Box Score ELLENSBURG, Wash.--Central Washington, winners of 11 straight matches, didn't blink when faced with an upset-minded Western Oregon team on Saturday afternoon at the Nicholson Arena.

The Wildcats ran past the Wolves, 25-13, 25-13, 25-21 to improve to a league-leading 11-2 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and to 15-4 overall. Western Oregon drops to 4-9 in the GNAC and to 8-13 on the season.

The Wildcats are ranked No. 3 in the latest NCAA West poll and they are 17th in the AVCA national rankings.

The Wildcats led from start to finish in sets one and two. The home team hit a red-hot .393 in the first game and got even better in the second at .480 in winning both at 25-13.

Western Oregon put up a solid non-sweep attempt in the third set, jumping out to a 5-1 margin and led until the Wildcats tied it up at 8-8. But as a part of a 8-0 run, CWU took the lead back and they wouldn't return it.

The Wolves fought back to 15-14 and were within one point on two other occasions before the 'Cats closed it out. Kailey Willsey put down the final ball of the afternoon for the Wildcats, capping a day where she rarely missed in hitting .875. She had 14 kills in 16 attempts with no errors.

Payton Davis had seven kills for WOU and Kate Markley had six. Madi Noel (eight digs) and Kate Klobas (five block assists) led the defense, and Samantha Darby had 15 assists. 

Central Washington had their second best attack percentage of the season at .407.

Western Oregon now returns home for a Thursday match (Oct. 29) vs. Simon Fraser and their final home match of the season on Saturday against Western Washington.