Eastern's Julie Butterfield leaps up for a hit against TESC.
LA GRANDE, Ore. -- The Mountaineers eased past Evergreen State College, 25-10, 25-16, 25-16.
“We did a good job of executing when we needed to tonight and it was great to get on the court contributions from everyone tonight,” head coach Kaki Morehead said.
Each one of the Mountaineers saw playing time tonight as they were led by senior Grace Deboodt with 11 kills. Jessica Lea with 20 assists and Kaitlyn Duncan with nine digs. The Geoducks were led by Jazzmin Garcia with seven kills, Chantal Petkus 12 assists and Ire Takahashi-Coker with eight digs.
As a team EOU had a hitting percentage of .438 compared to .044 of Evergreen and combined for 34 assists to the Geoducks 14.
Eastern now sits in fourth place at 5-3 in Cascade Conference play as Evergreen falls to 1-6.
EOU plays again at home tomorrow night against Northwest University who sits 4-4 in conference play, the game is set to start at 7 p.m.