WOMEN'S GOLF

The No. 25 LC State Women’s Golf continues a busy fall season this week at the Kalispel Invitational hosted by NCAA Division I Eastern Washington. The 54-hole tournament features DI schools Cal State Bakersfield, Idaho State, Santa Clara, EWU, Gonzaga, Montana State, Seattle U, Portland State, Idaho, Tartleton State, Utah Valley and Montana, as well as DIII Whitworth. 

Jane Barry, Taylor Mire, Dallis Shockey, Isabella Barquet and Giulia Belfontali will represent the Warrior women in the two-day tournament with 36 holes played on Monday before the final 18 on Tuesday. Mire led LC State at the Northwest Iowa Invitational with the best outing of her young career, and Barry is off to a hot start in her sophomore season and has emerged as a top player in the Cascade Conference. 

The tournament will be played at Kalispel Country Club in Spokane. Teams will tee off at 9 a.m. on Monday and 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

VOLLEYBALL

Last week was an eventful one for No. 17 LC State Volleyball as the Warriors joined the NAIA Top 25 for the first time since 2019 and improved to 9-0 on the season. LC State defeated The Evergreen State College (Wash.) and (RV) Northwest (Wash.) for a 6-0 Cascade Conference record and is one of two undefeated teams left in the best conference in the NAIA. Only one undefeated team will be left after Friday, however, when the Warriors take on top-ranked Eastern Oregon at home to start a big weekend. 

LC State will host the 2025 Fall Frenzy & Family Weekend, presented by Sparklight, Sept. 22-25. Dance, cheer, volleyball and cross country will represent Warrior Athletics at a pep rally on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. in the SUB Amphitheater, and various LC State teams will be on hand to sign posters on Friday at 4 p.m. at Warrior FanFest between the P1FCU Activity Center and Harris Field. Warrior Volleyball hosts No. 1 EOU at 6 p.m. Sparklight is also the sponsor of Friday’s volleyball match. 

P1FCU will sponsor Saturday’s 1K Day for LC State Volleyball as the Warriors host No. 12 College of Idaho. LC State has a goal to pack the P1FCU Activity Center with 1,000 fans for the match. P1FCU will hand out items before and during the match and students will have the opportunity to win scholarships. Group tickets are available for groups of 10 or more at lcwarriors.com/tickets.

Eastern Oregon enters the weekend as one of the favorites to win the NAIA title this season and has an impressive resume for far this year. The Mountaineers have six victories this season over top-25 teams and have a spotless 14-0 record. Last time the two teams faced off in Lewiston the Warriors took a set from EOU but fell in four sets. Taylor Boyce led LC with 12 kills in the contest and Makenzie Stout dealt three aces. 

EOU leads the NAIA in points per set (19.1), leads the CCC in attack percentage (.240) and blocks per set (2.90) and is second in assists per set (13.21) and kills per set (14.23). Kiauna Mack leads the Cascade and is second in the NAIA in blocks per set (1.91) and is fourth in attack percentage (.332). 

The Warriors are 9-6 against the 12th-ranked C of I Yotes since 2012 and took both meetings last season. Last time in Lewiston, Juliauna Forgach Aguilar tallied a career-high 32 kills to power the Warriors past the Yotes in five sets. She notched 21 in the most recent meeting in Caldwell to help LC State to a four-set win. C of I ranks second in the conference in blocks per set (2.52), led by Alexa Wheeler and Cora Young who are tied for fourth individually (1.26). Shaynee McWilliams is fourth in assists per set (7.06).

LC State ranks third in the CCC in blocks per set (2.38) and digs per set (15.53), and fourth in points per set (17.2), kills per set (13.00) and assists per set (12.24). Teagan Scott leads the Cascade in assists per set (8.91). Forgach Aguilar is second in the conference and fourth in the NAIA in kills per set (4.79) and Boyce is fourth (3.50) in the Cascade. Karissa Lindner is second in the CCC and fourth in the NAIA in blocks per set (1.48) and Ella Stosich is fourth in digs per set (4.06).

CROSS COUNTRY

LC State Cross Country is back on the course on Saturday at the WWU Bill Roe Invitational hosted by Western Washington in Ferndale. The No. 16 women will run the 6k at 10 a.m. followed by the No. 15 men in the 8k at 11 a.m.

Damaris Kibiwot led the Warrior women in the first two races of the season with seniors Grace Tiegs and Camille Ussher not far behind. On the men’s side, the senior-heavy LC State squad has been led by Kobe Wessels and Tristin O’Brien. Freshmen have made waves on each side as Kailee Lerew, Nuala Rollins and Lilly Gilbert have been in LC’s top five on the women’s side. Malachi Walsh has been in the mix of each race for the men.

The races will take place at Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale. Live results will be available.