COMING UP: vs. Southern Oregon, Tuesday, 6 p.m.; vs. Warner Pacific, Friday, 6 p.m.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION: All Cascade Conference matches will be streamed live on the Urban Edge Network, with Mike Safford on the call of both home matches this week. Stats of all Cascade Conference matches will be available through OIT's SIDEARM Stats Portal.
 
RALLY FOR THE OWLS: The Lady Owls will host a Dinner Auction to support their program on Saturday night at the Growler Guys Ballroom (old Reames Country Club Clubhouse). The event will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. – and feature dinner courtesy of Howard's Meat Center and an auction for great gift packages. Click the GiveCampus Link to purchase your ticket to the great event.
 
OPPONENT PREVIEW – SOUTHERN OREGON: Tech looks to even the rivalry match-up for the season on Tuesday, as Southern Oregon makes their annual trip to the Basin. SOU (8-11, 5-7 CCC) has had an up-and-down season, including quality wins over College of Idaho and Walla Walla – along with a 4-set victory over Tech in September. The Raiders average 12.3 kills per set and hit at a 1.90 clip, adding 1.8 blocks per set. The SOU attack is led by 6-rotation players Andressa Ribeiro Soares (3.09 k/s, 2.92 d/s) and Friley Curtiss (2.66 k/s, 2.72 d/s, 0.63 b/s), along with opposite Maya Watters (2.85 k/s) and middle Tessa Zimmerman (1.46 k/s, 0.86 b/s). Setters Annie Hite (4.86 a/s, 1.37 d/s) and Mia Jaeger (4.94 a/s, 1.03 d/s) share duties, with Tais Vega (2.72 d/s, 27 aces) the libero.  SOU holds a 57-8 series edge, with OIT looking to snap a 6-match losing streak to their rival.
 
OPPONENT PREVIEW – WARNER PACIFIC: The four-match homestand ends Friday night, as Warner Pacific looks to snap a 20-match losing streak dating back to 2024. The Knights (0-13, 0-12) have struggled mightily, winning just two sets on the season – recording a .024 attack percentage and allowing three aces per set. Three players – JahNay Jardine (1.76 k/s, 0.83 d/s), Tayah-Anne Toa (1.52 k/s) and Summer Martin (1.23 k/s, 0.33 b/s) – each average over a kill per set, with setter Audrey Histad (2.90 a/s, 1.20 d/s) and libero Angel Camagay (3.00 d/s) the top passers. OIT holds a 43-9 series edge and has not lost to WPU in Klamath Falls since 2015.
 
MIDWEEK / WEEKEND GAMES: This week, Tech will play their lone home midweek match of the season – as Southern Oregon makes the trip over the hill. In 2025, the travel partner match-up is paired with Warner Pacific – the lone team in the league without a travel partner (as Multnomah, WP's former travel partner, dropped athletics after the 2024-25 season).
 
TOUGH WEEKEND AT HOME: For the second time this season, the Lady Owls dropped both ends of a weekend series, falling to LC State in four sets and to Walla Walla in three sets. Against LC – the OIT attack was solid, averaging 13.5 kills per set, but one night later, WWU held the hosts to 5.7 kills a set. Between the two matches, the Owls combined for 44 attack errors.
 
SET BY SET: Tech heads into the week with a 9-10 overall record, with varied success in three, four and five-set matches. In three-set matches, the Lady Owls are 7-5, in four-set matches, OIT is 0-4, while in five-set matches, the club is 2-2.
 
CRAZY SET VS. LC: The 25-23 Set 1 win for the Lady Owls against LC State was one for the ages – as the two teams combined for 21 ties in the frame. The set was tied at every point – from 3-3 to 23-23 – before Tech got a side out and claimed the win off an LC hitting error.
 
SENIOR STUFF: The four seniors on the OIT squad each had solid performances in the weekend matches – with Willow Jacobson, Savanna Sterck, Abigail Sorensen and Lex Boccia having just four regular-season home matches left in their careers. Jacobson had 10 kills against LC State, while leading Tech with five kills and six blocks vs. Walla Walla. Sterck led all players with 19 kills in Friday's match with LC, with Boccia adding eight kills and six digs. Sorensen extended her double-digit digs streak to 11-in-a-row, recording 18 vs. LC and 12 vs. WWU, moving within 76 digs of 1,000 for her career.
 
AROUND THE CCC: Three teams had huge wins last week – as Bushnell won at home over Corban, Northwest completed a season sweep of College of Idaho, with LC State sweeping the OIT-SOU road trip. This week, Warner Pacific travels to OIT and SOU, Corban and Bushnell are off to C of I and Eastern, with Northwest and Evergreen at LC State and Walla Walla.
 
HOW TOUGH IS THE CCC: The CCC continues to be the top league in the NAIA – as six teams (of 11) are rated in the Top-20 of the Massey Rating (a metric to determine at-large bids for the NAIA Tournament) – as Eastern Oregon (No. 1), Corban (No. 8), LC State (No. 11), Northwest (No. 12), C of I (No. 15) and Bushnell (No. 17) lead the league – while three others (No. 36 Walla Walla, No. 37 SOU, No. 49 OIT) are in the Top-50.
 
LEAGUE LEADERS  (TOP-5): Kills Per Set – Juliauna Forgach Aguilar (LCSC) 4.41, Sahara Browning (WWU) 4.24, Makayla Roginksi (CRB) 3.45, Kaitlyn Mickle (NU) 3.42, Keira Vaughn (EOU) 3.30; Attack Percentage – Kiauna Mack (EOU) .377, Gracie Boeder (CRB) .321, Chloe Kennedy (NU) .314, Makayla Roginski (CRB) .312, Keira Vaughn (EOU) .305; Assists Per Set –Teagan Scott (LCSC) 8.55, Lucy Boyd (OIT) 7.96, Shaynee McWilliams (C of I) 7.77, Megan Harter (NU) 7.33, Kate Stidham (EOU) 7.09; Digs Per Set – Abigail Sorensen (OIT) 4.62, Kaile'a Ontai (CRB) 4.45, Ella Stosich (LCSC) 4.45, Ellie Van Berkum (NU) 3.82, Kailey Shirley (BU) 3.76; Blocks Per Set – Kiauna Mack (EOU) 1.74, Karissa Lindner (LCSC) 1.35, Soleil Sands (BU) 1.26, Alexa Wheeler (CI) 1.23, Cora Young (CI) 1.21.
 
OIT IN THE CCC TOP-10: As a team, the Lady Owls rank No. 4 in the CCC in digs per set (15.06); No. 6 in blocks per set (2.13) and aces per set (1.87); ranking No. 8 in kills per set (11.50), while sitting at No. 9 in attack percentage (.174) and in assists per set (10.71). Individually, Abigail Sorensen leads the league in digs per set (4.62); Lucy Boyd is No. 2 in assists per set (7.96), with Aleksen Thayer No. 7 in blocks per set (1.17) and Alexa Gugliotta No. 8 in attack percentage (.273).
 
RECORD BOOK: Six players on the 2025 roster rank among the Top-25 in the OIT career record book – as Kaley Whalen is No. 4 in digs (1,395), Aleksen Thayer is No. 5 in blocks (307), Lucy Boyd is No. 11 in assists (1,330), Abigail Sorensen is No. 11 in digs (924) and No. 12 in aces (84), Savanna Sterck is No. 12 in kills (749), with Willow Jacobson is No. 19 in blocks (183) and No. 25 in kills (551).
 
NEXT WEEK: Tech hits the road next weekend, making the long journey for matches at No. 1-ranked Eastern Oregon (Oct. 24) and No. 15-ranked College of Idaho (Oct. 25).