MEN'S GOLF

The No. 19 LC State Men’s Golf team is in Laurel, Mont., this week for Rocky Mountain College’s Beartooth Invitational. The three-round tournament features nine Frontier Conference schools in Bellevue (Neb.), Carroll (Mont.), Providence (Mont.), Dickinson State (N.D.), Mayville State (N.D.), Montana Tech, Valley City State (N.D.) and two Rocky Mountain (Mont.) teams. 

Sondre Andresen, Luke West, Lucas Ortega, Andrea Artusini and Kye Krall will represent the Warrior men in the two-day tournament with 36 holes played on Monday before the final 18 on Tuesday. West led LC State in the men’s most recent tournament with a career-low score of 6-under, 207. He tied for ninth at the Northwest Iowa National Invitational thanks to a personal best round of 66 in round two and was voted the Cascade Conference Golfer of the Week. Krall is making his season debut and Artusini is making his collegiate debut.

The Warriors last played in the Beartooth Invitational in 2023 where they finished second. Krall tied for seventh with a 2-over, 218.

The tournament will be held at the Laurel Golf Club. Teams will tee off at 8 a.m. PT on Monday and Tuesday.

VOLLEYBALL

No. 17 LC State Volleyball (9-2, 6-2) is back on the road for another tough weekend of Cascade Conference competition. The Warriors battled with No. 1 Eastern Oregon and No. 12 College of Idaho in the P1FCU Activity in front of more than 2,000 spectators last weekend but suffered their first losses of the season. The strong CCC competition continues this weekend with matchups at (RV) Bushnell (Ore.) (11-7, 5-3) and No. 3 Corban (Ore.) (12-3, 6-2). 

LC State opens the weekend in Eugene with a tilt at Bushnell. The Warriors are 6-8 against the Beacons since 2010 and split the regular season last year. LC State swept BU in Lewiston with the help of eight blocks by Karissa Lindner and 12 kills from Juliauna Forgach Aguilar. The Warriors held the Beacons to a .085 attack percentage thanks to 10 blocks as a team. Bushnell swept LC State, however, in Eugene.

Bushnell leads the Cascade in service aces per set (2.33) with two players in the top five individually in Hailey Heider (0.48) and Julia Cook (0.45). Leah Agost is fifth in the CCC in attack percentage (.302) and Soleil Sands is third in blocks per set (1.30). Kailey Shirley is fourth in digs per set (4.16).

Saturday’s match will be a battle of the Warriors when LC State takes on Corban. The LC Warriors have not defeated the Corban Warriors since 2018 but came close in both meetings last season. Both matches went five sets, and in the match in Salem Forgach Aguilar tallied 22 kills and Taylor Boyce added 21. 

Corban leads the CCC in assists per set (13.20) and is second in points per set (18.4), kills per set (13.88), hitting percentage (.224) and service aces per set (2.18).

LC State is second in the conference in digs per set (15.59), led by Ella Stosich who ranks third individually (4.34). Forgach Aguilar leads the CCC in kills per set (4.63) and is third in the NAIA, and Boyce is fourth in the CCC (3.41), and Lindner ranks second in blocks per set (1.35). Teagan Scott leads the Cascade in assists per set (8.60).