The Evergreen State College volleyball team couldn’t break out of its slump as the Geoducks were swept by Walla Walla on Friday, Oct. 16 and by Lewis-Clark State College on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Evergreen has been swept in each of its last six games. Sophia Scroggins was effective on the attack early, but the Wolves gradually grew sharper on offense and pulled away to take the first set 25-18.
Walla Walla dominated set two 25-13, and a back-and-forth third set saw the Wolves score the final five points after a 20-20 tie.
Against one of the top teams in the Cascade Collegiate Conference in Lewis-Clark State College, the Geoducks caught fire in the first set en route to a 12-7 start, but the Warriors bruised the Geoducks with a 5-0 run on four kills and an ace. A 14-14 tie turned into a 25-17 Warriors win.
Once again, the Geoducks got off to an impressive 6-2 start in the second set, and Lewis-Clark State’s response kicked in a little bit sooner this time in another 25-17 verdict. The Warriors punished Evergreen with 15 kills in set two.
After Evergreen scored the first point of the third set, the Warriors took the lead and never trailed again to win 25-16.
Scroggins put up nine kills in both games, while the Geoducks had productive games from Annalise Orlowski (eight kills vs. Walla Walla) and Bright Brubaker (eight kills vs. Lewis-Clark State) this weekend.
Evergreen (2-16, 1-13 CCC) hits the road next week to face Corban on Friday, Oct. 23 and Bushnell on Saturday, Oct. 24.
