GOLF

Warrior Golf tees off in the final Cascade Conference tournament of the fall on Monday at the Thunderbird Invitational hosted by British Columbia in Bremerton, Wash. The two-day event will be the final action for the women until spring, while the men will compete once more before breaking for the winter. 

The Warrior men will send out Sondre Andresen, Owen Pearson, Oscar Behle, Lucas Ortega and Alex Navarro. Hunter Millsap will compete as an individual. Navarro led the LC State men in Arizona and Behle was the top Warrior at the Bushnell CCC event. 

The LC State women will have Chase Caruso, Isabella Barquet, Dallis Shockey, Giulia Belfontali and Jane Barry on the course. Caruso led the Warriors at the Briarwood Shootout with the best finish of her career in a tie for fourth, and Barquet has consistently been one of the top players in the conference this fall. 

Action starts on Monday with the first round for the women and first two rounds for the men. The men will tee off at 8 a.m. and the women at 10 a.m. Both will play their final rounds on Tuesday starting at 8:30 a.m. at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. Live stats will be available for both teams.

VOLLEYBALL

LC State Volleyball is back in the P1FCU Activity Center this weekend to host Multnomah (Ore.) and Warner Pacific (Ore.). The weekend is packed with fun promotions for the whole family with the help of sponsors Rogers Motors and Guardian Heating, Plumbing and Air Conditioning. 

The Warriors will host the third annual Trunk-or-Treat event on Oct. 25 from 5-6:30 p.m. LC State athletic teams, campus group and Rogers Motors will have decorated trunks with treats for children and families. The entire night is sponsored by Rogers Motors. 

LC State defeated Multnomah in four sets earlier this season in Portland and holds a 10-0 record against the Lions dating back to 2018. Juliauna Forgach Aguilar tallied an impressive 24 kills in the match while Esther Kailiponi filled up the stat sheet with 21 assists, 12 digs and four service aces.

Saturday is Pink Night in the P1FCU Activity Center, sponsored by Guardian Heating, Plumbing and Air Conditioning. 

The Warriors are 12-0 against the Knights dating back to 2010 and swept WPU earlier this season in Portland. Forgach Aguilar led the match with 13 kills and Makenzie Stout dealt four service aces. LC State hit .333 as a team and held WPU to .054.

LC State enters the week ranked third in digs per set in the CCC (16.35). Forgach Aguilar leads the conference in total kills (380) and is second in the CCC and sixth in NAIA in kills per set (4.63). Freshman Taylor Boyce ranks eighth in the conference in kills per set (2.96), Missy Mortensen is 10th in attack percentage (.278) and Natany Felix Guimaraes is fourth in digs per set (4.77).

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

After a trip to Pullman on Sunday, the Warrior women will take on another NCAA Division I program in the Idaho Vandals on Friday. LC State last faced Idaho in an exhibition in 2021 in one of the first events in the ICCU Arena. This year’s edition will be an exhibition starting at 6 p.m. There will be no live stream or live stats.

Payton Hymas made her return to the court on Sunday and led the Warriors with 15 points and four assists. Ellie Sander was solid on defense with six rebounds and Darian Herring scored 12 points. 

The matchup will pit freshman Kendall Wallace against sister Ashlyn Wallace, a senior with the Vandals. This will be the first time the Clarkston, Wash., products meet collegiately. 

A full preview of the 2024-25 LC State Women’s Basketball season can be found HERE.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

The No. 15 Warrior women will wrap up their regular season in Nebraska at the Blazing Tiger Classic, hosted by Doane (Neb.) in Crete. LC State has been building momentum all season around a talented young group of runners. 

The Warriors have had three different runners lead the team in four races. Junior Grace Tiegs was first runner to cross the line at the Clash of the Inland Northwest and Willamette Invitational, while Lily Bennett led the team at the Cougar Classic. Freshman Damaris Kibiwot put together a historic race to lead the LC State squad at the home meet on Saturday. Kibiwot clocked a time of 18:04 to break the freshman 5k record, set by Tausha Kuzmic in 2001. 

The varied results show the depth of the Warrior lineup with a top five that also consistently includes Abigail Shumaker and Camille Ussher.

Live results will be available for the 6k meet at kicks off at 8 a.m.