Sports Briefs

Cross Country

Men first, women third

LEWISTON, Idaho — The Eastern Washington cross country teams had a strong showing at the Lewis Clark State Invitational, with the men finishing first with 38 points and the women finished third with 69 points.

The men were led by Evan Peters, finishing fourth with a time of 24 minutes, 18 seconds, followed by Marcus Lemon and Noah Hasselblad in sixth and seventh. Other scorers for the Eagles included Austin Steed in tenth and Owen Higgins in 11.

The women were led by Cassidy Walchak-Sloan, finishing seventh with a time of 17:21.00, while Jasmin Muneton was close behind in 12th with a time of 17:33.00. Other scorers for the Eagles include Nattie Ruzauskas in 14th, Lilly Carlascio in 16th, and Jenni Bissell in 20th.

Eastern will head to Pocatello, Idaho for the Big Sky Championship meet on Friday. Nov. 1.

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Hockey

Huskies sweep Eagles

SEATTLE — The Eastern Washington University Eagles faced PAC-8 rival, the University of Washington Huskies, in a two-game series at the Kraken Community Iceplex Oct. 18 and 19.

The Eagles took a 4-1 lead into the third period only to lose 7-6 in a shootout, Friday. The Huskies tied the game at 6-6 with just 10 seconds left in regulation.

Eastern got two goals from Dom Didzerekis and Peyton Lund, added a goal and assisted on two others.

In Saturday’s game Washington scored four goals in both the first and second periods on the way to a 10-1 win. Joel Lusk scored Eastern’s lone goal, were outshot 35-29 and went 0-for-12 on the power play.

The Eagles are 2-4 in PAC-8 play, 3-5 overall ad will head to Butte, Montana to take on the Montana Tech Orediggers October 25 and 26. Eastern returns home Nov. 1 against the San Jose State Spartans in another PAC-8 game at the University Rec Center rink.

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Soccer

Blackhawks on win streak

CHENEY — The soccer team has a three-game winning streak going as the regular season comes to a close. The Blackhawks scored a 2-1 win over Central Valley in a Greater Spokane League game, Oct. 16 and mirrored that by topping University by the same score, Oct. 21.

Cheney (3-5 GSL, 6-8 overall) got first half goals from Avery Warren in the 25th minute and Kinley Collins at 51 minutes to build the lead.

Warren just played in her first game this season reported head coach Nels Radke. “She injured her knee really bad the third day of practice,” he wrote in an email “We thought we lost her for the season but she just got cleared.”

Keeper Kiah Klauss had two saves in the win.

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Volleyball

Collins Player of the Week

CHENEY — For the second consecutive week, senior libero Makenna Collins has been honored as the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week. This marks her second player of the week honors in her career. Her impressive performances were key to the Eagles’ recent success.

Over the weekend, Collins recorded a total of 29 digs, averaging an impressive 4.14 digs per set, along with 12 assists. In the match against Idaho State, she contributed 11 digs and five assists, while against Weber, she excelled with 18 digs and seven assists.

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Eagles extend win streak

CHENEY — Eastern (9-8, 5-2) extended its five-game win streak with a hard-fought victory over Weber State (7-11, 4-3), triumphing in four sets, on Homecoming Saturday at Reese Court.

After Weber won the opening set 26-24, Eastern reeled off victories of 25-23, 25-16 and 25-22 and won its fifth consecutive contest.

Bri Gunderson was the standout performer, leading the offense with 13 kills and a hitting percentage of .478. Alyssa Radke also made significant contributions, adding ten kills, while defensively, Makenna Collins had 18 digs and Gunderson recorded nine blocks.

Earlier in the week the Eagles swept Idaho State with wins of 25-22, 25-23 and 25-21 also at Reese Court. Radke led the Eagles offensively with 10 kills, while Gunderson anchored the defense with five blocks. Kate Hatch and Jannie Blake combined for 37 assists, with Blake also adding four aces.

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Spangle girls win 1, lose 1

RITZVILLE — Two Spangle high school teams traveled to Gilson Gymnasium in Ritville. One came home with a win, one a loss.

Upper Columbia lost in 3 sets. For the Lions, Kari Willey had 3 kills and Jaslin Downes had 8 assists. Lyla Libby had 1 ace and Cam Stam had 19 digs. Hadley Bergamo had 3 blocks.

Meanwhile, the Liberty Lancers shocked the No. 8-ranked Broncos, winning 3-1.

Kendall Denny had 31 kills for the win and Zoe Omlin had 45 digs and 4 aces.