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WWU volleyball and women’s soccer win, men’s soccer comes up short

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The Western Viking volleyball team rolled on Thursday night winning their 16th match in a row sweeping Central Washington.  The 6th-ranked Vikings improve to 16-3 on the year and 11-0 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play.  They next host Northwest Nazarene Saturday night at 7:00.

The Western women’s soccer team beat Montana State Billings 2-0.  Talia Daigle and Zoe Milburn had goals for the Vikings.  Western improves to 10-2-1 on the season and 5-1-1 in the GNAC.  The Vikings are home against Northwest Nazarene Saturday night.

The WWU men’s soccer team lost at Seattle Pacific 4-2.  Western has a record of 6-5-1 overall and 2-3-1 in conference.  They visit #1-ranked Simon Fraser Sunday night.

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