The Big Sky is closing in on the regular season title. With only four available seeds to this year’s championship, the race is heating up ... Eastern Washington picked up its third league loss at the hands of Montana on Saturday night to fall to third place in the standings. Portland State and Northern Colorado are tied in the losses column with two apiece but as of now, the Vikings are in first place in the standings with 10 wins and an .833 win-loss percentage in conference play ... The Bears, coming off two road wins over Idaho State and Weber State last week, have played one less match but will even the score with two matches this upcoming week ... The Grizzlies are holding onto fourth place with a 6-5 mark. Montana has defeated a No. 1 team twice this season in Northern Colorado and now Eastern Washington ... Idaho State earned its first conference home win with a 3-1 decision over Northern Arizona on Saturday ... The Lumberjacks split last week on the road with a win over Weber State and a loss to the Bengals ... There are two key matches on this week’s schedule. The Eagles and Vikings play again. In their first meeting this season, Portland State defeated Eastern Washington in Cheney ... Northern Colorado and Montana face off for a second time as well. The Grizzlies beat the Bears 3-1 at home on Oct. 10 ... Sacramento State is back in conference action after a week off. The Hornets play host to Weber State and Idaho State ... Northern Arizona is back at home as well, against the Grizzlies and the Bobcats.
