GRESHAM, Ore. — Yakima Valley stayed both alive and in title contention in the NWAACC volleyball tournament Friday, and could conceivably have an exceptionally busy day today. The Yaks won their second straight loser’s bracket match, 25-15, 21-25, 15-9 over Umpqua, with Tori Farias totaling 11 kills, two aces and eight digs. YVCC meets Linn-Benton [...]
GRESHAM, Ore. — Yakima Valley split its first two matches in the NWAACC volleyball tournament Thursday, thereby staying in contention for the championship. The Yaks, third in last year’s tournament and ranked seventh in this season’s most recent coaches poll, bounced back from a 3-1 first-round loss to sixth-ranked Shoreline to beat Clark in a [...]
YAKIMA, Wash. — Tori Farias had 14 kills and 13 digs as Yakima Valley concluded its home volleyball season Friday night with a 3-0 sweep of Wenatchee Valley in East Region play. The Yaks won 25-18, 25-19, 25-22 in Sherar Gym. YVCC, ranked seventh in the most recent NWAACC poll released Thursday, improved to 8-5 [...]
Seasoned Yaks primed for another tourney run? || YAKIMA, Wash. — The more Raini Weaver thought about it — and she’d had almost a year to digest what had happened — the more adamantly she reacted. “It made no sense,” the Yakima Valley sophomore said, shaking her head. “No sense at all.” Her coach, meanwhile, [...]
YAKIMA, Wash. — Katy Allen, a sophomore from Eisenhower, erupted for six goals and three assists to lead Yakima Valley Community College to a 12-1 victory over Wenatchee Valley on Wednesday. Allen had three goals and two assists in the first half, which the fifth-ranked Yaks led 8-1. Teammate Elizabeth Figueroa finished with two goals [...]
YAKIMA — Tori Farias produced 12 kills and 21 digs Friday night, but Yakima Valley nonetheless fell to Spokane 3-1 in an East Region volleyball match in Sherar Gym. The loss was second this week for the Yaks, who were ranked seventh in the most recent NWAACC poll and had won at Spokane earlier this [...]
PASCO — Raini Weaver and Tori Farias combined for 22 kills Wednesday night to power Yakima Valley to a 3-0 victory over Columbia Basin in East Region volleyball play. Weaver put down 12 kills and Farias had 10 kills to go with 29 digs as the Yaks, ranked seventh in the NWAACC, improved to 5-2 [...]
YAKIMA, Wash. — Tori Farias totaled 17 kills and 10 digs Wednesday night as Yakima Valley swept Big Bend 3-0 in an East Region volleyball match at Sherar Gym. Danielle Najera produced 24 digs for the seventh-ranked Yaks, who won 25-12, 25-14, 25-19. Kylie Huffman had 27 assists for YVCC, which improved to 4-2 in [...]
YAKIMA, Wash. — Tori Farias had 12 kills and 10 digs, but Yakima Valley was unable to overcome Blue Mountain in a battle of NWAACC-ranked teams Friday night at Sherar Gym. The Yaks, seventh in the most recent poll, fell 25-21, 25-16, 25-23 in an East Region match. Kylie Huffman had 21 assists and Danielle [...]
SPOKANE, Wash. — An unbeaten run through the Whatcom Invitational last weekend apparently did wonders for the confidence of Yakima Valley Community College’s volleyball team. Coming out sharp and sustaining the effort throughout, the Yaks knocked off top-ranked Spokane in an East Region sweep Wednesday night on the Sasquatch’s home floor. Tori Farias and Raini [...]
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Led by all-tournament players Tori Farias and Danielle Najera, Yakima Valley finished a 7-0 run through the Whatcom Invitational on Saturday, outlasting Lower Columbia 29-27, 20-25, 15-7 in the championship final. The Yaks, who improved to 14-5, showed the same resilience in the semifinals, overtaking Whatcom 24-26, 25-14, 15-7. Farias, who was [...]
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Yakima Valley completed round-robin play with a perfect record at the Whatcom Invitational on Friday. The Yaks started by defeating Whatcom 22-25, 25-12, 15-7, then beat Wenatchee 25-15, 22-25, 15-3, Highline 23-25, 25-14, 15-7 and Lower Columbia 25-13, 22-25, 15-7. Raini Weaver had 38 kills for the four matches, while Tori Farias [...]