LEWISTON, Idaho – A season of building came to a close on Tuesday in the P1FCU Activity Center when Warrior Volleyball fell to Oregon Tech in the play-in match of the 2024 Cascade Conference Volleyball Championship tournament, presented by U.S. Bank. Junior
Juliauna Forgach Aguilar wrapped up a record-setting season, while seven LC State seniors concluded their careers at home.
The Owls took the match in four sets by scores of 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-21. LC State Volleyball finishes the 2024 season with a record of 15-13 overall and 12-10 in CCC play.
Forgach Aguilar shattered the single-season record for kills per set (4.60) and points per set (4.91) in one of the best offensive seasons ever by a Warrior.
Natany Felix Guimaraes ended the year with the second-best digs per set rate (5.07) and fifth-most digs (543), and Forgach Aguilar ranks seventh with 488 total kills.
HOW IT HAPPENED
LC State started the match with a 6-2 run on kills by Forgach Aguilar and
Abby Beaton and an ace by
Abbey Neff. Kills by Forgach Aguilar and
Taylin Rowley pushed the advantage to 9-4, and two more by the pair had the advantage at 12-10 as OIT chipped away. A 6-2 run with kills by
Karissa Lindner,
Anna Merrill, Forgach Aguilar and
Hallie Seaman gave the Warriors a 19-14 lead.
An ace by
Katie Rainville could not hold back the Owls as OIT surged to pull ahead 22-21. Rowley tallied a pair of kills and teamed up with Lindner on a block to fuel a four-point run to end the set 25-22.
Three swings by Forgach Aguilar and one by Seaman had the Warriors up 6-5 in the second set. The teams battled back-and-forth until OIT went on a five-point run to pull ahead 18-12. Rowley put up a solo block before notching a kill to bring the Warriors within five, 20-15, and kills by Forgach Aguilar made it 22-18. Forgach Aguilar tallied a kill and
Hannah Dotson dealt an ace, but OIT took the set 25-22.
LC State's first three points of the third set came from Forgach Aguilar kills. Seaman added one for a 5-4 Warrior advantage, but the Owls jumped in front 11-8. The Warriors went on an 8-2 run with tallies by Merrill,
Makenzie Stout, Beaton, Forgach Aguilar and
Ella Stosich to take a 16-13 lead before a surge by OIT swung the momentum back with the Owls for a 21-19 edge. Rowley and Beaton added kills before Oregon Tech took the set 25-21.
OIT maintained control with a quick 7-3 lead in the fourth frame. A block by Forgach Aguilar and two kills by Rowley brought LC State within one, 8-7, but another rally by Oregon Tech made it 14-9 in favor of the Owls. Forgach Aguilar notched four kills to pair with one by Rowley, a block by Seaman and Beaton and an ace by Dotson to cut the difference to two, 18-16, but a run by OIT made it 22-16. Seaman, Felix Guimaraes,
Esther Kailiponi and Forgach Aguilar added kills to keep the season alive, but OIT took the set 25-21 to end the LC State run.
STATE RECAP
Forgach Aguilar led the match with 25 kills on a .254 attack percentage to go with two solo blocks and 12 digs. Rowley tallied 12 kills with two blocks and Seaman added six kills with two block assists. Neff dealt 24 assists with 11 digs and Kailiponi had 22 assists.
Felix Guimaraes was three shy of her career-best with 30 digs in the four sets and Stout added 13.
The two teams were even in total points (68), kills (54), aces (7), blocks (7) and digs (93). LC State finished the match with a 52-51 edge in assists. The Warriors committed three more attack errors than OIT and five more service errors.
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