Liz Mendiola won her 200th game as Coyote head coach in sweep of Corban
CALDWELL, Idaho - College of Idaho head coach Liz Mendiola picked up her 200th career win, as the Lady Yotes notched their 40th-straight Cascade Conference home victory, a 25-11, 25-14, 25-18 sweep of Corban College inside the J.A. Albertson Activities Center.
Mendiola, in her ninth season with the No. 8 ranked Coyotes (15-2, 11-1 CCC), becomes the seventh C of I head coach to reach the plateau - and becomes the first women's coach to achieve the honor.
The Yotes had a big hitting night, racking up 43 kills against just six errors - a season-high .416 hitting percentage, while forcing the Warriors (8-13, 6-6) into 25 errors.
Set 1 saw The C of I use a 14-2 push midway through the period, with Naomi Reimer blasting four kills, to roll to the win. Set 2 saw the Warriors hold a 12-11 lead on a Jenny Harman ace, but the Yotes closed out the set by winning 14 of the final 16 points - including six spikes from Jessie Link. The finale saw Kristin Henning record five of the squads 16 kills to complete the win.
Henning led the Yotes with ten kills and three blocks, with Link adding nine kills and three blocks. Reimer had eight kills, 18 assists, and eight digs, Madie Machurek recorded 16 assists and ten digs, and Whitney Owen ten digs in the victory.
Chandra Baskoro had a big night for Corban, recording a match-high 11 kills and seven digs, with Megan Dees leading the Warriors with 13 assists and seven digs.
The Lady Yotes return to action tomorrow night, meeting Northwest Christian at 7 p.m.