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Oct. 7, 2006 High-Flying Lutes Sweep Bruins for Ninth Straight Win (Courtesy George Fox Sports Information Office) NEWBERG, Ore. – Perhaps someone will slow down high-flying Pacific Lutheran University on down the road, but the George Fox University Bruins were unable to do it Saturday night here at the Wheeler Sports Center’s Miller Gym as they dropped a 3-0 decision to the league-leading Lutes in a Northwest Conference women’s volleyball match.
The Lutes, who had knocked off 6th-ranked and previously-unbeaten Linfield College on Friday, won 30-26, 30-24, 30-27 for their ninth straight victory, improving to 14-4 overall and 8-0 in the conference. The Bruins, who had their own modest two-game winning streak snapped, fell to 5-13 overall and 2-6 in the league. Game one was a tight one throughout and featured 17 ties, the last at 26-26 after a Holly Hutchinson block for a winner for the Bruins. A Megan Kosel block on a Bruin attack broke the deadlock, and Stacie Matz sealed the win with three straight kills. Hitting a sparkling .341 in the second game, the Lutes snapped an 11-11 tie on a kill by Kati McGinn and remained in front the rest of the way, though by only a few points. Matz again ended the game with a kill, giving the Lutes their largest lead. A pair of kills by Elizabeth Anderson sparked the Bruins to a quick 4-0 lead in the third game, but the Lutes battled back to take their first lead at 13-12 on a Matz service ace. After falling behind 18-13, the Bruins rallied to take a 26-25 lead on a block by Anderson and Sarah Crossfield. The teams then traded attack errors, but with George Fox holding a 27-26 advantage, the Lutes got two kills from McGinn around one by Kelcy Joynt and a Bruin attack error for the final points. Anderson was the only Bruin in double figures in kills with 12, while Amy Knight passed out 37 assists. Jennifer Panico led the George Fox defense with 17 digs, Knight added 15, Karina Philliber had 14, and Sarah Burkey contributed 11. Matz had 19 kills and a .350 hitting percentage and McGinn added 14 kills for the Lutes. Megan Kosel, filling in for starting setter Gina Di Maggio who was attending a wedding, handed out 38 assists. Brenna Archibald led a quintet of Lutes in double-figure digs with 17, Matz had 16, Joynt 12, and Kosel and McGinn 11 apiece. George Fox next hosts Lewis & Clark College Wednesday night while Pacific Lutheran welcomes Pacific University Friday, both matches at 7 p.m.
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