LEWISTON, Idaho – It is a busy week for Warrior Athletics with three teams in action. LC State Volleyball will begin the Cascade Conference Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, on Tuesday at third-seeded Oregon Tech, while Warrior Women’s Basketball will head to Moscow for an exhibition against NCAA Division I Idaho at 6 p.m. the same night. Men’s and women’s basketball is set to host the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge Classic and the Twin Rivers Physical Therapy Classic this weekend.

VOLLEYBALL

LC State Volleyball is on its way to Klamath Falls, Ore., for the quarterfinal of the CCC tournament. The Warriors clinched the sixth seed with a tiebreaker over College of Idaho to earn their first berth into the Cascade tournament in program history. 

The Warriors take on OIT on Tuesday at 7 p.m., with the winner advancing to the semifinal hosted at top-seeded and seventh-ranked Corban. A full preview is available later today.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Reigning Cascade Conference WVT Laboratory Player of the Week Sara Muehlhausen and the rest of LC State Women’s Basketball will play in an exhibition contest at Idaho on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. The Warriors last faced U of I in 2019 and fell 81-40. 

LC will host the Twin Rivers Physical Therapy Classic on Nov. 12 and 13 in the Activity Center. The Warriors will open the weekend on Friday against Montana Tech before taking on Rocky Mountain College on Saturday. Both LC Women’s Basketball games will be at 5 p.m.

LC State last faced Montana Tech in the quarterfinal of the 2019-20 Frontier Conference tournament and came away with a 63-52 victory. The Warriors defeated the Orediggers in three of the four meetings in that season, including an overtime win in the last meeting of the regular season.

The Warriors fell to Rocky Mountain in two of the team’s three contests in the final season in the Frontier. LC rolled past RMC, then ranked No. 20 in the NAIA, 82-54 in the only victory over the Battlin’ Bears in 2019-20. Rocky won an overtime battle in the first meeting between the two.

LC State won its opening contest on Tuesday with a 81-77 victory over NCAA Division III Whitman behind a career-high 16 points by Muehlhausen. Maddie Holm notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards, Hannah Broyles scored 14 points, Callie Stevens added 13 and Heidi Sellmann scored 12. 

MEN'S BASKETBALL

The No. 20 Warrior men continue non-conference action this weekend when they host the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge Classic. LC State will take on Providence on Friday before turning around to face Montana Western on Saturday. Both games will be at 7 p.m. in the Activity Center.

LC State has not faced either opponent since the 2019-20 season, the last for the Warriors in the Frontier Conference. LC won all three meetings against each team, with UP being ranked as high as No. 7 throughout the season. The Warriors took those contests by scores of 90-71, 96-65 and 96-87. 

Against Montana Western, LC State cruised to 91-63 and 85-61 wins before grinding out a 70-67 victory to close out the regular season. The Warriors went on to win the Frontier Conference and conference tournament for the second year in a row. 

The Warriors are coming off a landslide victory over Northwest Indian College on Wednesday, and an exhibition contest against NCAA DI No. 1 Gonzaga on Friday. Brennen Newsom led LC State with a career-best 20 points in the 118-56 win against NWIC, and Kevin Baker put up a solid 21 points against the Zags.