Cougars Hold Off Oregon

Washington State needed an extra game and Sarah Silvernail’s 15 kills and five blocks to defeat Oregon in Pacific-10 Conference volleyball Friday night at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman.

WSU, ranked 10th in the USA Today/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll, beat the Ducks 11-15, 15-8, 15-7, 15-7, and improved to 11-4 in the Pac-10 - the most league wins in WSU volleyball history.

WSU (19-4) handed Oregon (8-18) its 14th loss in 15 league matches before a crowd of 2,343.

Silvernail, who hit .833 with 15 kills in her three games of the match, missed the entire week of practice because of a viral stomach infection. The junior All-America candidate did not play in the first game Friday, but came on to help the Cougars enjoy a 14-3 blocks advantage.

WSU sophomore Keren Oigman added 10 kills, seven digs and five blocks.

Oregon State visits the Cougars tonight at 8 in Bohler Gym as WSU plays its final regular-season home match.

Idaho extended its season-long winning streak to 10 straight matches as the Vandals swept Montana State 15-11, 15-1, 15-9 in Big Sky Conference play at Bozeman, Mont.

Senior Tzvetelina Yanchulova led Idaho, which trailed 6-0 in the first game, with 19 kills in 45 attempts.

Freshman Beth Craig and junior Louisa Kawulok added 13 and seven kills, respectively.

“The match was a lot closer than the scores indicate,” UI coach Tom Hilbert said. “Our outside hitters really stepped it up tonight, which made a huge difference.”

Idaho (24-4, 12-1 Big Sky) will end its regular season tonight at Montana, then returns home to host the conference championships Nov. 17-18.

Jennifer Elliot led the Bobcats (15-10, 4-9) with nine kills and nine digs, but MSU hit just .156 for the match.

In Missoula, Montana swept Eastern Washington 15-6, 16-12, 15-4 despite 16 kills from the Eagles’ Kellie Glaus.

San Diego overcame visiting Gonzaga 11-15, 15-3, 15-7 despite 10 kills by GU’s Wendy Wilson.

Jenni Rosselli made 10 kills and Kaya Allen had nine as Community Colleges of Spokane swept Columbia Basin 15-9, 15-4, 15-5 in an NWAACC playoff at Spokane Falls CC.

Allen added 11 digs and a block.

Women’s soccer

Community Colleges of Spokane (6-6-1) stormed Green River 5-1 for a berth in the NWAACC playoffs.

Heather Wolfe scored twice for the visiting Sasquatch, who took a 1-0 lead 9 minutes into the match thanks to an own-goal forced by Wolfe’s aggressive play.

Men’s soccer

Visiting CCS handled Everett 5-1 to clinch an NWAACC playoff berth and finish the regular season with a 10-4-4 record - good for second place in the North Division.

The Sasquatch, who got two goals from Ryan VanWey, play at 1 p.m. Sunday in Spokane against Clark CC.

Boys soccer

State tryouts are being held today and Sunday at Moses Lake High School for players in the U-14 through U-18 age divisions.

Info: Vicki Codd, 466-5771.

Junior hockey

Darin Talloti and Derek Ames each had two goals and two assists as the Spokane Braves beat visiting Rossland 4-3 in Kootenay International League play.

, DataTimes