EWU Sports Briefs

CROSS COUNTRY:

EWU hosts Big Sky XC on Oct. 28 at Fairways

Eastern Washington University will host the 2022 cross country championships at the Fairways Golf Course on Friday, Oct. 28.

The meet is free for spectators to attend, and the men’s 8k will begin at 10 a.m. followed by the women’s 5k at 11 a.m.

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SOCCER:

Eastern bumped from ‘Sky playoffs

There will be no post-season for Eastern Washington soccer following its 2-1 loss at Idaho, Oct. 23.

A combination of Eastern’s loss in the final day of Big Sky Conference play, and the results of other contests dropped the Eagles into seventh place with the top six teams making the tournament next week in Greeley, Colo.

Weber State’s 2-0 win over Montana moved the Wildcats into the fifth seed and the Grizzlies are the sixth seed.

Idaho scored in the fourth minute, but Elisabeth Cole earned her first career goal in the eighth minute, set up by a pass from Maddie Morgan. Idaho’s winning goal came in the 55th minute.

“At this point, all we can do is look forward to getting back to work this spring and continue to improve, both individually and collectively, and get ready to compete for a championship in 2023,” head coach Missy Strasburg said.

 Eastern finishes the season with a 5-8-5 overall record and 2-3-3 in Big Sky play.

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TRACK & FIELD

CHS track athlete Dobosh signs at EWU

Konner Dobosh, a 2022 graduate from Cheney High School will attend Eastern Washington University and compete on the track team in the javelin the school announced.

Dobosh finished sixth at the 2022 WIAA state championships in the javelin and threw 178 feet, 5 inches to place first at the 3A/4A district championships. That effort qualified him for the USATF National Championship where he finished fifth overall.

Dobosh plans on majoring in education and becoming an English teacher. According to a news release, Dobosh was coached in field events by Shannon Root and also played football and baseball at CHS.

This signing means two former Blackhawks compete with EWU as Dobosh joins Ryan Rieckmann, another thrower, according to CHS coach Derek Slaughter.

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VOLLEYBALL:

Eagles drop pair on road

Eastern volleyball completed a recent road trip winless after losses to Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado.

The Eagles opened the trip with a 3-2 loss in Flagstaff (25-20, 16-25, 25-23, 21-25, 9-15) where several EWU players had notable efforts.

Sage Brustad recorded six kills and had 11 digs while Makenna Collins finished with 15 digs for her 11th double digit dig game on the year. Collins also recorded 10 digs for her 12th double-digit dig game this season. Alyssa Radke had a career night against NAU with 24 kills.

In Greeley, the Eagles faced head coach Jon Haruguchi’s former team for the first time, losing 3-0 (19-25, 16-25, 9-25). Eastern had five players with five or more kills in the game as Radke led the team with seven. Collins recorded 10 digs for her 12th double-digit dig game this season.

Eastern (3-5 Big Sky, 8-12 overall) will return home to Reese Court on back-to-back nights to face Montana (Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.) and Montana State on (Friday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m.).