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Lynx cruise past Dodgers at the nets

FORT DODGE -- The regular season isn't quite over for the Webster City volleyball team, but they started the final stretch with a big win on Tuesday night.

The Lynx (19-9 overall) won a straight set match against Fort Dodge (5-18). Webster City fought tough in the first set, earning a 25-22 victory.

"It was a great start to the last week of the regular season," said Webster City head coach Jess Howard. "It was an all around effort.

"We communicated well and preserved and it showed our maturity."

They closed out the match with impressive 25-12 and 25-10 wins over Fort Dodge.

It was the third straight win for the Lynx and their eighth win in their last nine matches.

They close out the season at Clear Lake on Thursday and the Winterset tournament on Saturday.

In the first set the teams fought to a 14-14 tie. Webster City went on an 8-1 run to take a 22-15 advantage. The Dodgers reeled off five straight points to cut the margin to two (22-20). The teams went back and forth with two points each before the Lynx closed out at 25-22.

For Webster City Tristyn Wright and Evie Davis had three kills each.

"That's a tough court to play on (Dodger gym)," Howard said. "We had to acclimate to the gym and I feel like we did that pretty quickly."

The Lynx rode the momentum of the opener into the second set with two big runs. Webster City started the match 9-5 and then went up 19-10, closing out the match with six of the final eight points.

It was another strong set for the Lynx, who started out with a 10-4 lead and after raising the margin to 12-7, they went on a 13-3 march to close out the match.

Wright had an incredible final set with eight kills. In a mini 6-2 run, she had four kills and two aces for the Lynx.

Wright, who reached the 500 career kill mark last week had 15 kills on the night and seven aces for the Lynx. Davis had seven kills, while Avery Poppen had eight.

"Tristyn did a great job," Howard said. "She was aggressive and was swinging hard.

"She had great help from our middle and right side."

Jaylyn Bahrenfuss had 19 assists, while Elsie Pruismann had 16. Davis had three blocks.

Wright was 13-for-13 from the service line with seven aces. Bahrenfuss was 14 of 15 with an ace and Poppen was 15-for-16 with three aces. Izzy Weischenk was 12-for-14 with an ace.

Tessa Hansen was digs leader with 11, while Weinschenk had eight. Poppen had five. Wright and Bahrenfuss had four each.