Mountaineer Block Party Sends Eastern to NAIA Semifinals

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Behind a suffocating defensive performance and a series of timely offensive surges, No. 1 Eastern Oregon punched its ticket to the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship Semifinals with a 25-16, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17 victory over No. 8 McPherson College on Saturday morning inside the Tyson Events Center. The win sends the Mountaineers (32-2) to the national semifinals for the third time in program history, where they will face defending national champion Indiana Wesleyan—the same opponent they battled the last time they reached this stage. Eastern wasted no time setting the tone as Brooke Womack opened the…