Adidas Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. –The Northwest Christian University volleyball team has been named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for August 24-30, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
Northwest Christian went a perfect 6-0 at the Simpson University Tournament held in Redding, California. The Beacons opened the tournament on Friday against West Coast Baptist College (Calif.) winning 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-16) and followed up with another 3-0 win over New Hope Christian College (Ore.). In the nightcap NCU took down host Simpson 3-1 (22-25, 25-14, 31-29, 25-20).
On Saturday NCU played a trio of games against the same opponents with the same results. Turning around in fourteen hours the Beacons needed all five games to dispatch of hosts Simpson winning 3-2 (27-29, 25-16, 16-25, 25-19, 15-13). NCU defeated New Hope for a second time 3-0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-19) and capped off their perfect run in the tournament with another victory over West Coast Baptist 3-0 (25-10, 25-19, 25-15).
Northwest Christian will have one final non-conference tune-up against George Fox University on Tuesday before opening up CCC play on the road against Oregon Tech and No. 16 Southern Oregon.