Eastern soccer earns playoff berth
After clinching its first Big Sky Conference Tournament bid since 2009, the Eastern Washington women’s soccer team will face Big Sky leader Montana for its last game of the regular season at home Friday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m.
EWU will be recognizing a total of eight seniors prior to the match in honor of Senior Day. They will include Nathalie Schwery, Katie Cashman, Marianne Johnson, Jessica Wallace, Meghan Sorensen, Cassie Black, Haley Stading, and Kayla Sutter.
Eastern (8-7, 5-4 BSC) saw its postseason dreams come alive after shutting out North Dakota 1-0 Sunday, Oct. 26, on a goal from Kiana Hafferty, earning the three points that was needed in order to clinch its place in the postseason.
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Eagle volleyball chases tournament spot
With the Big Sky Conference Tournament just four weeks away, the Eastern Washington University women’s volleyball team will hit the road for four league matches, beginning with tilts against Montana and Montana State this week.
Eastern (9-14, 5-5 BSC) will take on the Grizzlies Thursday, Oct. 30, meeting MSU, Saturday, Nov. 1. Both matches are set to begin at 6 p.m.
The Eagles are firmly in the discussion for a spot in the upcoming conference tournament having won four of their last six matches. They currently sit tied with Portland State and Montana for sixth place with identical 5-5 conference records. If the tournament started today, Eastern would be the No. 7 seed due to its head-to-head victory over Montana and its loss to Portland State.
The Eagles split a pair of home matches last week, falling to Big Sky-leading Idaho State in three sets before bouncing back to sweep Weber State in impressive fashion.
Junior Kellen Barfield set a new career high with 11 kills against Weber State after matching her season-best output with 10 kills versus the Bengals. She averaged 3.50 kills per set and hit .486 in Eastern’s two matches this past week.
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EWU basketball first in nation to play
Football was first, and now men’s basketball is getting an early start as well.
Eastern Washington University has moved its men’s basketball opener on Friday, Nov. 14 versus Texas Southern to 8 a.m. vgat Reese Court in order to host the first NCAA Division I basketball game in the 2014-15 season.
The game against the 2014 NCAA Tournament participant from the Southwestern Conference was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. It will now be regionally broadcast on SWX TV, as well as via radio on 700-AM ESPN.
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