CEDAR FALLS – The Grundy Center volleyball team celebrated several milestones at Saturday’s Tiger Invite in Cedar Falls at the University of Northern Iowa’s Wellness & Recreation Center.<\/p>\n
Carlie Willis and Ellery Luhring surpassed milestones of 500 kills and 1,000 assists, respectively. Spartan head coach Lori Willis also passed the 200-win milestone for her coaching career.<\/p>\n
For Lori Willis, her personal milestone was even sweeter as it coincided with the Spartans' three-set triumph over 2A No. 10 Osage, 22-20, 19-21, 15-11.<\/p>\n
"There were a couple of losses we had that day that we could have done better and gotten [the 200th win] sooner," Willis said. "But I feel like it was in God's plan that it had to be Osage, because we took a huge leap forward and we just played super aggressive, super high energy, and had super confidence, and what coach doesn't want that for their team."<\/p>\n
Shirley Monaghan had 10 kills in the big win, with Carlie Willis adding seven kills and Lainy Thoren contributing 11 digs and two ace serves.<\/p>\n
Grundy finished 3-2 on the day, with wins against Cedar Rapids Washington, Waterloo West and the Green Devils. The Spartans fell in straight sets to 3A No. 1 West Delaware and 5A No. 9 Cedar Falls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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