AUBURN, Wash. (GRC) — This week, soccer has two home games; volleyball has one contest on the road followed by one at home (Dig Pink Night); cross country heads to Oregon.

Cross Country
Saturday, October 17th, cross country competes in the George Oja Invitational in Independence, Ore. The meet will take place at Oak Knoll Golf Course. Weather for Saturday in Independence calls for mostly cloudy skies and 62 degrees around race time. 4 mph winds will be out of the southeast with a 25% chance of precipitation. The men's 8K race is set to start at 10:00 a.m. The women's race will follow at 11:00 a.m. The course consists of a 2K grass loop with some gravel cart paths. This will be the final tune-up for GRC before the postseason begins with NWAC Northwest Regionals on October 24th. 

Volleyball
Wednesday, October 14th, Gator Volleyball will be in Tacoma to take on the Titans at 6:30 p.m. A sweep in favor of Green River was the result the last time out between these two programs on September 16th in The Swamp. The green and black had more digs (71-55), assists (28-18), aces (9-6), and more kills (32-23) in the previous matchup. TCC has a record of 1-5 in the West Region. Friday, October 16th, Green River College hosts Pierce on Dig Pink Night. Free t-shirts will be given out to the first 100 fans. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m. The last contest at Pierce on September 18th went four sets; Green River won three of those. Callie Gregg led the green and black in kills that night with 10, tied for Gregg's season high. Riria Fujiwara and Macy Bonavente combined for 33 digs. Evelina Mykhalchuk supplied 18 assists, the most on either side of the net. GRC holds the fourth and final playoff spot in the west as the second round of west region action starts. 

Soccer
The friendly confines of Wilson Playfields will be the spot of two soccer matches for Green River College this week. Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., #3 Lower Columbia comes to town. They have not lost a game in West Region action this year. Saturday, October 17th, the Chokers of Grays Harbor College will be the opponent. The Gators blanked GHC in the previous contest in Aberdeen on September 23rd. 8-0 was the final. Bria Alabe and Jazmyne DuBose both scored hat tricks.

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