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Bethany Ballesteros sets a volleyball with a volleyball net in the background.
Steve Gibbons
0
Lewis & Clark L&C 5-4,0-1 NWC
3
Winner Whitman Whitm 2-6,1-0 NWC
Lewis & Clark L&C
5-4,0-1 NWC
0
Final
3
Whitman Whitm
2-6,1-0 NWC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Lewis & Clark L&C 13 21 24 (0)
Whitman Whitm 25 25 26 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Brian Hauge

Blues Hand Volleyball 3-0 Loss in NWC Opener

Bethany Ballesteros records 14 assists, eight digs in loss.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Annika Traxler led all players with 12 kills, and Bethany Ballesteros led the team with 14 assists, but Lewis & Clark College volleyball fell to Whitman College 3-0 in the Northwest Conference opener for both teams.
 
THE BASICS
 
Whitman 3, Lewis & Clark 0 (25-13, 25-21, 26-24) 
(Lewis & Clark 5-4, NWC 0-1)
(Whitman 2-6, NWC 1-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Each team finished the first set with ten kills, but four early hitting errors by Lewis & Clark gave Whitman a 6-2 lead they wouldn't relinquish. The Pioneers finished the set with eight total hitting errors and were outhit .435 to .069.
 
 Lewis & Clark rattled off five straight points in the second set to take an 8-6 lead, their first since 2-1 in the first set. Senior Izzy Willis hit the final five Pioneer kills in the second set. The outside hitter helped Lewis & Clark chip away at Whitman's lead and saved a set point to pull the Pioneers within 24-20.
 
Traxler's arm came alive in the third set for the Pioneers. The junior knocked down eight kills on 13 attempts with no errors, including the final five team kills. Fellow junior Emily Strand recorded two block assists and a service ace in Lewis & Clark's best team performance of the night.
 
Freshmen Isabel Melean-Williams and Christi San Diego finished with three kills apiece in the match, while junior Ella Ruark added two kills.
 
Freshman setter Ruby Kuerschner added 12 assists for the Pioneers.
 
Senior libero Katie Shimaura led all players with 14 digs, and junior setter Ballesteros was second with eight digs in the match.
 
BY THE NUMBERS 
  • Strand (3) synced up with Willis (2) and Ruark (1) for all of the Pioneers blocks.
  • San Diego hit .600 (3-0-5) from the middle against the Blues and was the only Pioneer with at least one kill not to commit a hitting error.
  • Traxler is averaging 3.00 kills per set this season; in her first two seasons as a Pio, she averaged a combined 1.19 kills per set.
WHO'S NEXT
 
Lewis & Clark continues their weekend road trip tomorrow against Whitworth at 6 p.m. in Spokane, Washington.  
 
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