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The Portland State women’s volleyball team swept Northern Arizona 3-0 last week, maintaining its perfect conference record. The team’s goal this season is to control the sets through the serve, and on Thursday the Vikings did just that. With sophomore libero Kasimira “Kasi” Clark behind the line, the Vikings used the serving to their advantage and won their opening home conference match.
Clark led the team in serving with five aces. Sophomore middle blocker Leigh-Ann Haataja slammed three aces and senior setter Dominika Kristinikova had two.

Kristin Henno placed 10th in the WSU Cougar Cup this week, finishing the tournament six over par 220 and leading to her being named the Big Sky Conference golfer of the week. Overall, the Vikings placed 7th out of 14 teams. Britney Yada tied for 16th and A Ram Choi for 40th.

Ahead in conference standings, the Portland State women’s volleyball team prepares to host its first conference match in the Park Blocks this week. With nearly a full roster of returners, the team’s experience is paying off. The Vikings are currently 8-7 overall and 4-0 in conference.

To keep the momentum at home and throughout the season, head coach Michael Seemann said that serving is the key to wins.

In a preseason poll, coaches and media picked Portland State’s football team to finish fourth in the 2012–13 Big Sky Conference. Last season the Vikings finished third in the conference with a 7-5 overall record (5-3 in conference).

This year was full of surprising successes, painful near wins, and comebacks for the Vikings. We became the Pacific Coast Softball Conference two-time softball division winners, women’s soccer took home a co-championship title and volleyball claimed runner-up honors in the regular season and tournament. Hard work does pay off.