ASHLAND, Ore. - Oregon Tech (13-4, 9-3) held off a comeback attempt from Southern Oregon (9-8, 4-8) to grab a five-set victory. The victory for Tech completes the regular-season sweep of their rivals from the west since 2005. The Lady Owls came out victorious in the first two sets, but it was the Raiders who won the next two before Tech grabbed the momentum back midway through the fifth.

"I am incredibly proud of the team," said head coach Ken Murczek. "Not easy to be up 2-0 and then have to play a fifth set to decide the match on the road. Our offense did a nice job tonight and we will need to clean up our serving and block for Friday's match."
 
Set 1 -- Tech 25 Southern Oregon 22
 
Set 2 -- Tech 25 Southern Oregon 19
 
Set 3 -- Southern Oregon 26 Tech 24
 
Set 4 -- Southern Oregon 25 Tech 23
 
Set 5 -- Tech 15 Southern Oregon 10
 
After Southern Oregon grabbed the momentum back and had the home crowd rocking, the score was knotted at six points apiece in the final set. From that point, Tech went on a 4-0 run which ended as a 9-4 run to claim the victory.
 
The Owls came up big in a few major categories which attributed to the win:
 
Attack Percentage: .297 to .199
Kills: 62 to 58
Aces: 10 to 3
 
Three individuals reached double figures in kills for the Owls, Faith Houck-Wylie (16), Nicole Reyes (16) and Kaylin Talonen (15), who helped them overcome 20 service errors.
 
Courtney Isom also displayed a strong performance tallying up 51 assists and 14 digs.
 
Tech will have a chance to extend their win streak to five straight games when they host Lewis-Clark State (11-8, 6-5) at 7 pm on Friday night.  
 
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