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CCC announces hybrid volleyball schedule
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Eastern Oregon University/Contributed Photo
Eastern Oregon University cross-country student athlete
Michelle Herbes runs in this undated photo. The junior
from Union was the overall winner in the women’s 5K race
Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in Lewiston, Idaho, at the Lewis-Clark
State College Winter Invitational. EOU on Monday, Feb.
15, 2021, announced the Embrace Health-Santiam Hospital
named Herbes its Athlete of the Week.
EOU’s Herbes wins
women’s race at
winter invitational
The Observer
LEWISTON, Idaho —
Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity cross-country hit the
trails again the afternoon
of Friday, Feb. 12, as the
men and women competed
in Lewiston, Idaho, at the
Lewis-Clark State Col-
lege Winter Invitational.
Michelle Herbes was the
overall winner in the wom-
en’s 5K race, while the men
and women each placed
third.
Host school LC State
picked up the win in both
races. The men’s team for
the Warriors scored 23
points to secure the win,
according to a press release
from EOU, while the
women scored 28 points.
Northwest University was
second in both races and the
Mountaineers right behind.
Herbes, a junior from
Union, headlined the day
for the Mountaineers with
a fi rst-place fi nish in the
women’s race in a time of
18:35 for the 5K course.
This was Herbes’ fi rst win
of the season, and she has
been the top fi nisher for the
Mountaineers in each of
their three races so far.
The winter storms that
last week moved over the
Pacifi c Northwest played a
role in Lewiston. By race
time, the temperature was
a crisp 19 degrees with
snow falling, according to
the press release. The wind
was not too strong, but the
weather made for a chal-
lenging race day for all
competitors.
The men hit the LC State
cross-country trail fi rst as
they battled in an 8K race.
Once again, sophomore
Hunter Nichols of Hep-
pner led the EOU pack as
he crossed the fi nish line
in 26:30 and placed eighth
overall. It is the second
straight race for Nichols
where he has led the way
for the Mountaineer men’s
squad.
The next EOU runner
across the fi nish line was
senior Hunter Schiess of
Salem. He placed 15th
overall with a time of 27:58.
The Mountaineers then had
three of the fi nal scored
runners come in all in a
row, with the trio fi nishing
in the top-20.
Freshman Jonathan
Wind of Meridian, Idaho,
was the fi rst of the three as
he placed 17th with a time
of 28:08. Coming in behind
him was freshman JP Frie-
drichsen from Burns in a
time of 28:37. Ten seconds
later, Eastern Oregon’s fi nal
scored runner crossed the
line — freshman Bennett
Welch of La Grande had a
time of 28:47. And senior
Chris Llanos of Ketchikan,
Alaska, was the fi nal Moun-
taineer runner to fi nish as
he placed 25th running a
30:46.
The women’s race was
highlighted by Herbes as
she dominated the event
and fi nished ahead of
second place by 15 seconds
and held a pace of 5:59.
The next EOU dis-
tance harrier to come in
was freshman Jaimee
Baxter of Union who was
11th overall in a time of
19:52. Four spots back was
junior Calista Van Delden
of Grants Pass who placed
15th with a time of 20:27.
And Katie Jo Gebhardt of
Salmon, Idaho, was right
behind Van Delden, run-
ning a rounded time of
20:27 to fi nish 16th.
Junior Kendra Blake of
La Grande was the fi nal
scored run to cross the
line for the EOU women,
placing 24th in a time of
21:42. The next two run-
ners behind Blake were
also Mountaineers. Dierdre
McKay, a junior from
Portland, fi nished 25th at
22:05, followed by Jes-
sica McDonald, a freshman
from Zillah, Washington, in
26th at 25:00 fl at.
Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity on Monday, Feb.
15, announced Herbes
received recognition for her
early cross-county season
efforts, with the Embrace
Health-Santiam Hospital
naming her its Athlete of
the Week. This was the
second consecutive week
an EOU student-athlete
received the honor.
Oregon looks for home
win against Colorado
EUGENE — Oregon
looks for its sixth straight
win over Colorado at
Matthew Knight Arena,
Eugene. The last victory for
the Buffaloes (16-6, 11-5)
at Oregon (12-4, 7-3) was a
48-47 win on Feb. 7, 2013.
Oregon has relied
heavily on its seniors this
year. Eugene Omoruyi,
Chris Duarte, LJ Figueroa
and Amauri Hardy have
collectively accounted for
64% of the team’s scoring
this year and 60% of all
Ducks points over the last
fi ve games.
The Ducks have recently
used assists to create bas-
kets more often than the
Buffaloes. Oregon has 50
assists on 82 fi eld goals
(61%) across its past three
outings.
Oregon is ranked second
among Pac-12 teams with
an average of 75.4 points
per game.
— The Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Vol-
leyball conference play, set
to begin Friday and Sat-
urday, Feb. 19 and 20, will
undergo changes for the
upcoming season.
The Cascade Colle-
giate Conference, which
includes Eastern Oregon
University, announced the
changes Tuesday, Feb. 16,
in a press release.
“With Oregon counties
having been in the extreme
risk category for the last
several cycles, along with
our desire to ensure the
start of our season, we
are moving to a hybrid
model,” stated CCC Com-
missioner Robert Cashell
in the press release. “It is
very important to everyone
that we do everything we
can to not delay the start
any further so the stu-
dent-athletes can get back
to participation.”
The hybrid schedule has
the College of Idaho and
Lewis-Clark State Col-
lege each hosting three
other CCC teams in a tour-
nament-style format in
which each team will be
able to play four matches
in a weekend. The tour-
nament-style contests will
take place at each campus
the weekends of Feb. 19-20
and March 5-6.
With COVID-19 cases
reducing across the con-
ference footprint, the
CCC anticipates that by
March 19-20 the league
will be able to return to a
more normal home-and-
away schedule. That likely
depends on Oregon coun-
ties moving out of the
extreme risk categories to
high or moderate, which
would allow for indoor
activities.
At this time, according
to the CCC, the postseason
tournament is on tap but
reduced from six to four
teams.
The league will con-
tinue with the policy of
not permitting specta-
tors at any CCC events
— with the exception of
cross-country and golf —
until further notice. CCC
member schools intend on
livestreaming the majority
of events.
Schedules are online
at each athletic depart-
ment’s website or on the
CCCWebTV link: portal.
stretchinternet.com/ccc/.
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