Northwest vs. Evergreen State

Saturday | Nov. 2 | 7 PM

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KIRKLAND – Senior Night has major postseason implications for Northwest Saturday night as Evergreen State visits for a 7 p.m. match.
 
Volleyball recognizes its two seniors Saturday in their last regular-season home match in the Kristi Brodin Pavilion. Keann White and Kylie Szczepanski have played the last four seasons and have contributed to 71 wins and an appearance in the NAIA Tournament.
 
Three of the six Cascade Collegiate Conference playoff spots have been claimed, and four teams are tightly bunched for the final three spots. Northwest leads that foursome of contenders at 10-7 in the CCC, with College of Idaho at 9-7, Evergreen at 9-8, and Northwest Christian at 8-8. A win over Evergreen State gives the Eagles a two-game lead and a head-to-head sweep over TESC with two games left. The remaining in-conference strength of schedule favors Northwest Christian (.295 opponent winning percentage) and College of Idaho (.387). While a win Saturday puts them in the postseason, NU may need to win out to keep a home court playoff spot.
 
Northwest scored a 3-1 win over Evergreen in Olympia in September. The Eagles had a .289 attack percentage for the match. Hannah Lord had 15 kills, with Keann White adding 10. Abigail Broussard led with four aces, Anna Saelens with 26 assists, and Cristina Hegarty with 12 digs. Chloee Hunt led the Geoducks with 20 kills.
 
With 2.36 blocks per game, the Eagles are 15^th in the NAIA as a front line. Broussard is fourth in the Cascade Collegiate Conference and 24^th in the nation with 1.13 blocks per game, and Kylie Szczepanski is No. 29 and sixth in the league at 1.11.
 
Northwest is ranked 25^th in hitting percentage in the NAIA at .224. White carries a .277 average and is ranked second in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
 
The Eagles have two players–Hannah Lord and Broussard–who average more than three points per game. Broussard leads with 3.39 points per game with 2.21 kills, .54 aces, and 1.14 blocks per game. Lord averages 2.75 kills and .51 blocks per game for 3.04 points per game.
 
Northwest's front line defensively is ninth in the nation, averaging 2.43 blocks per game. Szczepanski leads the team and is 16^th nationally with 1.80 blocks per set, and Broussard is 22^nd nationally at 1.14.
 
Broussard leads the Cascade Collegiate Conference and is 15^th in the NAIA with .54 aces per game and 36^th with 45 aces total. 
 
Lord has 220 kills and leads the Eagles with 2.75 kills per game. White averages 2.23, and Broussard checks in at 2.21. As a team, the Eagles have a .221 attack percentage, which is No. 26 in the NAIA. White is second in the league with a .281 percentage.
 
Courteney Carr leading with 516 total and 6.07 assists per game. Carr is seventh in the league in assists per game. Saelens averages 4.22 assists per set.
 
Hegarty leads the Eagles and is sixth in the conference with 4.34 digs per game and records 356 of the team's 1170 digs this season.
 
Evergreen State is 11-15 overall and 9-8 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference after losing 3-0 to Eastern Oregon Saturday. Jocelyn Hillyar leads the team with 2.71 kills per set, with Sierra Wolf leading in assists at 9.13 per game. Leiko Yamauchi leads the back row with 3.64 digs per set, and Chloee Hunt gets a team-leading .92 blocks per game.