The Eastern women’s volleyball team fell short to Southern Utah University and University of Idaho during their two-game home stand at Reese Court on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3.

After being down 2-1 in sets versus Southern Utah, the Eagles would force a fifth frame and eventually fall 15-13 in the final set.

Interim head coach Michael King associated their downfall with their inability to find rhythm offensively.

“We did not win the serve-pass battle tonight. Offensively, I thought we weren’t ourselves and we were never able to find our rhythm,” said King.

According to goeags.com, junior Allie Schumacher led the Eagles with 13 kills, hitting .379, and junior Ana Jakovljevic recorded double-figure kills for the third straight match. She finished with 11 kills.

Assistant head coach Janelle Allen echoed King’s sentiment. She said the Eagles’ service game needed to improve going into the matchup with Idaho the next night.

“Southern Utah was a good serving team, put the pressure on us. So, we just have to clean up our first ball contact and servicing and then go after it a little bit on the serving side as well,” she said.

The Eagles were not able to split the home stand falling in three straight sets versus Idaho on Friday night.

Idaho hit .647 in the first set and kept the Eagles to just 10 points in the first frame. The Eagles converted nine errors, according to goeags.com, and the momentum would carry into the next two sets for the Vandals.

The Eagles would get as close as 11-10 in the second frame but were not able to stop the Vandals, who would score on seven of the next eight rallies before winning the frame, 25-14.

For the second straight night Schumacher led the team with eight kills, with senior Talia Fermantez adding five of her own.

The Eagles fall to 1-3 in the Big Sky Conference and 5-12 overall. They will play their next games on the road at Sacramento State on Oct. 9th and at Portland State on  Oct. 11th.