Eagles top the Broncs

Senior Brittney Page had 10 kills and five blocks as Eastern Washington University completed an eight-match road trip with a 30-21, 30-20, 30-28 non-conference victory over Rider University at Lawrenceville, N.J.

Addie Webster and Chrystal Johnson contributed eight kills apiece for the Eagles (7-1), who have won their last five matches. Kristen Ponce chipped in with 17 digs.

Rider (2-6) was held to a .022 hitting percentage in the match. Megan Smith led the Broncs with nine kills while Nastasja Avramovic had 15 digs.

Eastern has one more non-conference match – Sept. 12 at Gonzaga – before opening Big Sky Conference play with a road trip to face Idaho State and Portland State.

Bailey joins WAC

Former Eastern Washington University and University of Idaho athletic department administrator Dr. Darlene Bailey has joined the office of the Western Athletic Conference as Associate Commissioner.

Before joining the WAC staff, Bailey served as Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator at Missouri State University since 1988.

Bailey will manage the NCAA governance process for the WAC’s nine member institutions and will work directly with the WAC presidents/chancellors, athletic directors, senior woman administrators and faculty representatives with implementation of the recently adopted conference strategic plan, according to a conference press release.

She will also be the primary liason to the WAC’s women’s basketball and volleyball coaches and will play an active role in the overall administration of the two sports including officiating, regular season scheduling, championships, marketing and promotions.

Besides her time at Missouri State, EWU and Idaho, Bailey previously held positions at Wichita State, South Alabama, Ohio University and Chaminade University.