OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Lewis-Clark State Volleyball team wrapped up the weekend of Cascade Conference action with a 3-1 (27-25, 16-25, 25-23, 25-22) loss at Evergreen State. The Geoducks swept the season series with the Warriors, who are now 14-9 on the season and 10-8 in CCC play.
"It wasn't our best stuff tonight," Head Coach
Shaun Pohlman said. "We didn't play horrible, just not our best against a solid Evergreen team."
The match started in back-and-forth fashion before a pair of kills by
Cassidy Nelson gave the Warriors a 10-7 lead. The Geoducks matched the run to tie things up 10-10 before kills by
Jada Wyms,
Lisi Langi,
Grecia Ung Enriquez and
Juliauna Forgach Aguilar put LC back in front 17-13. Wyms and Forgach Aguilar went back-to-back to push the advantage to 19-14, but a run by TESC sent the set into extra points.
Langi tallied two straight kills to tie the set 24-24, but the Geoducks closed out the set 27-25.
The Warriors turned things around with a strong second frame, starting with a four-point rally sparked by a kill by Nelson.
Channa Hart, Wyms and Ung Enriquez each added a kill in the run. Nelson kickstarted another run of five, adding three kills total in the span, to go with a block by Hart and kill by Langi at 12-7.
Kills by Wyms and Nelson paired with a block by Wyms and ace by
Jennah Carpenter to give the Warriors a 10-point cushion at 21-11. Langi closed out the set with a kill at 25-16.
LC State rallied for four points after two by TESC opened the set. Wyms got things started with a kill,
Esther Kailiponi added an ace and Nelson capped the run with a terminal swing at 4-2. Two more kills by Langi and a block by Wyms made it 7-3, and another run of four with a kill and ace by Ung Enriquez and kill by Forgach Aguilar made the advantage 13-9.
The Geoducks launched a comeback to take a 19-16 lead, but a kill and ace by Ung Enriquez gave LC back the lead at 22-21. TESC scored the final three points of the set for a 25-23 win.
Evergreen carried the momentum into the fourth frame and took a 7-5 lead. A kill by
Carli Berntson and ace by Ung Enriquez tied the score 7-7, and kills by Wyms and Langi made it 14-10 in favor of the Warriors. The Geoducks utilized a five-point rally to jump ahead 23-20 before closing things out 25-22.
Langi led the Warriors with 15 kills on a .333 attack percentage. Nelson and Ung Enriquez each added 10. Kailiponi dealt 27 assists and Carpenter dished out 17.
Kenzie Dean collected 18 digs.
UP NEXT
The Warriors host the final home matches of the regular season next weekend, including Senior Night on Saturday, Oct. 29. LC State will take on Warner Pacific at 7 p.m. on Friday and Multnomah at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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