LEWISTON, Idaho – LC State Volleyball closed out the regular season on Saturday with a 3-0 loss (25-17, 25-20, 25-18) to No. 2 Eastern Oregon. The Warriors earned the No. 5 seed in the 2026 Cascade Conference Volleyball Championship, presented by U.S. Bank, and will host a play-in match against eighth-seeded Walla Walla (Wash.) on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Tickets for the match will go on sale on Monday. Season passes are not valid for postseason contests.
Prior to the match, LC State celebrated its four seniors:
Ashlyn Watt,
Kadence Moore,
Karissa Lindner and
Makenzie Stout.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The first set was a constant back-and-forth as five kills from
Taylor Boyce kept the Warriors in line with EOU. The Mountaineers went on a six-point run to pull away 19-11 and carried the lead to a 25-17 set win.
LC State answered with an ace by Watt and a kill from
Hadyn Smith to fuel a five-point run and take a 5-2 lead in the second set. Swings by Smith,
Jordynn Albright and
Mikale Roy kept the Warriors in front 10-8, and a kill by
Teagan Scott had the margin at 12-10. Eastern Oregon rallied with a 6-2 run to jump in front 19-16 but kills by Roy and Smith kept the score within one until a final run of four put the set away 25-20 for the Mounties.
Boyce, Smith, Albright,
Kendall Focht and
Addison Wilson each notched a kill to help LC State keep pace with Eastern Oregon in the third frame. A kill by Boyce was followed by a block by Smith and Wilson for a 10-8 deficit but EOU surged ahead 20-13. Roy and Wilson teamed up on a block and Smith and Lindner each added a kill, but the Mountaineers took the set 25-18 to end the match.
STAT RECAP
Boyce led the Warriors with 10 kills and Roy added eight. Scott notched a double-double with 18 assists and 12 digs.
Stout led the back row with 15 digs and Stosich collected 12.
Brooke Womack led Eastern Oregon with 15 kills and 14 digs, and Kate Stidham dished out 35 assists. Mylie Mills assisted on three blocks.
UP NEXT
LC State earned the No. 5 seed in the CCC postseason tournament and will host eighth-seeded Walla Walla on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
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