Eastern Washington volleyball is ready for its final road trip of the season, as they travel to play Sacramento State and Portland State. Eastern will face the Hornets on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time, followed by the game against the Vikings on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.

Last Time Out
In Eastern's last outings, they faced Idaho State and Weber State, falling short 0-3 to both teams. In the games, Eastern fell to the Bengals [25-27, 21-25, 25-27] and the Wildcats [24-26, 20-25, 19-25].

Sage Brustad recorded 13 kills against ISU and led the team with 12 kills against WSU. Alyssa Radke notched 16 kills against the Bengals and had seven against the Wildcats. Lindsey Russell finished with 41 assists against ISU and had 28 against WSU. The Eagles had good stretches in both games but did not have the consistency to get the wins.

Insight on Eagles
Eastern now sits in eighth place in the Big Sky standings. Going on the road once again, the Eagles have an overall record of 9-15 with a conference record of 4-8.

Eastern has a strong attack that has been getting the job done this season. So far, the Eagles have 1101 kills while averaging 12.10 kills per set. The team leaders for kills and points for the Eagles are Sage Brustad(322 kills, 382 points), Alyssa Radke(278 kills, 316 points) and Sadie Bacon(180 kills, 326 points).

In conference play, Radke has been moving her way up the charts in the Big Sky conference as she now sits in fifth place in the conference for points. In the conference, Radke has 157 kills, 179.5 points while averaging 4.08 points per set. Radke also is in fourth place in the conference with her 157 collected kills. She averages about 5.57 kills per set and has been key on the Eagles defense.

As a team overall this season, Eastern currently sits at third for service aces with a total of 150, averaging 1.65 per set. They are sixth in hitting percentage with a .191 and a total of 1101 kills. They are sixth in assists with 1021 and averaging 11.22 per set. 

Insight on the Hornets
Sacramento State has an overall record of 12-13 with a conference record of 8-5. In the Big Sky conference, the Hornets sit in fifth place, tied with the Montana Grizzlies. In their last outing, the Hornets defeated the Grizzlies 3-1 (25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 25-14). The Hornets will be hosting the Eagles with a one game win streak.

In the game against Montana, Bridgette Smith led the Hornets in kills with a total of 16. Ashtin Olin led the team in assist with 35, while getting herself four kills.

Individually, Sac St. is all over the leaderboards in the Big Sky. For assists, Ashtin Olin sits in fifth place with a total of 927 averaging 9.36 per set. At the service line, Bridgette Smith is placed in third with 36 total aces, averaging 0.39 per set. Smith also is placed in third for points with a total of 206.5, averaging 4.21 per set. For blocks, there are two Hornets on the leader board. Tiyanane Kamba-Griffin is in third with 113 total blocks, averaging 1.16 per set. Then Kalani Hayes sits in fourth with 106 total blocks and averages 1.07 per set. Digs, Caty Cordano has collected 379 total digs while averaging 4.16 per set.

As a team, Sac St. has collected a total of 1179 kills averaging 11.9 per set and 1073 assists averaging 10.8 per set.

Insight on the Vikings
In Portland State's last outing, they fell against Montana State 2-3 (22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 24-26, 11-15). During the game, the Vikings had three in double figures for kills including Makayla Lewis (19), Parker Webb (15), and Sophia Meyers (14). Madison Friebel led the team with 48 assists while getting four kills in five sets.

On the season, the Vikings have an overall record of 14-10 and a 9-4 conference record. Portland State is in third place in the Big Sky behind Weber State.

The Vikings have players all over the leaderboard, as well, in the Big Sky. For kills, there are two players ranked back-to-back. In 79 sets played, Makayla Lewis is in fifth place with 263 kills averaging 3.33 per set. In 88 sets played, Sophia Meyers is sixth with 284 kills averaging 3.23 per set. Parker Webb sits in 10^th place with 258 kills and averages 2.90 per set.

In service aces, there are three players that are ranked. Webb leads the conference with 40 aces, averaging 0.45 per set. Ellie Snook with 32, averaging 0.36 per set and Sophia Meyers with 31, averaging 0.35 per set.

Madison Friebel currently sits in seventh place for assists with 798 while averaging 8.97 per set. In digs, Ellie Snook leads the Big Sky with 413 and averages 4.64 per set.

Back in September, Eastern and Portland St. faced off at Reese Court, with the Vikings winning in five sets [25-20, 25-20, 24-26, 15-25, 7-15]. The Eagles had a 2-0 lead in the game, but Portland St. rallied to win the next three and escape with the victory. 

Up Next
After being on the road for four games, the Eagles will return home to host their last two Big Sky conferences games. First up, Eastern will face off against Northern Colorado on Friday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. Pacific Time. After the Bears, Northern Arizona will be in town to play on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.