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LA GRANDE, Ore. -- The Eastern Oregon University volleyball team heads to the Treasure Valley for a pair of matches, including a huge matchup with its rivals for the Cascade Collegiate Conference top spot. The weekly report is now available.
* Matches 22-23: Eastern Oregon at Northwest Nazarene and No. 6 College of Idaho
* When: Tuesday and Friday, Oct. 18 and Oct. 21
* Where: Nampa, Idaho and Caldwell, Idaho
* Live Video: www.EOUSports.com
* Live Stats: www.EOUSports.com
* Series: EOU is 1-0 under Morehead against NNU and 0-10 vs. College of Idaho
EASTERN OREGON NOTEWORTHY
• Eastern Oregon is 12-1 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play for the first time in school history.
• The Mountaineers have equaled last year's conference and overall win total already.
• Eastern has appeared in five straight NAIA polls, but have yet to crack the receiving votes category.
• EOU received 33 votes in this week's poll, its highest amount of the season.
• The Mountaineers have won 14 of the last 15 matches after losing the first six.
• EOU looks to end a 34-match losing streak to The College of Idaho dating back to Oct. 8, 1996.
• Eastern Oregon and C of I meet for the 84th time in a series that dates to 1982.
• The Mountaineers have won 20 of the 83 meetings.
• The College of Idaho have swept 14 of the 22 matches since 2001.
• EOU has pushed C of I to five sets four times during the 34-match streak, including in La Grande in 2009 and Caldwell last season.
• Kaki Morehead has lost all 10 matchups as a head coach against the Yotes.
• The College of Idaho has won 15 straight matches entering the match.
• The Yotes ride a 38-match home win streak, four shy of the school record.
• The C of I has won 80 of their last 81 home matches overall, including a 59-match CCC home win streak, dating back to 2005.
• College of Idaho's Torrey Hulsey and Kylee Nawahine are one and two in the CCC in Hitting Percentage.
• The Yotes' Kesley Soos sits atop of the conference in assists and has been named the CCC Setter of the Week eight straight times this year.
• Eastern is 11-0 when holding opponents under .100 attack percentage.
• The Mountaineers are 13-0 when leading in attack percentage, but 0-6 trailing.
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Jessica Lea is 11 matches away from the school record for matches played in a career, and 15 sets away from sets played in a career.
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Kaitlyn Duncan surpassed the EOU record for digs in a career last Friday.
• The Mountaineers have won 43 of the last 50 sets.