Eagles Start Season With Sweep Over NCU
LEWISTON, Idaho – Northwest University started its season off with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-19) win over CCC opponent Northwest Christian University in a pre-season match at the Lewis-Clark State Invitational Tournament this afternoon.
Senior Lauren Holtz (Brier, Wash.) led the Eagles (1-0) is 17 kills and 7 digs while teammates and juniors Heather Shulke (Castle Rock, Wash.) and Anu Akamine (Hauula, Hawaii) had 14 and 12 digs respectively for NU. Sophomore Lauryn Ernster (Bothell, Wash.) had a match high 32 assists.
NCU (0-2) was led by Janel Fetters 9 kills. Cori Wallace had 24 assists and 10 digs for the Beacons.
The Eagles will face the three-time defending Frontier Conference champions and tourney hosts, Lewis-Clark State, Friday evening at 7 p.m. who earlier in the day defeated NCU, 3-0 (25-9, 25-11, 25-10).
Northwest Christian takes on Warner Pacific at 9 a.m. and Carroll College (Mont.) at 11 a.m. on Saturday while Northwest U. will also play Carroll at 1:00 p.m. to wrap up tournament play.