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ASHLAND, Ore. – The No. 16 Southern Oregon University volleyball team rebounded from a Game 1 loss, to defeat Eastern Oregon University, 3-1, Friday night.

Sarah Holgen went for a career-best 23 kills to lead the Raiders to a 23-25, 25-11, 25-16, 25-12 victory over EOU at McNeal Pavilion.

Holgen's 23 kills came with only five errors and the junior also added 11 digs for SOU (6-2) (3-0). Megan Bartling finished with 12 kills and five blocks, while Leanne Stennett had 10 kills and 25 digs.

Eastern Oregon (5-3) (2-1) came out energized in the opening set and held the Raiders to a .189 attack percentage to take the upperhand on the hosts.

After that, the Raiders did most of the damage as they quieted the Mountaineers by holding them to 24 kills and forcing 22 errors over the last three sets.

Holgen scored four of the final five SOU points with kills. In the third set, SOU went on a 7-3 run to start to pull away and in the third set the Raiders held Eastern to a -.059 attack percentage.

Lindsey Stone led the Raiders with 47 assists, while Renee Yomtob finished with 19 digs and Lauren Swetland had six blocks.

Jessica Lea led Eastern with 10 kills, 16 assists and 12 digs. Emily Sampson added 15 assists and Kaitlyn Duncan finished with 20 digs.

The Mountaineers travel to Klamath Falls to play Oregon Tech Saturday at 7 p.m. The matchup will have a live video stream and live stats on EOUSports.com. OIT (8-6) (1-2) was swept at home by The College of Idaho Friday, 3-0.