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2019 Northwest University Volleyball Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 8/21 Montana Western Dillon, Mont. 6 PM 8/22 Montana Tech Butte, Mont. 4 PM 8/23 Rocky Mountain^ Butte, Mont. 10 AM 8/23 Carroll^ Butte, Mont. 4 PM 8/24 Providence^ Butte, Mont. 8 AM 8/24 Montana State Northern Butte, Mont. Noon 8/31 Seattle Pacific (EX) HOME 2 PM 9/6 Warner Pacific* Portland 7 PM 9/7 Multnomah* Portland 5 PM 9/13 Corban* HOME 7 PM 9/14 Northwest Christian* HOME 5 PM 9/20 College of Idaho* Caldwell, Idaho 7 PM 9/21 Eastern Oregon* La Grande, Ore. 5 PM 9/22 Walla Walla* Walla Walla 11 AM 9/26 Walla Walla* HOME 7 PM 9/28 Evergreen* Olympia 5 PM 10/4 Oregon Tech* HOME 7 PM 10/5 Southern Oregon* HOME 7 PM 10/11 Multnomah* HOME 7 PM 10/12 Warner Pacific* HOME 7 PM 10/18 Northwest Christian* Eugene, Ore. 7 PM 10/19 Corban* Salem, Ore. 7 PM 10/25 Eastern Oregon* HOME 7 PM 10/26 College of Idaho* HOME 5 PM 11/2 Evergreen* HOME 7 PM Nest Notes AND WE’RE OFF: Northwest begins 2019 under Collegiate Conference schedule. the Big Sky with six matches and one scrimmage in four days this week. After a stop in Dillon SMARTIES: Northwest returns two NAIA Scholar Wednesday to take on Montana Western, the Ea- Athletes in seniors Kylie Szczepanski and Keann gles play at Montana Tech Thursday before tak- White. Szczepanski and White joined returning ing part in the Big Sky Challenge. In that classic, players Courteney Carr, Tatiana Ensz, Sarah Howlett, Hannah Lord, and Hannah Michaels on NU plays Rocky Mountain and Carroll on Friday last year’s CCC Academic All-Conference squad. with an afternoon scrimmage against Valley City State sandwiched in between. The road warriors wrap up the trip with two games Saturday, taking HITTERS: Keann White (2.31 kills per set) and on Providence and Montana State Northern. Hannah Lord (2.13 K/S) were second and third on last year’s team in kills with White posting a team-best .276 attack percentage. ROADIES: The Eagles play their first eight counting matches on the road this season. In ad- dition to this week’s Montana trip, NU plays its THE SET-UP: Courteney Carr returns after a 837 first two Cascades Collegiate Conference games -assist season in 2018. She led NU with 7.22 as- in Portland Sept. 6-7 at Warner Pacific and sists per set. Carr was sixth in the league last Multnomah. There’s a home exhibition match season in assists per set. against Seattle Pacific Aug. 31, but the first home match of the year is Friday the 13th of September ACE: Abi Broussard returns after leading the Ea- when Corban visits. gles with 32 aces last season. Tatiana Ensz was second on the team with 27. Broussard was BAIN BAR: Northwest coach Steven Bain last eighth in the CCC at .32 aces per set. season became the first Eagles volleyball coach to reach 100 wins. The year before that, he be- THEY GOT THIS: Cristina Hegarty is back after came the program’s all-time leader in coaching leading the Eagles with 504 digs (4.31 per set) victories and guided the team to its first NAIA last season. Hegarty, who was fourth in the con- postseason. That coaching wins record now ference in digs, also bedeviled opponents with stands at 114 victories. Prior to NU, Bain had 177 666 receptions and was second only to Tatiana wins and two State Championships at King’s Ensz in reception percentage at .947 to .928. High School in Seattle. BACK ATCHA: Keann White leads the returning POINTS IN THE POLL: Northwest got some players with 87 total blocks from last season with measure of respect with 18 points in the presea- son NAIA Coaches’ Poll. That amounts to a No. Kylie Szczepanski right behind at 85. 31 ranking. Two top 10 schools, as well as the No. 12 team in the poll, face NU on the Cascade Nest Notes NAIA Preseason Top 25 Poll Cascade Collegiate Conference Standings # LW School [No. 1 Votes] 2018 W-L School CCC All Streak Pts Eastern Oregon 0-0 2-0 W2 1 1 Park (Mo.) [18] 36-1 498 Northwest Christian 0-0 3-0 W3 2 2 Columbia (Mo.) 36-4 480 Oregon Tech 0-0 2-0 W2 3 5 Grand View (Iowa) 36-1 451 Southern Oregon 0-0 2-0 W2 4 9 Missouri Baptist 31-3 428 College of Idaho 0-0 0-0 --- 5 3 Viterbo (Wis.) 33-8 425 Corban 0-0 0-0 --- 6 8 Southern Oregon 29-5 422 Evergreen 0-0 0-4 L4 7 12 Northwestern (Iowa) 26-9 418 Multnomah 0-0 0-0 --- 8 4 Midland (Neb.) 26-8 381 Northwest 0-0 0-0 --- 9 6 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 33-4 369 Walla Walla 0-0 0-1 L1 10 11 Eastern Oregon 25-9 366 Warner Pacific 0-0 0-0 --- 11 7 Dordt (Iowa) 31-3 329 12 14 College of Idaho 24-10 320 Tuesday’s Games 13 13 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 30-6 300 Walla Walla at St. Katherine 14 10 Hastings (Neb.) 22-7 298 Eastern Oregon at Florida Memorial 15 17 The Master's (Calif.) 29-8 292 Eastern Oregon at St. Thomas 16 19 Aquinas (Mich.) 35-8 224 New Hope Christian at Northwest Christian 17 21 Central Methodist (Mo.) 32-8 218 Wednesday’s Games 18 RV Vanguard (Calif.) 26-11 216 Northwest at Montana Western 19 16 Corban (Ore.) 23-13 204 Walla Walla at San Diego Christian 20 18 Jamestown (N.D.) 24-9 198 Walla Walla vs. Antelope Valley 21 20 Providence (Mont.) 23-11 183 Evergreen at Carroll 22 RV Bellevue (Neb.) 23-12 165 Corban at Hastings 23 15 Westmont (Calif.) 27-7 130 Thursday’s Games 24 23 Marian (Ind.) 30-7 124 Northwest at Montana Tech 25 RV Ottawa (Kan.) 27-13 91 Walla Walla vs. La Sieera Others receiving votes: Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 89, Trinity Christian (Ill.) Walla Walla vs. Life Pacific 88, Reinhardt (Ga.) 85, Madonna (Mich.) 58, Saint Francis (Ind.) 34, Corban at Dordt Northwest (Wash.) 18, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 18, Morningside (Iowa) 12, Friday’s Games Kansas Wesleyan 12, SAGU (Texas) 11, Oklahoma City 6, Campbells- Northwest vs. Rocky Mountain ville (Ky.) 4, Milligan (Tenn.) 4 Northwest vs. Carroll Oregon Tech vs. William Jessup and Jamestown Cascade Conference Preseason Poll College of Idaho vs. Carroll Evergreen vs. MSU-Northern and Rocky Mountain # Team (No. 1 votes) Points 2018 W-L William Jessup at Southern Oregon 1 Southern Oregon (6) 115 29-5 Corban vs. Dordt and Northwestern (Iowa) 2 Eastern Oregon (4) 111 25-9 Eastern Oregon vs. Grand View 3 College of Idaho (1) 100 24-10 College of Idaho at Montana Tech 4. Corban 85 23-13 Vanguard vs. Southern Oregon 5 Northwest 68 16-14 Saturday’s Games 6 Evergreen State 63 12-18 Northwest vs. Providence 7 Oregon Tech 61 12-15 Northwest vs. MSU-Northern 8 Northwest Christian 46 12-17 Eastern Oregon at Bellevue and Hastings 9 Warner Pacific 39 10-16 Evergreen vs. Montana-Western and Providence 10 Multnomah 37 6-23 Oregon Tech vs. Lewis Clark State and Vanguard 11 Walla Walla 11 0-21 Head Coach Steve Bain Coach Bain, beginning his eighth season at NU, came to the Eagles from King’s High School in Seattle where he compiled a 117-10 regular sea- son record, a post season record of 60-14, and won 1A state champion- ships in 2008 and 2009. He guided King’s to nine consecutive appear- ances in the WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association) state tournament and has finished fourth or higher in eight of the appear- ances. The Eagles completed a 24-10 record in 2017, the best W-L record for an NU volleyball team since 2004, and the first trip of any Eagle team to the NAIA Volleyball National Championships. The team posted a 19-8 season and 3rd place finish in the Cascade Collegiate Conference in 2016. They also made their way to the semifinals of the CCC post sea- son tournament in '16 and '17. Bain has compiled a 114-92 record and has compiled the most wins of any Northwest U volleyball coach. During his time at King’s, his teams won nine straight conference championships along with six re- gional championships. Na- Coach Bain at NU tionally, his teams were Year Overall W-L CCC W-L Comments ranked in the top four in the country from 2007 to 2011 by 2018 16-14 12-8 Bain becomes first NU Volleyball coach to 100 wins the National Christian School 2017 24-10 15-5 NAIA Opening Round, New NU Volleyball leader in wins Athletic Association 2016 19-8 15-5 (NCSAA). King’s was also 2015 20-10 14-6 the recipient of the 1A WIAA Academic State Champion- 2014 15-15 8-10 ship Award in 2010 and 2011. Bain has been named coach of the year four times, the WIAA AP Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2009, the Seattle Times “Star Times” Coach of the Year award in 2009 and the National Coach of the Year award by the NCSAA in 2008. At King’s, Bain’s players earned many individual honors including five Washington State MVP awards, five NCSAA All-American awards, and numerous first team all-conference and first team all- state accolades.