Lady Yotes Blank Evergreen, Run Home CCC Streak to 35
CALDWELL, Idaho - Marcella Hernandez and Kristin Henning combined for 13 blocks as The College of Idaho volleyball team completed their third-straight undefeated Cascade Conference season with a 25-13, 25-9, 25-18 victory over Evergreen State in the J.A. Albertson Activities Center.
The No. 21 Lady Yotes (19-7, 16-2 CCC) won their 16th-straight league game this season and extended their home streak in CCC counters to 35 - dating back to the 2005 season.
Set 1 saw the Coyotes bolt out to a 6-2 lead, only to watch the visiting Geoducks (1-22, 1-17) use an 8-1 push, aided by three C of I hitting errors to take a 10-7 edge. However, the hosts scored 17 of the next 18 points - including three kills from Megan Spinks and four kills from Naomi Reimer to take the frame.
Set 2 was all Yotes, using a 9-0 run to build a 14-3 lead - thanks to three spikes from Sarah Buhler to run away with the period, while Reimer had back-to-back aces in a six-point push in Set 3 to break open a 12-10 game to seal the win.
Henning had eight kills and six blocks, while Reimer added five kills, 11 assists, 13 digs, and four blocks. Jessie Link and Buhler each had five kills, with Hernandez recording three kills and a team-high seven blocks.
Evergreen, who had more hitting errors (26), than kills (18), got five kills from Kandice Gleaves, with Katie Huston recording a team-high 15 assists.
The Lady Yotes can clinch no worse than a share of the CCC title Tuesday night when they travel for a 7 p.m. (PST) match at Eastern Oregon.