LA GRANDE, Ore. – Northwest took a set from 13^th-ranked Eastern Oregon but finished with a 3-1 loss to the Mountaineers Saturday.
 
EOU won 25-17, 19-25, 25-17, 25-13.
 
"We played a very good Eastern Oregon team today and while we competed from start to finish, they had another gear that we simply couldn't match," said NU Head Coach Steven Bain.
 
The Mountaineers fired at a .591 attack clip to notch the opening set.
 
NU bounced back for a second-set victory. Both teams scrapped to a 19-19 deadlock before NYU used two kills by Abigail Broussard and a block by Broussard and Savannah Hale in a 6-0 run. Kelsey Cummins put the set away with an ace.
 
The Mountaineers used four blocks to keep the Eagles at a .000 attack percentage in the third set. EOU was swinging over .800 as it built a 15-4 lead in the final set.
 
 Susana Bailey led the Eagles with 12 kills with Broussard and Megan Horne following with eight each. Anna Saelens had 31 assists. Broussard, Horne, and Cristina Lorenz led NU with two aces.
 
Cummins led Northwest with 10 digs and Broussard added a team-high two blocks.
 
The Eagles finished off the first half of the Cascade Collegiate season at 5-6 in the league and 6-10 overall.
 
"What I like about our team though is their continued willingness to embrace challenges and as long as we can continue to do that we will stay on the path to improvement," Bain said.
 
Northwest heads to Portland next week to contest Multnomah on Friday and Warner Pacific on Saturday.