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Two Western Washington University volleyball players, outside hitter Megan Amundson and setter Kari Rice, were named to the all-tournament team at the NCAA Division II West Regional held last weekend at San Bernardino, Calif.

It wouldn't have been appropriate for the rubber match between the Seattle Pacific and Western Washington volleyball teams to end any other way. And it was second-seeded Seattle Pacific getting the win that mattered most, knocking off their GNAC foe 12-25, 25-20, 27-25, 22-25, 15-11 in the…

It isn't often you get to avenge one loss, let alone three. But that's a potential path for the Western Washington volleyball team which started play in the NCAA Division II West Region tournament Thursday, Nov. 18, at Cal State San Bernardino.

The third-seeded (20-3) Vikings…

Outside hitter Megan Amundson had a match-high 15 kills and middle blocker Emily Jepsen -- a Kamiakin graduate -- added 13 kills as Western Washington University defeated the University of Alaska Anchorage, 26-24, 25-12, 20-25, 25-20 in the opening round of the NCAA Division II West Regional in…

When Emily Jepsen was being recruited to play volleyball at Western Washington University, the Vikings were coming off a trip to the NCAA Division II national championship match and she just assumed that's the way it would always be.

Three years later and the Vikings are making their…

There will doubtless be a world of emotion at Carver Gym in Western Washington University's last home volleyball match, but there seems little likelihood of much panic.

Coach Diane Flick of the nationally 15th ranked Vikings saw her five starting seniors all display poise and polish…

Outside hitter Megan Amundson had match highs of 10 kills and three service aces and middle blocker Emily Jepsen added nine kills on .471 hitting and three blocks as nationally ranked Western Washington University bounced back with a 25-9, 25-19, 25-12 sweep of Montana State University Billings…

Hampered by a season-low hitting percentage of .107, Western Washington University saw its eight-match winning streak snapped, falling to Seattle Pacific University, 20-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-18, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match Thursday, Nov. 4, between two nationally…

Western Washington University volleyball outside hitter Kathryn Mertens has been named to the ESPN Academic All-District college division second team.

Mertens, a senior from Olympia, is a biology/anthropology major with a 3.90 grade point average.

The 5-foot-10 Mertens has played…