The Idaho State volleyball team lost to Eastern Washington on Thursday the 21st , and to the University of Idaho in its Battle of the Domes contest Saturday the 23rd in Reed Gym.
The final score for Thursday’s game was 3-2 (25-16, 18-25, 23-25, 25-18, 15-12).
Idaho State hit .215 percent but the Eagles were able to capitalize on Bengal miscues to earn the victory. Eastern Washington hit .195 for the match and had 13 service aces. Andri Dewey had 24 assists. Sadie Bluth led the Bengals with 15 kills.
After a slow start in set 1, the Bengals came out strong in set 2 to lead by as many as 10 at 16-6, 17-7 and 18-8. The scoring run was capped off by two attack errors by the Eagles and a kill by Rhodes.Eastern Washington made a late run to get within 23-18 but the Bengals closed it out on a Dani Devlin kill to earn the 25-18 victory.
Set 3 was back and forth as neither team led by more than three points. The Bengals earned the victory with a kill from Bluth.
The Eagles controlled the final two sets to earn the victory.
In Saturday’s match against the Vandals, the final score was 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-15).
The Bengals battled the Vandals, but fell in three sets. In the first set, the game score was tied 11 times before the Vandals were able to pull away, causing ISU to fall just shy 25-19.
The second set went the Vandals’ way when they got an early lead that the Bengals couldn’t recover from. The Vandals took the set 25-16. The Vandals then claimed the third set 25-15.
Taylor Parish had a game high of 26 total serve receptions for .929. Raegan Kunz led the way with six kills while Parish and Danielle Devlin were close behind with five kills. Andri Dewey had a team high 11 assists. Aliyah Sopoaga had 10 assists. Parish, Kunz, Rachael Warren, and Kaia Rhodes had one block each.
Idaho State is on the road for its next two conference matches. On Thursday, October 28 the Bengals play Portland State and on Saturday, October 30 the Bengals take on Sacramento State. Both matches are set to begin at 7:00 p.m. MT.
