Caldwell, Idaho – The Lady Wolves began their weekend road trip against ranked opponents by traveling to Idaho for a Friday afternoon matchup against the No. 12-ranked Yotes of College of Idaho. Unfortunately for the Wolves, the Yotes would post a season-high .376 hitting percentage en route to a straight set victory over the Wolves. (25-8, 25-11 & 25-20)
In set one, the Wolves (0-10, 0-9 CCC) started off slow allowing the Lady
Yotes (12-6, 7-3 CCC) to score the first eight points of the set. The Wolves could not recover as the
Yotes would ride their hot start en route to a 25-8 victory.
In set two, the Lady Wolves would battle with the
Yotes in the early stages of the set, however a
Yotes 11-0 would put the Wolves in a 12-3 deficit. The
Yotes would use a balanced team effort to finish off set two and beat the Wolves, 25-11.
Down two sets to none, the Lady Wolves would start off strong and avoid an early deficit by stringing together multiple runs and minimizing the
Yotes attack. Led by
Caldora Blackburn,
Lauren Barlow, and Sarah
Halverson, the Wolves would push their lead over the
Yotes to 17-15. The
Yotes would answer right back with a 4-0 run forcing the Wolves to take a timeout. Coming out of the timeout, the Wolves would put themselves right back in the set, knotting it up at 19. From here, the
Yotes would ride a 6-1 run en route to a set three victory and beating the Wolves in straight sets.
The Wolves were led by Blackburn (5 kills & 8 digs), Erika
Dudar (.250 pct. & 11 digs), and setter
Krista Schafer (15 assists)
Head coach
Scott Schafer spoke after the match on his teams efforts. "Despite the loss, we were able to see some development in our younger players," said Schafer. "Emilee played a good game with strong serving and good kill efficiency rating. We also had a stronger S/R score which was good to see development in that facet of our game."
By the Numbers
WWU 24 kills, CI 43 kills
WWU 38 digs, CI 52 digs
WWU 22 assists, CI 40 assists
The Wolves look to rebound quickly as they face another ranked opponent, No. 17 Eastern Oregon on Saturday night. The match is scheduled for an 8:00PM start time on Saturday, September 29 in Quinn Coliseum.
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