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Volleyball: Vikings, Yellowjackets Win Two Matches
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| Geary |
Western Washington and Montana State Billings each won a pair of matches Friday in tournaments at San Bernardino, Calif., and Golden, Colo., respectively.
The Vikings, who were led by Marlayna Geary with 33 kills, defeated Cal State L.A., 20-25, 25-16, 25-19, 24-26, 15-9, and Cal State Dominguez Hills 25-12, 25-21, 25-13 in the CSU San Bernardino Invitational.
MSUB swept Colorado Mesa, 25-18, 18-25, 15-25, 25-21, 16-14, and Colorado Mines, 25-22, 12-25, 28-26, 25-22 in the Colorado Mines Classic.
Northwest Nazarene and Central Washington improved to 2-0 with victories. The Crusaders swept Chaminade, 25-10, 25-19, 25-17 at the Waikiki Beach Invitational, while the Wildcats upended Academy of Art, 18-25, 25-23, 25-17, 26-24 in the Humboldt State Invitational.
Saint Martin's split two matches at Humboldt, defeating Notre Dame de Namur, 25-19, 24-26, 25-22, 23-25, 16-14 before losing to the host Lumberjacks, 25-17, 25-23, 25-22.
Alaska Anchorage split two matches and Western Oregon lost its only contest at San Bernardino.
The Seawolves (3-3) outlasted Chico State, 23-25, 25-23, 25-21, 17-25, 15-8, before being swept by San Bernardino, 25-21, 25-17, 25-13. The Wolves fell to Chico State, 19-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-12.
Elsewhere, Seattle Pacific and Alaska Fairbanks each lost a match and Simon Fraser dropped two contests.
The Falcons lost to UC San Diego, 25-16, 25-21, 25-21, at the Waikiki Beach Invitational. The Nanooks fell to Dallas Baptist, 25-19, 27-25, 25-19, in the UAF Nanook Classic.
Simon Fraser lost to Dixie State, 25-14, 23-25, 25-10, 25-15, and Cal Baptist, 25-7, 25-14, 25-12 in the Cal Poly Pomona Invitational.
Geary keyed Western Washington's sweep. She had 17 kills against Cal State L.A. and 16 against Cal State Dominguez Hills.
The Vikings also got 14 kills from Emily Jepsen and 11 from Emily Boerger in its five-set win over CSLA. Laurie Yearout had 41 assists and Bailey Jones had seven blocks in the win.
Geary hit .303 (16-6-33) and WWU outhit Dominguez Hills .308 to .037 in its second win. Jepsen added nine kills and six blocks and Yearout had 33 assists.
Three-year veteran Melissa Porter and two freshmen - Monica Grimsrud and Krista Norris - keyed Montana State Billings' two wins.
Porter had 24 kills, including 13 against Colorado Mines. Grimsrud had 26 kills in the two matches, including 14 against Mines, while Norris contributed 21, 12 of them against Mesa.
Setter Brooke Tolman had 94 assists in nine sets, while libero Morgan Moss led the MSUB defense with 51 digs.
Northwest Nazarene hit .284 and held Chaminade to a .062 percentage in its 3-0 win against the Silverswords.
Offensively the Crusaders had a balanced attack as Becky Flores led the way with nine kills. Carly Dranginis and setter Michelle Terpstra each had seven kills.
Defensively, NNU got nine digs from Kailey Trautmann and eight digs and five blocks from Kaitlyn Tuholski, who also had six kills.
Meg Ryan didn't make an error in 33 swings and had 18 kills in Central Washington's victory. The Wildcats also got 14 kills from Jordan Offutt, 38 assists, four blocks and four aces from Carlee Marble and six blocks from Erin Smith.
Kristyn Ross had 24 kills and 24 digs to lead Saint Martin's to its season-opening win against Notre Dame de Namur. Also in double figures in kills were Kristeen Juarez with 19, Katy Ferguson with 12 and Teilissa Tua with 11.
Cymbree Decosta had 48 assists and 10 digs for the Saints, while Brianna Bautista had 22 digs in the seesaw five-set match.
Juarez and Ferguson each had eight kills and four players - Decosta, Ross, Erica Edwards and Bautista - each had 10 digs against Humboldt.
Jackie Matthisen led Alaska Anchorage to its win against Chico State with 17 kills and 13 digs. Ariel Austin contributed 15 kills. Also in double figures were Robyn Burton with 13 and Nikkie Viotto with 10.
Cal State San Bernardino made just nine errors and hit .371 in its win over UAA. The Seawolves were held to a .085 percentage. Matthisen and Viotti led UAA with eight and seven kills, respectively.
Western Oregon got 16 kills from Danielle Reese and 11 from Krissi Kemper in its loss to Chico State. LesLyne Satele had 37 assists and three players - Kemper, Becky Blees and Samantha Ward - each earned five blocks.
UC San Diego, which is ranked 24th nationally, outhit No. 13 Seattle Pacific .246 to .149 in its victory as Hillary Williamson led the Tritons with 18 kills. Cailin Fellows paced the Falcons with 11 kills.
Alaska Fairbanks remained winless in six matches, as it was outhit by Dallas Baptist .229 to .114. Morgan Tebbs led the Nanooks with 10 kills. Casey Tidwell and Keri Knight each had five blocks.
Cheryl Windhorst led Simon Fraser in its two losses with 16 kills, including 11 against Dixie. The Clan, however, was in negative numbers on the day, finishing with six more attack errors (55) than kills and hitting minus .031.
Women's Soccer: Yellowjackets Win Opener 2-0
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| Kastelic |
“I'm really happy with the win today,” said interim head coach Wojtek Krakowiak. “I thought we did a great job in creating chances. We looked very hectic in the first 15 minutes, and then did a nice job of controlling the match.
"Our defense did an outstanding job of diminishing their attacks and allowing just two shots.”
MSUB finished the contest with an 18-2 advantage in shots, including Kastelic's goal which came after Adrienne Biglow served a lofted ball off a set piece into the six-yard box.
The ball found the left foot of Kastelic who snuck it just past the right post.
Leading 1-0, the Jackets again found the back of the net when Jaucelyn Richter sent a through ball from the near side into the middle of the pitch, finding an open Greenback.
Greenback made one move to beat her defender and slid the ball to the right of a sliding Cougar keeper.
“That second goal was a true team effort,” Krakowiak said. “The girls just made the right passes into the right space and Heidi did a great job in finishing the goal.”
Cross Country: WOU's Kasler Wins Clackamas Meet
Western Oregon junior Connor Kasler led a 1-2-3-4 sweep as the Wolves won the men's division of the Clackamas Invitational Friday at Oregon City.
Kasler covered the 6,150 meter course in a time of 19:46.31. WOU's Kyle Larson finished second a time of 20:04.54.
Lukas Fenley and Dan Sprinkle ended up third and fourth, respectively, in times of 20:04.79 and 20:05.85.
“The guys had a dominant performance today,” said WOU head coach Mike Johnson. “They asserted themselves and ran with confidence.”
The WOU women's team placed three athletes in the top nine as Janelle Everetts finished third on the 4100 meter course in a time of 15:46.22.
Clackamas Invitational (Sept. 2 at Oregon City): Men - Western Oregon 18, Wartburg 45, Clackamas 75. Individuals (6150 Meters) - 1. Connor Kasler, WOU, 19:46.31; 2. Kyle Larson, WOU, 20:04.54; 3. Lukas Fenley, WOU, 20:04.79; 4. Dan Sprinkle, WOU, 20:05.85; 8. Ryan Chapman, WOU, 20:23.73. Women - Wartburg 26, Western Oregon 38, Clackamas 69. Individuals (4100 Meters) - 1. Emily Eimers, Wartburg, 15:17.42; 3. Janelle Everetts, WOU, 15:46.22; 6. Nicole Anderson, WOU, 16:09.82; 7. Liz Anjos, WOU, 16:12.04; 9. KayAnna Cecchi, WOU, 16:15.12.
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