LA GRANDE, Ore. - No. 13 Eastern Oregon Mountaineers Volleyball pushed its win streak to nine in a row Saturday night with a four-set home victory over Northwest University (25-17, 18-25, 25-17, 25-13). With the win, EOU improves to 15-4 overall and is now 10-1 in conference play.

How it Happened
• Helping the Mountaineers in the win was a .320 hitting percentage, including two sets where they hit over .500, while their defense held Northwest (6-10, 5-6 CCC) to a .134 hitting percentage.
• Both squads finished with eight service aces but the front row for Eastern was dominant racking up 13 total blocks, while Northwest had just three. 
• In the first set, the Mountaineers hit .591 with 14 kills to grab the match's first lead at 1-0. Eastern raced out to a 6-3 lead early on before the Eagles battled back to tie the match 7-all. The two squads then traded points until the midway point of the set.
• EOU grabbed a 16-13 lead and forced the Eagles to call timeout. Out of the break, Northwest got within one at 17-16 before the Mounties scored four straight to force another timeout. The Eagles mustered just one more point as EOU scored four straight again to win, 25-17.
• The Eagles controlled the majority of the second set to tie things up at 1-1. A 7-3 start had them in control and the lead grew to 11-6 before EOU established some rhythm to get back in the match.
• The Mountaineers got back into the match at the midway point as an 8-1 run gave them a 14-12 lead. Despite the surge though, the two teams continued to trade points before a quick surge late by Northwest made the difference.
• The set was tied at 19-all  and it was anyone's set to take. The Eagles then closed out the frame with a 6-0 run to walk away with the 25-19 win.
• The third set once again got started in the Eagles favor as they jumped ahead 7-3 and forced an EOU timeout. The Mounties battled back to get within two, 11-9, before a 5-0 run gave them a 14-11 lead.
• The Eagles managed just six more points the rest of the set as the Mountaineers never relinquished the lead and went back ahead by one set once again, 2-1.
• The Mountaineers completely controlled the fourth and final set and it was thanks to a quick start. EOU got up 5-0 before the Eagles burned a timeout, but it made little difference. EOU's lead grew to 13-4 which led to another timeout by the Eagles.
• The rest of the set was a cruise for Eastern as the team led by over eight points the rest of the set before securing the 12-point win. 

Mountaineers Stat Leaders
• Breanna Shaffer once again paced the EOU offense with a match best 15 kills and had two blocks to go along with nine digs.
• Cambree Scott added 13 kills and tallied five blocks. She hit .619 in the win.
• Sade Williams and Preslee Jensen each had 12 kills, while Jensen tallied five blocks.
• Jet Taylor led the front row defense with a match high seven blocks.
• Alexis McMurtrey led all players with 34 assists and had seven digs. 
• Hailey Arritola led the back row defense with 16 digs in the win.

For the Eagles
• Susana Bailey tallied 12 kills to lead Northwest and hit .312 in the loss. She also had two blocks.
• Abigail Broussard and Megan Horned each chipped in eight kills.
• Anna Saelens posted 31 assists and had six digs.
• Kelsey Cummins led the back row with 10 digs.

By the Numbers
453 - With her five blocks, Cambree Scott is now at 453 for her career.
7 - Jet Taylor's seven blocks against the Eagles is the most in a match this season.
9 - EOU has now won each of its last nine matches this season.
4 - The Mounties are now 4-0 in four-set matches this season. 
5 - EOU has now won each of the last five match-ups against the Eagles.

Up Next
• The Mountaineers will begin another road swing, this time with four-straight, following this weekend's matches. EOU begins the road trip at No. 6 Corban on Friday, Oct. 8 followed by Bushnell on Saturday, Oct. 9.

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