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Alex Terry, Izzy Willis, Katie Shimaura, Erin Labasan, Isabel Valentine, and Patrick Rockenbaugh pose in front of the volleyball net.
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Winner Pacific Lutheran PacL 17-7,16-0 NWC
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Lewis & Clark L&C 7-17,2-14 NWC
Winner
Pacific Lutheran PacL
17-7,16-0 NWC
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Final
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Lewis & Clark L&C
7-17,2-14 NWC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Pacific Lutheran PacL 25 25 25 (3)
Lewis & Clark L&C 16 18 16 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Brian Hauge

Seniors Shine In Final Match, Volleyball Drops Three Setter to NWC Champions Pacific Lutheran

Seniors Izzy Willis, Katie Shimaura, and team manager Alex Terry celebrated before match.



PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College volleyball celebrated senior team manager and practice player Alex Terry and seniors Izzy Willis and Katie Shimaura ahead of their regular-season finale against the 2023 Northwest Conference Regular Season Champions Pacific Lutheran University on Saturday night.
 
THE BASICS
 
Pacific Lutheran 3, Lewis & Clark 0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-16)
(Lewis & Clark 7-17, 2-14 NWC)
(Pacific Lutheran 17-7, 16-0 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Pioneers faced an uphill battle as the Lutes entered Pamplin Sports Center on a 15-match winning streak and has not lost a NWC match all season, but the Lewis & Clark seniors still has some unfinished business to take care of and Willis and Shimaura were determined to not let Pacific Lutheran stop them.
 
Willis led the Pioneers with nine kills in her final match, but it was a kill in the second set that left her mark on the volleyball program. The San Diego, California native knocked a cross court shot down for her 733rd kill of her career, giving her sole possession of the number eight spot in the program for career kills. Willis officially has 737 kills on the list and surpassed Cheri Soliday.
 
Shimaura who moved into third on the program career dig list earlier this season, passed Kasey Kordell on Saturday, after the Mililani, Hawaii native recorded 16 digs in the match and finished with 420 digs for the season to move into sixth place. Kordell recorded 408 digs in the 1996 season.
 
Junior Annika Traxler (eight kills) and freshman Ruby Kuerschner (three kills, 21 assists) finished second and third on the team in kills.
Junior Emily Strand and freshmen Christi San Diego and Isabel Melean-Williams all finished with two kills each in the match. San Diego recorded a career high three solo blocks against the Lutes and finished with five total blocks.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Shimaura finishes her career as the Pioneers libero with 1081 digs, 207 assists, 89 service aces, and seven kills.
  • Willis career as one of the Pioneers' outside hitters ends with 737 kills, 404 digs, 70 total blocks, and 94 service aces.
  • The Pioneers had the third best serving team in program history this year as they recorded 198 aces this season. Kuerschner (37), Shimaura (36), Traxler (32), Willis (31), and junior Bethany Ballesteros (27) were the top five in aces this season.   
WHO'S NEXT
 
Lewis & Clark expects to return ten players next season, five of which were starters this fall.
 
 
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