Central’s women’s volleyball team was perfect last weekend, winning all six sets against opponents Montana State-Billings and Seattle Pacific University. It was a strong way to end the first half of the regular season.

The Wildcats (12-5 overall, 5-4 GNAC) are currently sitting in fifth place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, in front of Seattle Pacific University. Central is ranked 24th in the nation, fellow GNAC contenders Northwest Nazarene and Western Washington are in 17th and 9th place, respectively.

“We really played the way we wanted to this weekend,” Wildcat Head coach Mario Andaya said. “It really set the standard for how we want to play for the second half of the regular season.”

Jordan Deming, a sophomore outside hitter, was the standout this past weekend and was named GNAC Player of the Week. Deming recorded a total of 18 kills and hit an impressive .472 percent.

“It’s really cool to be named the GNAC Player of the Week,” Deming said. “Even though nothing is more important than getting two team wins. I thought we played really good as a team and really anyone could have got the award.”

Next weekend, the Wildcats take on Western Oregon (2-15 overall, 0-9 GNAC) and Saint Martin’s (4-16 overall, 1-8 GNAC) at home in Nicholson Pavilion. The Wildcats have already beaten the Wolves and the Saints in their previous meetings this season.

Both teams will be looking for revenge against Central. The Wildcats know that they can’t look past anyone if they hope to make a run at being one of the top teams in the conference.

“We expect Western Oregon and Saint Martin’s to play really tough this weekend,” Deming said. “They are going to attack our weaknesses that they have seen on film, so we need to keep working hard to make those adjustments. We just need to keep playing hard and playing loose.”