SEA LIONS CLOSE OUT SEASON-OPENING CWU INVITATIONAL

(ELLENSBURG, Wash.) After sweeping No. 20 Western Washington its season opener on Thursday, No. 4 PLNU Volleyball suffered consecutive defeats to close out the CWU Invitational against tournament hosts RV Central Washington (21-25, 23-25, 22-25) and No. 15 Simon Fraser (25-20, 20-25, 10-25, 25-21, 8-15). Against CWU, PLNU led in the first set as late as 20-19 after a Gianna Callari kill, but the Wildcats won six of the next seven points to take the opening stanza. Another Callari kill had the Sea Lions up 19-17 in the second set, with Kaitlyn Cabral and Ila Rose then later tying it...