KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The College of Idaho came from four points down late in the first set and never trailed again, sweeping Oregon Tech 25-22, 25-19, 25-13 on Saturday at Danny Miles Court.
Oregon Tech led for most of the opening set and was up 20-16 when the Yotes turned it around. A Shalyn Bliss attack error started a five-point CI run, and Kadence Boyd took the serve for the rest of it: Shaynee McWilliams put down a kill, Abigail Flerchinger and Jessica Stires followed with kills to tie it at 20, and Boyd's ace gave CI its first lead since 2-1. The teams traded points to 22-22 before Stires scored, Addison McKarcher and Cora Young stuffed Bliss, and Young ended the set with a kill.
Avery Lewis opened the second set with back-to-back aces, and CI led the rest of the way after a 3-3 tie. Liza Montalbo served three straight points to make it 7-3, and Cooper Nave's serving pushed the lead from 19-15 to 23-15 with an ace, a block by McWilliams and McKarcher, and kills from McWilliams and McKarcher. Oregon Tech answered with four in a row to get within 23-19, but McWilliams scored on a kill and a Kaliko Schilling attack error closed the set.
The third set was over early. Kadance Jacobson served five straight points as CI jumped to a 6-0 lead, with Flerchinger accounting for two kills and two blocks in the stretch. McWilliams later served four in a row, including an ace, for a 15-4 advantage. Oregon Tech hit .062 in the set, and Young finished it with a kill.
Flerchinger led CI with 12 kills on .556 hitting and added three blocks. McKarcher had 11 kills, hit .375 and posted a team-high five blocks. Stires added eight kills and Young six on .333 hitting. McWilliams ran the offense with 39 assists, six digs and four blocks. Lewis had 13 digs and Boyd nine. CI hit .275 and finished with an 8-1 edge in aces.
Tiffini Goss led Oregon Tech with 10 kills and four blocks, and Aleksen Thayer had seven kills on .429 hitting. Kaley Whalen had 17 digs. Oregon Tech committed 17 attack errors and hit .175 for the match.
CI improved to 21-2 overall and 14-2 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. Oregon Tech fell to 12-12 and 6-10.