  {"id":6486,"date":"2017-10-11T00:17:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T08:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6486"},"modified":"2017-10-10T19:22:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T03:22:30","slug":"volleyball-wins-one-loses-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/volleyball-wins-one-loses-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball wins one, loses one"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00eb<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Strickland | Managing Editor<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wolves\u2019 volleyball headed to Portland on Oct. 3 to face off against Concordia University. After a series of tight sets, the final score read 0-3, with the Wolves\u2019 giving up the win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Junior Mariella Vandenkooy scored the most kills for Western, tallying up 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout the first set, Concordia held a consistent lead above Western. The Wolves finally began to redeem themselves with a series of kills and attack errors, but not before Concordia beat them to the 25. The final score read 21-25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The team kicked it into gear for the second set, leading the way for the majority of the remaining time. Their steady lead was halted with repeated kills from Concordia sophomore Jessica Wheeler and Concordia senior Colby Barnette. The repeated attack led the Wolves to a close second set at 24-26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The third set was a slow-build in favor of Concordia; kills and errors were the name of the game. The final score was 17-25, rounding out a loss for the Wolves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The team headed back home to play the Montana State Billings on Oct. 7. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After losing to Concordia, the Wolves made a comeback with a 3-0 win against the Billings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vandenkooy was the kill leader in this game, as well, racking up 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vandenkooy started the Wolves off with a kill at the top of the game. This put the Wolves on a path of steady points ahead of the Billings. The end of the first ended with a gutting 25-9 in favor of Western.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Billings made the first kill of the second set, but Western came back with eight consecutive points. The rest of the set played out in a similar way; Montana State getting a kill in, followed by Western coming in and scoring multiple consecutive points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The third set mimicked the one before it, with both the second and third sets ending 25-18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This win makes Western 2-6 in GNAC. Their only other win of the season so far was against Saint Martin\u2019s in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wolves face two Alaska teams at home this week; University of Alaska on Oct. 12 and University of Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at journalmanaging@wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zo\u00eb Strickland | Managing Editor Wolves\u2019 volleyball headed to Portland on Oct. 3 to face off against Concordia University. After a series of tight sets, the final score read 0-3, with the Wolves\u2019 giving up the win. Junior Mariella Vandenkooy scored the most kills for Western, tallying up 19. 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