Delagrange, Geoducks Go Out With A Win
Kelsey Delagrange and her teammates went out with a victory Saturday evening as The Evergreen State College defeated the visiting Multnomah Lions, 25-19, 25-15, 25-20 in Cascade Collegiate Conference volleyball action at CRC Gymnasium.
Evergreen's lone senior, Delagrange was honored prior to the start of the match and then went out and had a solid performance in helping the Geoducks (5-20 overall, 5-15 CCC) to the victory over the Lions (3-21, 0-20) in the season finale for both clubs.
Delagrange finished with seven kills and just one attack error and hit .333 for the winners, who recorded a .257 team attack percentage though the match.
"She's been the backbone to our team the whole season and really carried a lot of the weight on her back," Evergreen head coach Angela Spoja said. "She really finished strong tonight, she hit a .333 for us. Kelsey is an awesome player, she's going to be missed."
Jorden Porter led the Geoducks with 11 kills and a .360 hitting percentage, while Natalie Taylor finished with 10 kills and a .214 attack mark. Setter Kylie Kytan ended up with 31 assists, a team-high 13 digs and four block assists, while Kaela Carnes contributed five block assists. The Geoducks recorded six team blocks in the victory.
Multnomah's Patricia Batoon led her team with 12 kills and 10 digs and Marissa Rhodes had 29 assists for the Lions.
Batoon and Miranda Halverson kept the visitors in the first set with five and four kills, respectively, but Evergreen was able to pull out the win as Taylor recorded four kills and Delagrange three, both without an error. The Geoducks, who never trailed in the set, had three team blocks in the first set, including two block assists each by Carnes and Porter.
Multnomah broke out to a 4-1 lead in the second set, but once the Geoducks scored on a Delagrange kill to take a 7-6 lead they never again trailed. Taylor and Delagrange matched their first set kill totals and Porter added three on six attack attempts. Matisse Davis recorded all three of her service aces during the set.
?Porter led the way in the final set with six kills and no errors on nine attempts, followed by Carnes with five kills and one error on six swings. Carnes and Kytan combined on three blocks to keep the Multnomah offense at bay despite five kills by Halverson.