “We (the Tritons and Kirkwood) are both undefeated in conference and vying for the top seed in regionals. Our girls have done a great job of setting us up to be in this position, and I’m excited to see their hard work pay off.”

Triton Talya Sampson tallied 27 kills with 13 digs in the victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. Meah McCaleb (Fort Dodge) had 20 digs with four assists and two aces. Anabel Seaman had 37 assists and Shirley Monaghan added six kills and 10 digs.

Addi Hindt (Southeast Valley) picked up four kills with three block assists and a solo block.

“I thought we had a pretty consistent weekend playing some good competition,” Horn said. “Hosting a tournament means a little extra work and a lot of distractions, and our players did a great job of staying focused despite this.

“Anabel had a really good weekend mixing up our offense and putting our hitters in good situations. She’s coming off of an injury and she did a great job getting back into the swing of things.”

Sampson had 20 kills and Monaghan 16 vs. Allen County. McCaleb again recorded 20 digs with two more assists.

Seaman had 37 assists and Hindt four kills with two block assists.

In the victory over Metropolitan, Sampson had 24 kills, Monaghan 18 and Cooper Griffin 13. McCaleb registered 23 digs with three assists and two aces.

Seaman contributed 55 assists and 10 digs. Hindt had eight kills.