Oct. 9, 2007

Pacific Lutheran Beats Saint Martin’s in Four

Box Score

Sara Beaver - 26 Assists

PARKLAND – The Pacific Lutheran volleyball team overcame a sloppy second game to overpower Saint Martin’s in a 3-1 victory (30-20, 26-30, 30-20, 30-27) in non-conference women’s volleyball action Tuesday night in Olson Auditorium. The win moves PLU up to 15-3 overall and keeps winning streak alive at 11. Saint Martin’s drops to 1-16 on the season.

The 17th-ranked Lutes came out strong in the first game connecting for a .344 percentage (16 kills and five errors) to .138 for the Saints (eight kills and five errors). Stacie Matz helped set the tone with six kills and three digs in game one.

Game two was a different story, as the Lutes played sloppy committing five service errors while their attack percentage was .098. Saint Martin’s capitalized on these errors as their team nailed 13 kills and four blocks in the second game. This was the first game the Lutes have dropped since September 19 when the Lutes beat Puget Sound, 3-1.

PLU was able to hold things together in the final two games as head coach Kevin Aoki made a plethora of substitutions. By the end of the match all 16 PLU players had seen action.

Three Lutes were in double figures in the kills category as Matz notched 18, Beth Hanna 16 and Kelcy Joynt 14. Freshman Sara Beaver and Senior Gina Di Maggio shared the load in assists with the two earning 49 of the teams 58 total digs.

Shealun Campisi was the kill leader for the Saints with 17 and Kimber Simonetti posted the most digs with 14.

The Lutes travel to Salem for their next match as they take on Northwest Conference foe Willamette at 7 p.m. Friday.

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