Show 10Bila(ig I Spouts Eagles drop matches to UVSC and Snow but defeat Westminster and CNCC to relax and lotuul themselves behind despite mid I Williams Chcki strong play hy McKay ‘t Butler stulT writer Kellie l Williams Behind Ml Lady liaglcs sal on the sideline because of a game delay follow uiglhc delay CLl' played lough bin losi to CNCC In ihc lounh game (lie Lady Laglcs signed siimig and look no prisoners Key blocks and kills hy McKay and Pllcuger ovned up a Ml lead CNCC rebounded with two points and looked like the game could he dose But lhal thought w as d CLl' dominated from that point When L Williams got up lo serve and CEl! leading CNCC might as well have walked len-iiinui- lul Eagles won their lust cnnlcrcikc mtli !i oi the season hy deleaiing Colorado Northwestern Community College :iiul M ostnimsior at homo hut dropvd matches Utah nationally-tankelo Valley State College and Snow College I ho past I wo nooks CEU vs CNCC I Ik- - i( d 15-- 7 15-1- 0 10-1- 5 15-- 3 15-1- 0 11 sliort-lixe- The lirst game Mai tod with a great serse hy Melanie 4-- 2 Strong and the Maples soured first com won the sene and responded with two points oi their ow n CNCC 1 a s scored lour ace serves 111 a row CNCC Cuiiliololllicserve and moved hack and Ini ill acinss the not until the score was with knotted at seemed lo lose all Till 11 and Strong mndegreat blocks point some great and player following exservice woikhy Amanda McKay and Michelle changes Strong scored an ace making the score Pllcuger for CEU With additional line play hy Lori Williams plus two great kills hy Pflcugcr lie Lady I 11-- 2 CNCC would score only one more point s before L Eagles Will-iam- suigcd ahead 10-produced Coach Martindale gives pep talk to his team during a kills and an LavcrncTuliamade iwo time out Photo by DeFriez an impressive kill ace serve to end lhal lit up the crowd before Cl ill momentarily lost the game Game MVP's were L Williams with and then regained control of the serve The Luly eight ace serves Pllcugcr and C Williams Martindale said "I felt had lhal a lot of players Eagles finished strong with I’lleuger’s ace serve 15-- 7 MWe n didn't gel lo play hut Ihc work lhal all llie players pul all together winning the game hut team a the we is CNCC good pul put into practice the last three weeks makes this finally with Nockwin a complete team effort" serving and pressure on them all night said Martindale CEU vs UVSC Brent Coach ing" 15-scored CNCC first with an 7 In the second game CEU was defeated hy UVSC on Oct 24 hut it ace and CEU momentarily fell behind 4 Howd team in ever with strong play by Tulta Pllucgcr and was not an easy win for the Ihc nation Strong the Lady Eagles evened the score at kill a with One of CEU's most exciting ntatclies started look great charge Then CEU' McKay 10-e victory hy the Lady and Iwo dinks and ran the score lo 7 with the with a tremendous block a made Williams Eagles great court healing up L Utah Valley's first naive was a double-hi- t call 7 Both sides traded unsuccessful serves with from the referee CEU answered with a kill from Tuia rejecting three attempted kills by CNCC said Bateman She served an ace to give CEU a Williams When CEU ran the score to lead The hall went on Valley from the sidelines saying "I love this game This a several made A win times was clear CEU chance for lo is the best game I've ever seen" Strong The game when die score hit 0 Valley regained the serve solid block and the score was 0 and slipped two dinks past CEU putting their lirst lhal Williams was finished with an ace serve from Iwo points on die scoreboard I'fliiegcr responded no one could touch "Our defense was outstandwith two dinks of her own lo increase the Imdy did everying! They tried lipping hilling they Eagle's lead 2 Talia served Iwo aces widening thing" Couch Martindale said 10-- 2 and added one more After yvinning the first two games CEU seemed Ihc gap even further 6 10-1- 5 2-- filth-ranke- 4-- 4 first-gam- 1 Melanie Strong spikes the ball over the net for CEU during the match against Utah Valley State College Photo by DeFriez of ilieir light 6-- 6 f 1 111 1 2-- 0 I3-9- L ds 6-- 14-1- X-- w hen Valley got called for an CEl) lost control while Valley managed lo score three points to bring the Wolverines within six points A couple of culls on CEU ruflled some feathers Nil the Lady liaglcs retaliated with an ace and two kills hy Slmng and LAVilhams It was a great victory with (Till winning 15-- 7 The second game started with a VAIIcy score McKay quickly got control with a spike and the iwo teams raded scores with Bateman's ace hri g the score to 3 Pllucgcr hit an awesome kill lie tu Ihc score 3 and a dink lo go ahead 3 Once more the teams traded scores with CEU lie After some questionable calls battling to a A spike and from the referee Ik score was a dink from Utah Valley brought them lo 3 11k intense last seconds were an exercise in control In Ihc end Valley-habeaten the lough latdy Eagles 1 1 ng-in- 2-- 4-- 3-- 9-- 9 1 0-- 1 1 1 1 0 The third game started I I hut CEU had a short serve and missed hlocksand Valley moved ahead I 3 Strung play on Nrth sides brought the score to with McKay providing some fireworks on the front line 4-- 6 Excellent play by Bateman Pllucgcr McKay and Strong lied the score at 6-- 6 and kept it close cull against the And an at 0 Eagles pul more points on the scoreboard for Valley CEU showed great blocking skills but it was hard lo stive the kills Utah Valley was sending Williams made a kill lhal made Ihc crowd 2 11k jump and gave CEU the serve at it Eagles lost with a short serve and a Utah Valley continued to score points including 0 an ace serve for the win The fourth game was fast and furious Defense 10-1- tired-lookin- 15-1- g and offense was intense lor Null teams Tuliu gained early control for CEU but the ball went Valley went under Ok net and Niunds to fall behind CEU had three out-ocontrol and Tulia made a kill for made a Pllucgcr kill for CEU's first point McKay and L Williams made great blocks Ip make the score ds 0-- 5 f- -5 2-- 5 Following a Valley score McKay blocked and cull spiked lo make it 6 An brought Ihc Eagles one point closer Williams made a great block stopping Valley from scoring A kill from Van Komen lied the score 6 But Valley was nol lo Ik denied Nationally ranked and showing it in this game Utah Valley ground out game and match Coach April Kaiser said "It was u fabulous try we wish we could have got it in iIk end but we didn't and we fell that it was a good way to end it at home I think we'll make a name for ourselves next year" CEU vs Snow 4-- ds 6-- 15-- 2 15--4 15-1- 0 CEU played Snow on Oct 27 in Ephraim and scored only 16 points in three games Couch Kaiser explained that it was Snow's Nunccoming game und they had u huge crowd as well as the footbull team on the serving ends of the court "It was pretty nerve racking even though the Lady Eagles tried nol to jdtow it It was the biggest crowd ihc girls have ever played in fnmt of und they weren't used to it Maybe next year we'll have more support und they'll gel the feci for the crowd being there" CEU's Lkly Eagle volleyball season is over hut they are already working for next year Missing from Ihc lineup next year will be sophomores Williams und Bateman wNi will graduate this spring |