OLYMPIA, Wash. – With four players posting double-digit kills, the College of Idaho Yotes picked up the win over the Evergreen Geoducks in a Cascade Conference volleyball match on Saturday night at CRC Gymnasium in Olympia, Wash.

The Yotes (9-8, 9-2 CCC) were nearly untouchable in the first set as C of I exploded out to a double-digit lead early.  Evergreen (2-13, 1-9 CCC) strung together a three-point run late but it wasn’t nearly enough to hold off College of Idaho as they hit .455 to earn the 25-14 set one win.

In the second set, both teams came out ready to play as the Geoducks looked like they would run away with it.  The Yotes battled and used a 6-1 run to tie the set at 25-25 but Evergreen dug deep and fought through the extra points to collect a 29-27 set win.  Evergreen put up a match-high 20 kills in the set, committing just six errors on 46 swings to hit .304.

The third set looked much like the first set for the Yotes as College of Idaho controlled the frame from the very beginning, never trailing en route to a 25-15 set three win.  Evergreen did fight back towards the end, going on a 5-1 run but a kill by Emily Ottinger clinched the frame for the Yotes.

Evergreen tried to keep things tight in the fourth frame but College of Idaho had other ideas as a 9-2 run finished up the match for the Yotes as C of I moved over .500 for the first time this season with a 25-10 set four win.

The Geoducks were led by 14 kills from Victoria Love (Seaside, Calif./Seaside HS/Hartnell College).  Cassidy Watkins (Tucson, Ariz./Mountain View HS/Trevecca Nazarene Univ.) added 11 kills while Kelsey Delagrange (Longview, Wash./Kelso HS/Mt. Hood CC) put up 34 assists.

College of Idaho was led by 19 kills from Sofia Anxo.  Ottinger added 15 kills while Liz Myers finished with 12 kills.  Kyle Nawahine rounded out the Yotes in double-digits with 10 kills as Sierra Porter put up 50 assists in the win.  Janel Porter had a match-high 20 digs to lead the Yotes back row.

Evergreen hits the road next week, traveling to Portland to take on Warner Pacific on Friday night and Concordia on Saturday.  Both matches are set for 7 p.m.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. – Posting three sets hitting over .300, the 10th-ranked Eastern Oregon Mountaineers swept past the Evergreen Geoducks, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22, in a Cascade Conference volleyball match on Friday evening at CRC Gymnasium in Olympia, Wash.

Eastern Oregon (20-2, 10-0 CCC) built an early lead to open the match but the Geoducks (2-12, 1-8 CCC) kept it within reach.  That was until the Mountaineers used a 5-0 run to pull ahead by seven and EOU cruised the rest of the way to the 25-17 set one win.

The second set was tight early and despite an early EOU run that put the Mounties up by five at 14-9, the Geoducks battled back to get within one point at 21-20 but a 5-1 EOU run was enough to secure a 25-21 win to put Eastern up by two sets.

In the third set, the Geoducks came out hungry and kept with the nationally-ranked Mountaineers the entire way.  After never leading by more than two, Eastern picked up their biggest lead of the frame on a kill by Casey Loper that clinched the match with a 25-22 set three win.

Evergreen was led by 13 kills from Victoria Love (Seaside, Calif./Seaside HS/Hartnell College).  Cassidy Watkins (Tucson, Ariz./Mountain View HS/Trevecca Nazarene Univ.) added 10 kills while Kelsey Delagrange (Longview, Wash./Kelso HS/Mt. Hood CC) picked up 36 assists on the night.  The Geoducks hit .238 on the night, connecting on 40 kills with 15 errors on 105 total swings for their top hitting match of the season.

Eastern Oregon was led by a match-high 18 kills from Loper, who had just two attack errors on 32 swings to hit .500 on the night.  Stefani Sorensen added 12 kills while Karly Stack finished with 37 assists.  The Mountaineers hit .351 on the match, connecting for 49 kills with 10 errors on 111 total swings.

The Geoducks play host to College of Idaho on Saturday night, beginning at 7 p.m. at CRC Gymnasium.  Eastern Oregon is also in action on Saturday, traveling to Kirkland, Wash. to take on Northwest, also beginning at 7 p.m.

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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls found a way to get points when they needed as the Evergreen Geoducks were swept in a Cascade Conference volleyball match on Saturday night in Klamath Falls, Ore.

In the first half, the teams came out evenly matched as neither squad could earned much of a lead early.  With the score tied 10-10, Oregon Tech managed four straight to open the gap and the Geoducks couldn’t catch up, allowing another four-point run late that allowed the Hustlin’ Owls to earn the 25-18 set one win.

The second set looked to be a good one for the Geoducks as Evergreen took the lead early and seemed to be on their way to tying the match, leading 15-13.  Then the wheels came off as the Owls put together 12 straight points to take the second set, 25-15.

Evergreen battled like crazy in the third frame to force a fourth set and it looked that way late as a three-point run put the Geoducks within a point of taking the set at 24-21 but the Owls put together a three-point run of their own.  After a number of sideouts, Oregon Tech finally closed out the match, using three-straight points to earn the 31-29 set three win and clinch the match in straight sets.

Evergreen was led by eight kills each from Victoria Love (Seaside, Calif./Seaside HS/Hartnell College) and Molly King (Centralia, Wash./Centralia HS/Tacoma CC). Kelsey Delagrange (Longview, Wash./Kelso HS/Mt. Hood CC) had 20 assists while Liza Domingo (Ka’a’awa, Hawai’i/Kahuku HS/Lower Columbia College) led the Geoducks with 15 digs.

Oregon Tech was led by 12 kills from Marlee Smith and 11 kills from Kelsey Sampson.  Victoria Porter and Kayleigh Whelchel had 15 assists each while Marie Baumann led the back row with 15 digs on the night.

The Geoducks return home next weekend to open up the second half of conference play against Eastern Oregon on Friday and College of Idaho on Saturday.  Both matches are set for 7 p.m. at CRC Gymnasium in Olympia, Wash.

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ASHLAND, Ore. – Traveling to one of the traditional powers in the Cascade Conference, the Evergreen Geoducks put up a good fight before falling to the Southern Oregon Raiders in a CCC volleyball match on Friday night in Ashland, Ore.

In the first set, the Raiders weren’t quite sure who the team on the other side of the net was as the Geoducks battled with SOU.  With the match tied at 15-15, the Raiders took the lead for the final time, eventually using a three-point streak to clinch the first set, 25-21.

SOU used a quick start in set two to pull ahead early at 8-2 but Evergreen battled right back into it, pulling within three at 11-8.  A few points later, the Geoducks fell victim to a six-point run by Southern Oregon and a late Evergreen push wasn’t enough to prevent the Raiders from earning the 25-18 set two win.

The third set featured two SOU runs that gave the Raiders enough of an advantage to keep the Geoducks at Bay.  Leading 16-13, Southern pushed the lead to 20-13 and the gap was too much for Evergreen to overcome as the Raiders clinched the match with a 25-16 set three win.

Evergreen was led by 13 kills from Victoria Love (Seaside, Calif./Seaside HS/Hartnell College).  Kelsey Delagrange (Longview, Wash./Kelso HS/Mt Hood CC) led the way with 18 assists while Natimia Barker-Doss (Tacoma, Wash./Wilson HS/Pierce College) had 12 assits.  The Geoducks hit .170 on the match, connecting for 35 kills with 19 errors on 94 attacks.

Southern Oregon was led by 14 kills with just one errors for Nikki Keller, who hit an incredible .812 on just 16 attacks.  Emma Gasman added 11 kills while Paulla Pinheiro put up 10 kills in the win.  Lauren McGowne earned the assist on 50 of 52 kills while Renee Yomtob finished with 12 digs on the night.

The Geoducks return to action on Saturday night when they travel to Oregon Tech.  First serve with the Hustlin’ Owls is set for 5 p.m. in Klamath Falls, Ore.

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