The Evergreen State College volleyball team couldn’t have asked for a better finish to the 2026 season, as the Geoducks swept Warner Pacific 25-23, 25-18, 25-20, in Portland on Thursday, Nov. 5.
The victory snapped an 11-game losing streak for Evergreen and was the team’s first win since Sept. 26, when the Geoducks swept Warner Pacific in their first meeting.
Evergreen rallied from a 13-8 deficit in the first set, scoring six unanswered points to take the lead. Junior Zosia Formella took over late in the set to lead the Geoducks to a 25-23 opening-set victory.
The Geoducks led wire-to-wire in set two, with senior Sophia Scroggins pounding five kills in the frame. Formella added four more, including the set point to win 25-18. Evergreen and Warner Pacific traded runs in the third set, but the Geoducks sprinted to the finish line on a 9-3 run fueled by back-to-back aces by Formella and a pair of kills by Annalise Orlowski.
Formella finished with 11 kills and nine digs, while Scroggins recorded her second double-double of the season in her final game with 10 kills, 10 digs and three aces. Jayden Vaimaona also concluded her collegiate career with her third double-double of the season with 12 assists and 10 digs. Paron Holmes led all Geoducks with 13 digs.
Evergreen finishes the regular season with a 3-21 record and 2-18 mark in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
Five players will be graduating this year: Bright Brubaker, Sophia Scroggins, Mikayla Kelly, Jayden Vaimaona and Jaci Yamada.
