SALEM, Ore. – No. 22 LC State Volleyball fell just short of a reverse sweep of No. 6 Corban (Ore.) on Friday in Salem. After the Corban Warriors took the first two sets, the LC Warriors answered with wins in the next two before the host team outlasted LC State in the fifth set.
The LC State back row had a big night as four players had double-digit digs, led by libero
Ella Stosich with 26. The Warriors in red put up 12 blocks to hold Corban to just a .072 attack percentage.
The loss has the LC State record at 18-5 on the season and 12-5 in Cascade Conference play. Corban and LC State entered the contest tied for third place in the conference which moves LC to fourth place with three matches to play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The first set was a back-and-forth battle until three kills by
Taylor Boyce and one from
Addison Wilson gave LC State an 11-7 edge. Corban responded with a 5-1 run to tie things up 12-12 before a late run made it 18-16 in favor of the home team. Despite kills by Boyce,
Hadyn Smith and
Mikale Roy, Corban outlasted LC State 25-22 in the frame.
A kill by Smith and ace by
Kadence Moore gave LC an early 2-0 lead in the second frame, but multiple runs by Corban put the hosting Warriors in control with a 15-8 lead. A kill by
Aubree Lane sparked a late rally that, aided by kills from Smith and a
Teagan Scott service ace, cut the deficit to 23-20, but Corban scored twice in a row to end the set 25-20.
LC State turned the tables in the third frame with a massive 12-3 run to start the set. Scott served an ace to get things going, and
Karissa Lindner tallied a kill before a block with Roy. Kills by Smith, a block by Wilson and aces from Moore and Stosich fueled the rally to give LC the momentum. An ace by Stosich was followed by a block by Wilson and Roy for set point, 24-10, before a Corban error gave LC State a 25-11 set win.
The energy carried into the fourth set as kills by Boyce and Smith and a block by Roy and Wilson gave LC State a 4-3 edge. Lane tallied back-to-back kills at 7-5, and a block by Lindner, kill by Boyce and ace by Scott kept LC in front 10-9. Roy notched three straight kills to put space between the two Warrior teams and a block by Wilson and Scott was part of a five-point run to make it a 21-15 lead. Roy added another kill before Lane ended the set with a swing at 25-18.
LC State nearly pulled off a wild comeback in the fifth set. Corban jumped out to a 6-0 lead before pushing the score to 9-3. A kill by Roy started a short rally that saw the deficit shrink to 9-6, and kills by Wilson and Boyce tied the set 11-11 to erase the Corban lead. Lane added a kill, but Corban outlasted LC in the final frame 15-12.
STAT RECAP
The LC State "Bomb Squad" in the back row combined for 65 of the team's 80 digs, led by 26 by Stosich. Moore collected 14,
Makenzie Stout had 13 and
Ashlyn Watt totaled a career-best 12 digs. Stosich dealt a career-best five service aces while Scott and Moore each had four.
Smith and Boyce tied for the team lead in kills with 13 each and Roy had 11. Scott totaled 38 assists with seven digs.
Wilson put up six blocks and Lindner moved up to fourth all-time with five blocks on the night to give her 348 in her career. Roy assisted on five blocks and Smith put up two.
LC State bested Corban in nearly every statistical category including kills (50-42), aces (13-6) and blocks (12-11). LC held Corban to a .072 attack percentage but committed three more attack errors.
UP NEXT
The Warriors play their final regular-season road match on Saturday at 4 p.m. against Bushnell (Ore.) in Eugene.
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