Area roundup: Eagles hand Lumberjacks first Big Sky volleyball loss of season

Ka’iulani Ahuna totaled 18 kills and 19 digs, Ashley Seiler added 18 kills and Sophie Miller tallied 35 assists and 19 digs to help the Eastern Washington Eagles (8-6, 3-2) hand the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (14-4, 4-1) their first Big Sky Conference volleyball loss of the season 25-23. 21-25, 25-22, 25-21 on Thursday in Cheney.

The Eagles managed just a .177 attack percentage for the match, but held NAU to a paltry .125.

Taylor Larsen chipped in with 11 kills and three blocks for Eastern.

Becca Mau finished with 24 kills and five blocks and Sarah Sharp added 22 kills to power the Idaho Vandals (7-10, 2-3) to a hard-fought 25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 19-25, 19-17 win over the visiting Southern Utah Thunderbirds (2-15, 0-5) in Big Sky action.

Megan Ramseyer posted 41 assists and two service aces for Idaho.

Emmy Allen notched 16 kills and 11 digs, Faith Smith and Jenna Kuehn combined for 43 assists and the Gonzaga Bulldogs (10-5, 3-2) rolled to a 25-22, 25-19, 19-25, 25-18 win over the Pepperdine Waves (7-10, 1-4) in West Coast Conference play in Malibu, California.

Soccer

Paige Crouch and Gabi Stoian scored goals 4:44 apart early in the first half and the Arizona Wildcats women (6-5-1, 1-3) breezed to a 2-0 win over the Washington State Cougars (5-6-1, 0-4) in Pac-12 play in Pullman.

Keeper Lainey Burdett made eight saves to preserve the shutout for ASU.

Madison Kmetko scored a goal at the 4:32 mark of the second overtime to spark the Arizona State Sun Devils women (6-4-2, ) to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Huskies (5-7-1, ) in Pac-12 play in Seattle.

Shannon Simon’s sixth goal of the season gave the Huskies a 2-1 lead in the 53rd minute, but the Sun Devils knotted the score in the 87th minute on a goal by Larisa Staub.

Amir Bashti’s first goal of the season came at the 77:01 mark and the Stanford Cardinal men (5-2-3, 2-0) held on for a 1-0 Pac-12 win over the 16th-ranked Washington Huskies (7-4, 1-2) in Seattle.