Big Offensive Night Leads Coyotes Past Warner Pacific
CALDWELL, Idaho – Kaydre Thompson smashed a career-high 19 kills, one of four College of Idaho players with double-digit kills, as the Yotes outlasted Warner Pacific in four sets inside the J.A. Albertson Activities Center.
Ashley Pagan and Jordyn Boswell each recorded double-doubles and Abigail Guinn had a career-high 57 assists in the 20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-20 win – as the No. 23-ranked Yotes (12-5, 7-3 CCC) extended their home win streak to six matches.
The Knights (3-10, 2-8), playing their third match in as many evenings, recorded 14 kills in the opening set, including four from Haley Yoder, as WPU stunned the partisan crowd. C of I turned to Thompson in Set 2, as the sophomore smashed three consecutive kills in an 8-2 push that broke the period open.
Set 3 was tight, featuring eight ties – including the final stalemate at 23-23. Pagan closed out the set – rocketing a winner down the line and ending the game with a service ace. The two teams traded 5-0 runs in Set 4 – WPU taking a 11-7 lead after four C of I hitting errors, before three Thompson kills answered the Knights rally and a Thompson blast capped a late 3-point run that gave the Yotes a 22-17 lead.
Pagan had 17 kills and 14 digs, Boswell had 12 kills and 10 digs, with Austyn Mauzy adding 11 kills and Drew Dobney leading all players with 24 digs.
Grace Buchanan led WPU with 13 kills; Audree Gormanson recorded 10 kills; with Matalasi Laban and Shania Rose combining for 49 assists.
C of I continues their homestand next weekend with a Friday night match-up with Northwest Christian.