The College of Idaho Volleyball Named Team of the Week
LA GRANDE, Ore. –The College of Idaho volleyball team has been named the “Team of the Week” for August 14-20, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
CI, picked 3
rd in the CCC preseason poll and ranked No. 25 in the NAIA preseason poll, accomplished what no other team has been able to do in the history of the program……begin a season at 4-0. The impressive launch to the 2017 campaign came at the Summer Slam tournament which was hosted by Hope International in Fullerton, California.
On Thursday the Lady Yotes defeated No. 7 Westmont University 3-1(19-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-20) marking the second straight season of upsetting a top-10 team in the opening match of the tournament. In the second match of the day CI defeated Vanguard University 3-2 (25-16, 20-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-7).
On Friday CI swept Morningside University 3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 26-24). The Iowa based team is in the receiving vote’s category in the NAIA preseason poll. In their final match of the tournament The Lady Yotes dispatched of in-state rival Lewis-Clark State College 3-1 (27-29, 25-13, 25-22, 25-22). The win snapped a four game losing streak to the Warriors and propelled the Lady Yotes to the tournament title.
College of Idaho (4-0, 0-0 CCC) returns to the court for an exhibition hosting Northwest Nazarene University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday before heading to Montana for the Big Sky Classic Aug, 25-26.