OLYMPIA, Wash. – The 20
th-ranked LC State Volleyball team completed the weekend Washington sweep on Saturday with a 3-0 victory at The Evergreen State (Wash.). The Warriors won their fourth straight contest with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-16.
The victory improves the LC State record to 16-4 overall and 10-4 in Cascade Conference play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Evergreen had the momentum early in the first set and jumped out to a 7-2 lead. A block by
Karissa Lindner and
Taylor Boyce helped turn things around for the Warriors at 8-5, and a kill by Boyce sparked a run of five straight points to tie the set 12-12. Boyce tallied three kills in the run,
Hadyn Smith added one and
Teagan Scott dealt a service ace. An ace by
Makenzie Stout gave LC a 14-13 edge before points from Lindner and Smith pushed the margin to 18-14. Swings by
Aubree Lane, Lindner and Boyce, along with a
Kadence Moore ace made it set point at 24-16, and
Kate Schneider notched a kill to close out the frame 25-17.
The Geoducks took another early lead in the second set to pull in front 6-2. Kills by Boyce and
Addison Wilson cut the deficit to 8-7, and a swing by Smith was part of a four-point run that saw LC State take an 11-9 lead. Kills by Wilson and Lindner and an ace by
Kendall Focht made it 14-11 and a stretch of kills by
Mikale Roy, Boyce and Wilson had the Warrior advantage at 23-17. Scott served another ace before a kill by Smith ended the frame 25-17.
Kills by
Ella Stosich,
Alba Carpena and Roy had the Warriors out to a 6-4 lead in the third set.
Hannah Dotson served an ace and Schneider added a kill to make it 12-7, and kills by Carpena and
Helena Stewart, along with aces by Stout and
Ashlyn Watt, carried the momentum into a 20-10 advantage. The Warriors closed out the set and the match with kills by
Michaela Romine and Schneider in the 25-16 third frame.
STAT RECAP
Boyce led the contest with 10 kills on a .444 attack percentage while Smith and Wilson each added five. Wilson hit at a clip of .556. Scott dished out 18 assists and Focht notched 17.
Stosich led the back row with seven digs in the match and Moore collected six. Scott and Stout each served two aces.
Lindner led the contest with four blocks, including one solo, while Boyce and Wilson each assisted on two.
The Warriors hit .281 and held TESC to .098 behind six blocks. LC State served eight aces compared to one by the Geoducks.
UP NEXT
The Warriors return to the P1FCU Activity Center next week and host Walla Walla (Wash.) on Oct. 20 and Warner Pacific (Ore.) on Oct. 24.
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