COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. — Walla Walla went toe-to-toe with No. 1 Eastern Oregon in front of nearly 700 fans, but the Mountaineers remained unbeaten with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-13 victory in a Cascade Conference women's volleyball clash on Saturday.

The Wolves (7-4, 5-3) made several rallies in the first two sets to stay in contention before EOU pulled away in the third and deciding set. Eastern Oregon (16-0, 8-0) had a relentless offensive attack with a hitting percentage of .381 and had 39 kills to the 36 from the host Wolves.

Yaimaris Garcia filled the stat sheet once again with another double-double. Garcia led the team with 10 kills and tied with Olivia Cheek with 13 assists in the match. The freshman added five aces including a stretch where she had four in a row. Vicky Giardina had 10 digs for Walla Walla.

No player for the Mountaineers reached double-figures in kills as Brooke Womack and Kiera Vaughn led the team with nine each. Ava Semprimoznik had 18 assists and Jaycee Villastrigo had 11 digs for the undefeated visitors.

UP NEXT

The Wolves start a four-match road trip with another tough test against No. 3 Corban at 2 p.m. on Friday.

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