OLYMPIA, Wash. - Oregon Tech's volleyball struggles continued Saturday as The Evergreen State College posted a 25-21, 25-13, 14-25, 25-18 Cascade Collegiate Conference victory over the Hustlin' Owls at the Constantino Recreation Center.
 
The loss dropped OIT to 4-6 in the league and is their fifth straight loss, three to nationally ranked teams. Tech is 11-9 on the season.
 
ESC, meanwhile, upped its league mark to 6-5 and won for just the second time in its last six matches. The Geoducks are 8-12 on the year as conference teams reached the halfway point of the league season.
 
Tech rebounded a little from a loss at Northwest University.
 
Saturday, the Owls attacked at .124, but Melody Edwards was the lone OIT player who attacked at .300 or better.
 
Nicole Reyes finished with nine kills for Tech, while Faith Houck-Wylie and Ashley Ripplinger both had eight. Edwards finished with seven.
 
Courtney Isom finished with 31 assists and 15 OIT digs, with Aubrey Kievit at a team-high 19 digs. Reyes also reached double figures in digs.
 
Zoe Shaw finished with an Evergreen State double-double, and Sierra Wolff came close to a triple-double effort for the Geoducks in kills, assists and digs. ESC attacked at .168.
 
Oregon Tech begins the second half of its league season at 7 p.m. Friday when it hosts Southern Oregon in the Owls' annual DIG PINK 'Fight for the Cure' match.
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