MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019
BAKER CITY HERALD — 7A
BAKER SOCCER
Baker girls shut
out Pioneers, 1-0
EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL
Mountaineers sweep 2 foes
By Ronald Bond
The (La Grande) Observer
LA GRANDE — The Eastern
Oregon volleyball team took some time
to get started in each of its three sets
against Multnomah Saturday.
Once they did, though, the No. 5
Mountaineers had no issue pulling
away from the visiting Lions.
Jet Taylor had eight kills and fi ve
block assists and EOU, though not
always sharp, swept Multnomah in
Cascade Collegiate Conference action
Saturday, 25-14, 25-11, 25-16, to cap
a perfect weekend at home. Eastern
swept Warner Pacifi c Friday, 25-17,
25-22, 26-24.
“That’s been our M.O., to be hon-
est, (and) tonight it was really pro-
nounced,” head coach Kaki McLean-
Morehead said. “We didn’t do a great
job of the non-volleyball related stuff as
far as starting off with strong commu-
nication, strong energy. That usually
is something that gets us going, and
we didn’t do great job of that. But I
think once we did get started, probably
10 points in, we started getting in a
rhythm and doing what we needed to
do.”
Multnomah held an early lead in
each set, and all three were tied at
similar points — 7-7 in the fi rst, 8-8 in
the second, and 9-9 in the third.
It was about then in each set that
Eastern put together a run to distance
itself from the Lions.
A 9-2 run in the fi rst set put the
Mountaineers up 16-9, and a subse-
quent 6-3 spurt made it 22-12. A kill
by Hailee Ackerman and a block by
Ackerman and Taylor ended the set.
Madison Pilon capped a 9-1 run
in the second set with an ace that
put Eastern ahead 17-9, and an 8-0
run ended the set moments later on
another Ackerman kill.
Eastern took a little longer to break
away in the third, but another 9-2 run
put the Mountaineers ahead 18-11,
Ronald Bond / The (La Grande) Observer
Eastern’s Megan Bunn spikes Saturday against Multnomah blockers
Emma Morcom, No. 8, and Faith Kraatz, No. 15.
and Sade Williams ended the match
with a kill.
“We have a lot of room to improve. I
don’t think this weekend was our best
weekend of play,” Taylor said, pointing
specifi cally to the team’s attack as an
area to get better. “For sure our hitting
percentage. hitting wise we were mak-
ing errors we don’t normally make in
games.”
One area, though, that was consis-
tent throughout the weekend — as it
has been all season — was the defense.
With Taylor leading the way both
nights, EOU had eight team blocks
Friday and seven Saturday. The team
also had 117 digs in the two matches,
which helped keep both Warner
Pacifi c’s and Multnomah kill percent-
age down. Kiley McMurtrey (30) and
Aspen Christiansen (24) led the team
in digs over the weekend
Christiansen pointed to the amount
of court time together for her and
McMurtrey — and, by extension, the
team — as why the back line has been
solid.
“It helps that this is Kiley and I’s
third year playing next to each other,
so over the years we’ve gotten better at
it, and we’re fi nally hitting our peak,”
she said.
Megan Bunn and Breanna Shaffer
each added four kills for EOU against
Multnomah. McMurtrey had 19 digs
and three aces. Pilon added 15 assists,
Christiansen had 10 digs and both
Taylor Tibbetts and Ackerman had
three blocks.
On Friday, Bunn had 10 kills and
Cambree Scott added eight to lead the
Mountaineers’ sweep of Warner Pacifi c.
EOU put the fi rst set away against
the Knights with an 11-3 run, ending it
on a kill by Shaffer, but had to work to
close out Warner Pacifi c in the second
and third. Eastern built an 18-10 lead
in the second on an ace by Ackerman,
but the Knights got within 24-22 be-
fore Taylor ended the set with a kill.
In the third, Eastern rallied from a
six-point defi cit, and was down 24-22
before getting the fi nal four points.
Taylor tied the set at 24-24 with a kill.
Bunn gave the Mountaineers the lead
with a kill, then teamed with Taylor for
a block to end the match.
The two wins set up what will be
one of the biggest matches of the
season on the national level Friday,
when No. 7 Corban — the only team to
defeat EOU this fall — comes to town
Friday. The Warriors (12-3 overall, 9-0
CCC) currently lead the conference,
while EOU (19-1, 9-1) is in second.
“We need to come out ready to set
the tone against Corban next week-
end,” Taylor said.
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Baker earned its fi rst Greater Oregon League girls soccer
win Saturday, defeating Mac-Hi 1-0 at Milton-Freewater.
Teygan Coley scored the only goal of the game for the
Bulldogs.
Baker coach Kristen Rushton said the Bulldogs played well.
“We had great leadership from Maya Smith and Rebecca
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PORTLAND STATE FOOTBALL
Vikings roll to win
PORTLAND (AP) — Da-
vis Alexander threw two
touchdown passes and ran for
a score and Sirgeo Hoffman
added two touchdown runs
to power Portland State to a
52-31 victory over Southern
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The Vikings (3-3, 1-1 Big
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fast and never looked back
against the Thunderbirds
(1-5, 0-2). Portland State used
Cody Williams’ 37-yard fi eld
goal and Hoffman’s 2-yard TD
run to take a 10-0 lead after
one quarter. Following Hoff-
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with Chris Helbig passing to
Lance Lawson for a 5-yard
score to get the Thunderbirds
within 10-7 just 17 seconds
into the second quarter.
PSU then scored 28
straight points to lead 38-
10 at the half. Alexander’s
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He added a 16-yard TD pass
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eight-play, 70-yard drive with
an 11-yard TD run to put
PSU up 31-7 Anthony Adams
then picked off Helbig and
two plays later Alexander
connected with Davis Koetter
for a 46-yard TD and a 38-7
lead.
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