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The Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers volleyball team hoists the Cascade Collegiate Conference trophy
Saturday, April 3, after fi nishing the season a perfect 15-0.
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EOU volleyball finishes regular season undefeated, a team first
The Observer
LA GRANDE — The
No. 8 ranked Eastern
Oregon University wom-
en’s volleyball team made
history last weekend as the
Mountaineers completed
the regular season with
a pair of wins at home
against the Lewis-Clark
State College Warriors.
EOU won 3-1 (21-25,
25-20, 25-13, 25-19) on
Friday night, April 2, and
followed that showing on
Saturday, April 3, with a
3-0 sweep (25-15, 25-17,
25-13).
With the two wins,
EOU fi nished the reg-
ular season a perfect 15-0
overall and was 14-0 in
Cascade Collegiate Con-
ference play.
It is the sixth reg-
ular season crown for
the Mountaineers in the
last seven years and the
third consecutive one.
According to EOU Ath-
letics, this is the fi rst time
in program history EOU
has fi nished the regular
season undefeated.
With the regular season
title secured, the Moun-
taineers host this year’s
CCC Volleyball Tourna-
ment on Friday, April 9,
and Saturday, April 10.
EOU also has secured
an automatic qualifying
bid to the National Asso-
ciation of Intercolle-
giate Athletics National
Tournament.
On April 2, EOU hit
.267 and held the Warriors
(7-6, 7-6 CCC) to .178.
The match was even in
service aces at 5-all, while
EOU won the blocking
battle 6-4.
The Warriors managed
to take the opening set
of the series and held the
edge in kills 14-13 and hit
.257. EOU hit just .179 in
the 25-21 set loss.
The second set was
close early, but the Moun-
taineers surged ahead and
took the set 25-20. From
there on, the Mountaineers
never let the Warriors back
into the match.
Day two saw the Moun-
taineers pick up the sweep
as they hit .376 and lim-
ited the Warriors to a .108
hitting percentage. The
Mountaineers had the edge
in service aces, 5-2, and
blocks, 5-3.
While the Warriors had
their moments, including
getting within a single
point in the second set, the
Mountaineers dominated
the day, winning three
straight sets, including two
by double digits.
Cambree Scott led the
weekend for Eastern with
23 kills and hit .353 in the
wins. Jet Taylor totaled 11
kills and hit a team best
.476 on April 2. She also
had two blocks in the win.
Sade Williams had 16 kills
and Kiley McMurtrey tal-
lied 29 digs in the two
matches.
EOU has now won
six CCC Regular Season
Titles under the direc-
tion of head coach Kaki
McLean Morehead. The
Mountaineers played fi ve
sets in just three matches
in the regular season. Of
the 15 wins for Eastern
this season, nine were
sweeps.
Eastern next hosts the
Cascade Collegiate Confer-
ence the weekend of April
9-10 inside Quinn Coli-
seum on the EOU campus,
La Grande. As the No. 1
seed, the Mountaineers
will take on the Bushnell
Beacons. First serve is set
for 7:30 p.m. on April 9.
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