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Eagles Defeat Corban in Four Sets

Hannah Hanson led the Eagles with 14 kills in tonight's win
Box Score SALEM, Ore. – Trailing 18-22 in the 4th set, Northwest University scored seven straight points to win the set and the match, 3-1 (25-15, 24-26, 25-15, 25-22), over Corban for a Cascade Conference victory tonight.

NU took a 2-1 set advantage going into the fourth set, but Corban would battle the Eagles through 8 ties and a tight final set. Trailing 18-15, Northwest would score three straight kills, two by Olivia VanDlac and one by Mattie Jo Johnson to tie the set at 18-all. But a 4-0 run by Corban would put them back into the lead, 22-18 after calling a time out. Aided by three straight Warrior errors, NU would pull to within one, 22-21 and would then rattle off three straight kills, two more by VanDlac and one by Hannah Hanson two lead 24-22. An attack error by Corban would give the Eagles the 25-22 win and a 3-1 match victory.

In set one and after building a 12-6 lead, Northwest U would lead the entire way on their way to their 25-15 set win. A Dakota Adams kill and Olivia VanDlac service ace would seal the victory.

Set two would see the Eagles battle back from a 20-15 deficit to tie the set at 24-24, but a kill by Corban's Rachel Smith and an NU attach error would give the 26-24 set win to the Warriors.

NU would come right back in the third set and take a 16-6 lead and the Eagles would not look back as Amanda Waterman's kills would put the punctuation mark on the convincing set win.

Hannah Hanson led Northwest U (9-8, 2-4 CCC) with a match high 14 kills while hitting for a .370 average. Freshman Amanda Waterman had 11 kills and 14 digs for her 11th double-double of the season. Morgan Pilon and Brooke Riddle combined for 40 assists, 21 by Pilon while Leia Roy led the team with 19 digs. Olivia VanDlac added 16 digs and 9 kills.

Corban (3-11, 0-7 CCC) was led by Shantelle Hill's 11 kills and 7 digs while Haley Meili led the Warriors with 17 assists. Katherine Salness had a match high 25 digs.

"It's always tough to win on the road, so I was very pleased we were able to stay on task in key situations tonight," said Steven Bain, Eagle head coach. "That was especially evident in the fourth set when we were down 22-18 and we maintained our composure to finish the match. Credit Corban as they have a young team like we do, and I was really impressed with their effort and intensity. They are real fighters." 

Northwest U now travels to Eugene to play Northwest Christian at 2 p.m. Saturday while Corban remains at home to host the Evergreen State College.
 
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