GOLF

The LC State Men’s Golf team will wrap up its fall season this week at the Tall Timber Invitational, hosted by Bushnell University (Ore.). Action starts on Monday at noon with the first of two rounds. The Warriors will play 18 holes on Monday and the final 18 on Tuesday.

LC State will send Alex Navarro, Owen Pearson, Oscar Behle, Lucas Ortega and Kye Krall out in the fall finale with Dan Harrington and Jaxon Moon playing as individuals. Navarro led the Warriors in the last two tournaments and Pearson made his fall debut last tournament with strong play. Both placed in the top 20 at the Thunderbird Invitational. 

The tournament field features Cascade Conference programs LC State, Bushnell, Corban (Ore.) and College of Idaho. NCAA Division III teams Willamette and Linfield will also compete in Eugene.

VOLLEYBALL

LC State Volleyball will hit the road for the final time in the regular season with a tough trip against a pair of top-25 teams. The Warriors open the road swing on Friday at No. 4 Eastern Oregon before taking on No. 22 College of Idaho on Saturday. With four matches remaining in the regular season, the Warriors (13-10, 10-8) are in the hunt for a top-six seed in the Cascade Conference Tournament. 

The fifth and sixth seeds will host a CCC tournament play-in match on Nov. 12 with the seventh and eighth seeds on the road. The Warriors currently hold the No. 6 spot in the CCC and are two matches up on Oregon Tech and Walla Walla (Wash.). 

Eastern Oregon (23-2, 15-2) is the top team in the CCC heading into the week and will battle the Yotes on Tuesday. LC State is 0-12 against the Mountaineers since 2012 and fell to EOU 3-1 in Lewiston this season. The Warriors took the opening set before dropping the next three. Taylor Boyce led the Warriors with 12 kills. EOU leads the conference in opponent hitting percentage (.111) and blocks per set (2.65) and is second in hitting percentage (.235), assists per set (12.58) and kills per set (13.40). Kiauna Mack leads the CCC in blocks per set (1.70)

LC State defeated C of I (14-11, 10-7) in a thrilling five-set match in Lewiston and is 8-6 against the Yotes since 2012. Juliauna Forgach Aguilar tallied the second-most kills ever by a Warrior in a match with 32 and Boyce added 17. Karissa Lindner and Forgach Aguilar each totaled five blocks, Abbey Neff dealt 24 assists and Natany Felix Guimaraes collected 24 digs. The Warriors dealt 11 service aces compared to C of I’s three. The Yotes are third in the CCC in attack percentage (.210). Abby Draghici is third in attack percentage (.344) individually.

The Warriors are second in the conference in digs per set (16.52), led by Felix Guimaraes’ No. 4 mark of 4.88 per set. The LC State libero is third in total digs with 429. Forgach Aguilar leads the conference in total kills (395) and is second in the CCC and seventh in the NAIA in kills per set (4.54). Missy Mortensen is sixth in the CCC in hitting percentage (.306).

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The No. 24 Warrior women wrapped up preseason play on Saturday in Moscow with an exhibition against the NCAA Division I Idaho Vandals. Despite the loss, junior Sitara Byrd led the contest with 23 points on a 9-for-12 night from the field. LC State Women’s Basketball officially opens the 2024-25 season on Saturday as part of Tribal Nations Weekend, presented by the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge. 

LC State will take on Haskell Indian Nations University, an NAIA school out of Lawrence, Kan., at 2 p.m. on Nov. 2. The tournament opens on Nov. 1 when the Indians face Northwest Indian College in the P1FCU Activity Center.

For more information on Tribal Nations Weekend, presented by the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge, click HERE.

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

MEN'S BASKETBALL

The 2024-25 season kicks off for No. 25 LC State Men’s Basketball on Nov. 2 when the Warriors host Haskell Indian Nations University (Kan.) as part of Tribal Nations Weekend, presented by the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge. 

LC State will take on Haskell at 4 p.m. on Nov. 2. The tournament opens on Nov. 1 when the Indians face Northwest Indian College in the P1FCU Activity Center. 

For more information on Tribal Nations Weekend, presented by the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge, click HERE.

A full preview of the 2024-25 LC State Men’s Basketball season will be available later this week.