PORTLAND, Ore. -- Zofia Formella (Jr., MB/OH) and Sophia Scroggins (Sr., OH) led The Evergreen State College to a 3-0 sweep of Warner Pacific University in a Cascade Collegiate Conference volleyball match on Thursday, Nov. 5 at C.C. Perry Gymnasium. The Geoducks defeated the Knights 25-23, 25-18, 25-20.
Evergreen, which defeated WPU 3-0 in Olympia, Washington, on Sept. 26, completed its season with a 3-21 record, including 2-18 in the CCC. Warner Pacific moved to 0-20 overall, 0-19 in the CCC with one game remaining on its schedule.
Formella topped Evergreen's attacking stats with 12 kills and a .357 hitting percentage. She also provided nine digs and two service aces. Scroggins tacked on 10 kills to go with 10 digs, three service aces, and a block solo. Annalise Orlowski (Fr., MB) earned six kills and two block assists. Jayden Vaimaona (Sr., S) registered 12 assists and 11 digs, while Riley Mangan (Jr., S/DS) supplied 10 assists. Paron Holmes (Jr., DS/L) led the Geoducks with 14 digs.
Evergreen achieved a .210 team hitting percentage during the match and finished with nine service aces. The Geoducks limited WPU to a .113 hitting percentage and just three service aces.
For the Knights, Mia Carman produced 12 kills and 10 digs. Amor Rapoza and Maya Moreno each matched Carman with 10 digs. Tayah-Anne Toa was credited with nine kills. Raoza earned 17 assists.
The opening set was very competitive, but the Geoducks used a .286 hitting percentage to win the set. Evergreen led 7-5 following a service ace by Rosario Olvera (So., DS/L), but WPU scored the next four points to grab a 9-7 lead on a kill by Carman. The lead for the Knights reached 13-8 on a service ace by Carman, before the Geoducks went on a 6-0 run to take a 14-13 lead with a kill by Formella.
A bit later, Warner Pacific held an 18-16 advantage after a kill by Naomi Johnson. The Geoducks scored the next two points on a kill by Bright Brubaker (Jr., OPP) and a service ace from Scroggins before WPU answered with two points of its own to move back in front 20-18. Evergreen countered with a 4-0 run to claim a 22-20 lead. Formella registered three kills and Brubaker added one kill during the run. The Geoducks remained in front an won the set 25-23 on a combo block by Orlowski and Aubrie Coots (Fr., OPP).
Evergreen took a 5-2 lead in the second set following a kill by Formella. The Knights tied the score at 8-8 with a block by Johnson and Daisi Burrows. The Geoducks surged out to a 15-9 margin at the end of a 6-1 run. Evergreen remained in front by at least five points the rest of the way and took the set 25-18.
WPU held leads of 8-4 and 13-9 in the third set before the Geoducks rallied to close out the match. A 7-1 surge by Evergreen ended with a service ace by Mangan for a 16-14 advantage. The Knights grabbed a 17-16 margin three rallies later, but Evergreen tacked on a 3-0 run of its own for a 19-17 lead following an ace by Formella.
The Knights pulled within 19-18 and 20-19, but Evergreen tallied the next four points with kills by Orlowski, Scroggins, and Foremlla, plus a service ace by Vaimaona, for a 24-19 lead. The Geoducks completed the match with a 25-20 victory.