West Branch Downs No. 15 Tipton

West Branch sophomore Abbey Fryauf hits against Tipton on Thursday. Photo by Darren Miller.

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Every team aims to be playing their best heading into the postseason.

West Branch continued to make good on that goal on Thursday holding off Class 2A No. 15 Tipton 25-22, 19-25, 25-15, 20-25, 15-13 in the River Valley Conference regular season finale for both teams in Tipton.

The win was the 11th in the last 13 matches for West Branch and improved the Bears to 17-8 on the season.

Claire Bridges digs a ball against Tipton. Photo by Darren Miller

West Branch finished 3-3 in RVC play and caused a four-way tie for the south division title with its road win on Thursday.

Regina, Tipton, West Liberty and Wilton all finished 4-2 to tie for the division title.

Abby Knoop had a match-high 28 kills and added 24 digs to lead West Branch on Thursday.

Claire Bridges added 10 kills and 18 digs and Abbey Fryauf had nine kills for the Bears.

Sophie Nopoulos had 26 assists and Riley Vaughan had 21 assists for West Branch while DaLana Kron finished with 22 digs.

Freshman Daniel Sommer led Tipton (21-8) with 19 kills while Blake Ehler added 16 kills.