The Eastern Washington University volleyball team commences the second half of its Big Sky Conference slate this weekend in a three-way tie for first place in the league standings with Portland State and Northern Colorado. All three teams are 6-2 in Big Sky play, while the Eagles are 12-7 overall.
To start off this portion of the schedule, Eastern Washington will play host to Weber State and Idaho State at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24, respectively. Over the past weekend the Eagles fell to Northern Arizona 3-2 before knocking off UNC 3-1 to create that three-way stalemate at the top of the standings.
There was a pair of statistical rarities in those two matches.
Chenoa Coviare had 12 blocks in the NAU contest, the most by any Eagle since Keva Sonderen had that total against Weber State on Nov. 9, 2002.
Then Ashley Hamilton had the first triple-double by an Eagle in seven years, as that incredible feat was last accomplished on Sept. 14, 2002, by Janelle Ruen against George Washington in Boise, Idaho. Hamilton had 43 assists to go with 11 kills and 14 digs. She also hit at an outstanding .526 clip (11-1-19).
Weber State (5-15, 3-5 BSC) will ride a two-match winning streak into Friday's match, most recently beating Seattle University 3-0 and Idaho State 3-1. The Eagles swept the Wildcats 3-0 in the team's meeting on the WSU campus on Sept. 26, their fifth-straight win over Weber State.
Idaho State (9-11, 3-5 BSC) went 1-2 last week, defeating Seattle 3-0 and falling to WSU as well as Utah Valley in five. The Eagles took a 3-2 thriller that went down the wire (fifth set was 15-13) in Pocatello, Idaho, on Sept. 25. That win was the second-consecutive for Eastern against the Bengals.
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