LA GRANDE, Ore. –  No. 15 Eastern Oregon University swept Oregon Tech 3-0, (25-16, 25-18, 27-25) Saturday night. Tech falls to 5-4 on the year and 0-2 in Cascade Conference play; Eastern improves to 1-1 in the CCC and 6-4 overall with tonight's result.
 
"Eastern played a tough match tonight, and did a lot of things very well. We started flat but fought back at the end. Ireland Bennett gave us a spark off the bench which helped. We are looking to turn things around tomorrow," said Head Coach Andrew Clifton.

EOU came out hard in the first set, jumping out to a 10-3 lead early on. Oregon Tech answered with an 8-3 run of their own, however, the Mountie attack proved too powerful, finishing with 15 kills (.325 kill %) to take the set 25-16.

In the second set, EOU found themselves trailing 12-15 at midway point. However, a huge block shifted the momentum, which started an 8-0 run to push the score to 20-15. The Mounties kept up the momentum for the rest of the stanza, taking it 25-18. EOU won 13 of the last 16 points of the set.

The third set was more evenly matched, as OIT pushed EOU to 27-25 in the final moments of the game. The attack had 21 kills and 50 total attacks in the final set.

The attack was dominant throughout the night finishing with a combined 44 kills. Juniors Hailee Ackerman and Megan Bunn finished the night with double-digit kills. Ackerman led the team with 13, Bunn contributed 10 and redshirt junior Taylor Tibbetts had six. Senior Sarah Carpenter and sophomore Madison Pilon each had an impressive night, contributing to the EOU attack with 17 and 16 assists, respectively.

The defense came up big with four blocks and 86 digs in the three sets. Three players finished the game with double-digit digs, sophomore Aspen Christiansen and Bunn led both teams with 23 and 22 digs respectively and sophomore Kiley McMurtrey added 14.

Chase Bohman had 16 kills and 14 digs with Jaime Toedtemeier adding 18 assists, and 5 kills to lead the Owls in the loss.
 
Lindsey Sampson and Bailey Nelson led Tech's defensive effort with 19 and 15 digs respectively.
 
Eastern had a .209 kill percentage while holding the Owls to .076 for the match.
 
The Owls will look to rebound when they play at Walla Walla Sunday at 1:00 pm.
 
 
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