KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Playing her final match at Danny Miles Court, fifth-year senior Nicole Reyes recorded 18 kills, helping Oregon Tech complete a season sweep of The College of Idaho, stopping the Yotes 25-13, 25-17, 25-20.
 
The victory kept the Lady Owls (13-13, 10-10 CCC) alive in the postseason race heading into the final weekend of the regular-season, with Tech traveling to Warner Pacific and Multnomah.
 
OIT dominated play on Senior Night – with all six senior student-athletes contributing in the win – while the Owls defense limited the Yotes (9-18, 8-12) to a .063 hitting percentage.
 
Ashley Ripplinger rattled of eight consecutive points from the service line in Set 1 – including a pair of aces – as the Owls cruised to the early win. Reyes and Molly Grace each had a kill in a 5-1 run late in Set 2 to help OIT take the frame.
 
C of I battled in Set 3, taking a 15-9 lead on an Analise Hitchcock kill, only to see the hosts rally behind Kate Hicks, who had three kills in a block in a 10-2 run to give the Owls the lead. After Chayla Slavin cut the margin to 21-20 with a kill, OIT scored the final four points of the match, the last two on Kaley Whalen aces.
 
The seniors did the damage tonight for OIT – as Ripplinger posted six kills and three aces, Kaylin Talonen had five kills, Courtney Isom finished with 25 assists, nine digs and three blocks, Aubrey Kievit had 14 digs and Alicia Volk recorded a season-high 10 kills. Hicks, a sophomore added six kills and four blocks.
 
Slavin led the Coyotes with seven kills and three blocks, with Hitchcock adding 15 assists and seven digs.