Idaho Falls volleyball finishes regular season with win over Sugar-Salem

SUGAR CITY, Idaho (KIFI) – Tonight in Sugar City, the Idaho Falls Tigers Volleyball team defeated the Sugar-Salem Diggers in straight sets in the final game of the Tigers' season. Idaho Falls finished its regular season with back-to-back wins and will roll into the 5A District 5-6 tournament as the 1-seed on Saturday, October 17th.

The second set of this match was tied at 16 before Idaho Falls went on a run. That run expanded their lead to as much as 23-16 before Sugar-Salem responded to make it 23-17. However, Idaho Falls won the set 25-17, with the set point coming from Amaya Castaneda in the form of a service ace.

Idaho Falls sealed the deal by winning the third and final set 25-19 off of a kill from Eva Hillam. The Tigers finish the regular season with a 26-9 record. They also finish with a 7-0 record in conference play. Sugar-Salem will play one more match in their regular season. They will take on Teton on Thursday, October 15th. As the one seed in the 4A District 6 tournament, they will wait to play their first game on October 19th. They'll play the winner of South Fremont versus Teton.