Eastern Oregon Volleyball Named Adidas Team of the Week
LA GRANDE, Ore. – In a Deja vu moment, The Eastern Oregon University volleyball team opened 2013 by being named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for August 19-25, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday. The Mountaineers opened the 2012 campaign winning the same weekly honor on their way to the best record in program history.
The No. 21 ranked Mountaineers went 5-1 at the Second Annual Red Lion Cascade/Frontier Challenge held in Spokane, Wash. On the first day of the tourney Eastern defeated Montana Tech 3-2 (26-24,20-25,25-21,23-25,15-9) and MSU-Northern 3-1(25-23,20-25,25-17, 25-20).
On the second day of competition Eastern continued their winning ways with a victory over Montana Western 3-1 (26-24, 25-16,22-25, 25-20) but suffered their lone setback of the tournament losing to Rocky Mountain College 2-3. In a highly contested match EOU fell behind 0-2 in the first two games but rallied back winning games three and four. In the fifth and deciding game RMC pulled away with a 15-8 victory.
On Saturday, the Mountaineers needed only six games to dispatch of No. 25 Carroll College 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-22) and the University of Great Falls 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-17).
Eastern Oregon finished with the best record among the CCC schools in the Challenge and head to Florida this coming week for five matches beginning August 28
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