BASEBALL

Second-ranked LC State Baseball split the first weekend of the 2023 season with the toughest schedule the program has seen in some time. The Warriors opened the year with victories over No. 4 LSU Shreveport (La.) and No. 25 Keiser (Fla.), and losses to No. 8 St. Thomas (Fla.) and No. 1 Southeastern (Fla.). LC State wraps up the trip with contest against NCCAA Fort Lauderdale and (RV) Warner (Fla.). 

This will be the first meeting with both Warner and Fort Lauderdale.

Nick Seamons got off to a hot start with three home runs through the first four games. The junior is slugging 1.000 with a .389 batting average and seven RBI. Of LC State’s 14 runs scored in the East/West Challenge, Seamons played a role in eight. 

TRACK & FIELD

LC State Track and Field earned two more national qualifiers at the EOU Lew Thorne Invite on Saturday. Jennah Carpenter set the school-record in the high jump (1.67m) and Sydnie Zywina did the same in the triple jump (11.63m). Both are A standards and rank in the top 10 in the NAIA. 

The Warriors have two meets left in the regular season including this weekend’s Whitworth Invite at The Podium in Spokane. It is the final competition for LC State at the venue this season.

MEN'S TENNIS

Men’s tennis, receiving votes in the national poll, went 2-1 over the weekend in Oregon with victories over NCAA Division III Lewis & Clark and William Jessup (Calif.). Dan Felker went undefeated with three doubles wins between No. 1 and No. 2, and three victories at No. 1 singles. 

LC State opens its weekend on Friday against DI Eastern Washington. The Warriors are 0-3 against EWU dating back to 2010. DIII Whitworth comes to the LCSC Tennis Center on Sunday. The Warriors are 24-1 against the team from Spokane dating back to 2010. 

WOMEN'S TENNIS

LC State Women’s Tennis earned its first victories of the spring with sweeps of Whitworth and College of Idaho over the weekend. The Warriors mixed up the lineup in each match with 7-0 results in both. 

The Warrior women will take on DI Montana on Friday and Saturday. After Saturday’s 9 a.m. match against the Grizz, LC will face DIII Whitman. The Warriors are 1-10 against Montana dating back to 2010 and 6-5 against Whitman in the same time frame.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The No. 9 Warrior women (22-2, 17-1) bounced back last week with wins over Walla Walla, Bushnell and Corban. LC State hits the road this weekend for its final away games of the regular season. The Warriors will make their longest trip on the Cascade Conference schedule with contests at No. 25 Southern Oregon (19-5, 15-3) and Oregon Tech (17-7, 13-5).

LC State defeated SOU 54-58 when the two met in Lewiston in January. Callie Stevens led with 20 points and Maddie Holm grabbed 10 rebounds. The Warriors hold the series record with the Raiders since 2012 at 5-4.

SOU leads the CCC in scoring defense (53.8) (eighth in the NAIA).

Stevens added 20 points against Oregon Tech as well, with 19 from Hannah Broyles and 16 from Ellie Sander, to help LC defeat OIT 79-64. The Warriors drained 13 3-pointers in the contest.

OIT leads the CCC in free throw percentage (.759) (10th in the NAIA). The Owls’ Olivia Sprague leads the conference in scoring (17.6), steals per game (2.3), 3-point field goal percentage (.450) and assists per game (4.1), while Maddyson Tull leads in field goal percentage (.543). Gabbie Gascon leads in free throw percentage (.857).

The Warriors lead the conference in field goal percentage defense (.324) (second in the NAIA), blocked shots per game (4.4) (eighth in the NAIA), steals per game (11.0), turnover margin (6.38) and assist/turnover ratio (1.3). Adyson Clabby leads the CCC in assist/turnover ratio (3.4) and Stevens is second (2.6).

With four games left in the regular season, LC State and No. 16 Eastern Oregon are tied for the top spot in the CCC standings. SOU is third and OIT is fourth. The top four teams, as well as Bushnell, have clinched five of the eight spots in the conference tournament. College of Idaho and Corban are close to clinching, and there will be a battle for the eighth seed between Evergreen State, Northwest and Walla Walla.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

LC State Men’s Basketball (12-12, 9-9) won two of three games last week with victories over Walla Walla and Bushnell before falling to Corban. In the final away games of the regular season, the Warriors will take on Southern Oregon (16-8, 12-6) and Oregon Tech (12-12, 9-9) this weekend.

SOU defeated LC State 85-81 in January, despite a career-high 17 points from Erick Chaney. Keegan Crosby and John Lustig each added 14 in the contest, and Crosby notched a double-double with 11 rebounds. The Warriors are 5-4 against the Raiders dating back to 2007. 

Southern Oregon leads the conference in assists per game (17.6) and 3-pointers made per game (9.8).

The Warriors edged OIT 76-74 in Lewiston in the first meeting of the season with 25 points from Davian Brown and 22 from Lustig. LC is 4-1 against the Owls since 2003. 

Oregon Tech leads the CCC in blocked shots per game (4.0), and Joey Potts leads individually with 2.2.

College of Idaho holds the top spot in the CCC and has clinched a playoff berth. Corban is the only other team to clinch a spot for far. The top eight teams earn spots in the CCC tournament, and LC State is currently tied with three teams (including OIT) for sixth.