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Box Score 2 SPOKANE, Wash. – The Westminster women's volleyball team opened the 2014 season by splitting a pair of matches at the Sports Travel Northwest Invitational on Thursday. Westminster opened the day by sweeping Walla Walla (Wash.) 25-19, 25-10, 25-20. They then dropped a three-set match to No. 23 Eastern Oregon in the night cap by scores of 25-21, 25-11, 25-25-20.
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The Griffins won their season-opening match for the fifth consecutive year with the sweep of Walla Walla. This was the first meeting all-time between the two programs. No stats were available from the match.
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Against Eastern Oregon, the Griffins played the nation's 23rd-ranked team close in the first set before seeing the Mountaineers win the final two sets.
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Alexis Aalona finished the EOU match with a team-high eight kills with
Jessica Chellsen adding seven kills. The Griffins had 27 kills as a team and finished the match hitting .092. EOU totaled 37 kills and hit .235 despite seven kills from the Griffins.
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Westminster will return to the courts in Spokane on Friday for another two matches. They begin the day at 3 p.m. MT against Evergreen (Wash.) before facing Simpson (Calif.) at 7 p.m.
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