CALDWELL, Idaho – College of Idaho pounded out 48 kills at a stellar .396 percentage, rolling to a 3-set victory over Warner Pacific inside the J.A. Albertson Activities Center.
The win for the Yotes (12-14, 9-9 CCC) was their fourth in five matches and pulled the team into a 3-way tie with Evergreen and Lewis-Clark State for the sixth and final playoff spot with two weeks left in the regular season.
C of I scored the first eight points of the match, including two
Isabelle Combs aces and rolled to the opening win. The hosts would use a 7-0 run in Set 2, getting three
Chayla Slavin kills in the outburst, to push a lead to 17-7, easing to the set win.
The Knights (1-18, 1-17) played tough in Set 3, taking a 14-13 lead on a Coyote attack error. C of I answered by scoring nine of the next 11 points – including two kills and an ace from Combs – to put the set and match away.
Ten different Coyote players had at least one kill, with
Danielle Neuman pacing the squad with 11. Slavin had a career-high six kills, with
Emily Vandenberg and
Jade Warren recording five kills in limited action.
Sidney Frith finished with 41 assists and libero
Sydnee Steel posting 19 digs.
Grace Buchanan and Tevlin Britten each had nine kills in the loss for WPU.
C of I continues their homestand next weekend, hosting Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon.
