PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Tech completed their 4-match road swing with a 2-2 record, cruising to a 25-15, 25-14, 25-11 victory over Warner Pacific inside C.C. Perry Gymnasium.
Kaliko Schilling had 10 kills and
Steffini Goss added nine kills on 11 swings, while the Lady Owls (12-10, 6-8 CCC) posted a season-high 15 aces in the victory.
OIT jumped to a quick 9-3 lead in Set 1, as
Alison Miller had consecutive aces and
Aleksen Thayer powered home two kills in the run. The Knights (0-15, 0-14) got within 14-11, before Thayer combined on a pair of blocks in an 8-1 surge to put the set away.
Tech trailed early in Set 2, but battled back to tie the score at 10-10, before the Owls scored 9-straight points – getting three Schilling kills and two from
Alexa Gugliotta – to blow the period open. The Lady Owls put the final set away early, rolling to a 17-7 lead and finished by scoring the last six points of the match.
Thayer had seven kills and four blocks for the Owls, with
Taryn Ramsay ending the afternoon with 27 assists and a pair of aces and Miller leading the team with 19 digs and three aces.
OIT returns home next weekend to host the top two teams in the league – as No. 1 ranked Eastern Oregon heads to the Basin on Friday and No. 8 College of Idaho squares off on Saturday.
