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Tibbetts & Taylor Block
Kathleen Brown
0
Northwest NU 4-8, 2-4 CCC
3
Winner Eastern Oregon EOU 15-1, 5-1 CCC
Northwest NU
4-8, 2-4 CCC
0
Final
3
Eastern Oregon EOU
15-1, 5-1 CCC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Northwest NU 16 22 18 (0)
Eastern Oregon EOU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Iain Dexter, EOU Sports Information Director

No. 8 Volleyball Sweeps Northwest for 15th Win

LA GRANDE, Ore. – The No. 8 Eastern Oregon volleyball team won its fourth-straight match, sweeping Northwest University (25-16, 25-22, 25-18) on Saturday in Cascade Collegiate Conference play.
 
The Mountaineers (15-1, 5-1 CCC) improved to 3-0 at home with a smooth victory in front of a large crowd including a raucous EOU new student section.
 
The Blue and Gold came out hot in the first set, recording five of their 13 total blocks in the opening game. This forced Northwest (4-8, 2-4 CCC) into eight attacking errors and a .125 hitting percentage.
 
The Mounties were less efficient in set two, hitting .125 themselves, but they were still able to come away with a close 25-22 set win. Leading 19-16, Northwest scored five straight points to take a 21-19 lead and force a Mountie timeout. Out of the timeout, EOU won six of seven points, finished by a kill by sophomore Jet Taylor.
 
Set three went was more like the first for EOU. After giving up the first three points, the Mounties won six in a row. The rest of the set went back and forth with EOU never trailing, as they final broke free late to win 25-18.
 
Senior Megan Bunn, who recorded her 1,000th career kill last week, led the team with 16 kills, adding 14 digs with a .417 hitting percentage. She also posted six block assists in an overall great game for the All-American. Sophomore's Cambree Scott and Jet Taylor were effective on the block with seven and five blocks, respectively. They each had seven assists as well.
 
Junior Madison Pilon kept stacking up the assists with 35. Junior Kiley McMurtrey paced the team with 15 digs while fellow junior Aspen Christiansen had 11.
 
For Northwest, Hannah Lord had nine kills. Courteney Carr posted 16 assists and Hannah Michaels led all players with 16 digs.
 
The Mountaineers are back on the road next with big matchups at Oregon Tech on Friday and rival Southern Oregon on Saturday.
 
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Contact: Iain Dexter; 541-962-3946; idexter@eou.edu
 
 
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