Box Score

        Box score, play-by-play
 
SEATTLE – Lexi Biondi had 11 kills for Seattle Pacific on Saturday night, but Katelyn Zanders hammered 21 for Alaska Anchorage, leading the Seawolves to a 3-0 sweep of the Falcons in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball regular-season finale.
                    
Scores in Brougham Pavilion were 25-20,25-23, 25-14.
 
The Falcons finished the year with a 15-11 record, 11-7 in the GNAC. The Seawolves, likely bound for the NCAA Division II West Region tournament, went 21-9, 15-3 GNAC.
 




Senior middle blocker Nikki Lowell (Claremont, Calif.) finished her career with seven kills and two blocks. Her final totals were 1,037 kills, 419 total blocks and 1,285.5 points.
 
Lowell wound up as the No. 4 blocker in school history and the No. 2 blocker in GNAC history. She was the first Falcon of all time to play every set of a four-year career – 405 in all. Her final career hitting average of .308 was the third-best in the program, was she was just the third SPU player to finish with a career average above .300.
 
Anchorage ran off four straight points in the opening game to turn a 10-8 deficit into a 12-10 lead and stayed ahead the rest of the way. SPU led for most of Game 2, and was up 22-20 when the Seawolves ran off four straight. The Falcons fought off one game point before UAA closed it out.
 
Seattle Pacific was down 14-7 in Game 3, then eventually closed within three at 15-12. But Alaska Anchorage put the next nine points on board for a commanding 24-12 lead.
 
Junior setter Kendall Langdon (Irvine, Calif.) had 15 assists to lead the Falcons in that department, and junior libero Brianna Leenders (Gresham, Ore.) had 13 digs. Junior outside hitter Jessica Miller (Fife, Wash. / Fife HS) played error-free and hit .300 for the night.
 
Anchorage hit above .300 in all three games and finished at .342. Seattle Pacific hit .162 for the night.
 
Lowell and outside hitter Nicole Schwend were honored in a pre-match Senior Night ceremony.
 
Lowell wound up as the No. 4 blocker in school history and the No. 2 blocker in GNAC history. She was the first Falcon of all time to play every set of a four-year career – 405 in all. Her final career hitting average of .308 was the third-best in the program, was she was just the third SPU player to finish with a career average above .300.
 
Schwend's senior season was her best with the Falcons. She had more kills, attacks, digs, blocks, and points this season than in her first three seasons combined. She also established single-match career highs for attacks, digs, and total blocks.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
Alaska Anchorage 3, Seattle Pacific 0
 
Game scores – 25-20, 25-23, 25-14.
 
Service aces – UAA 4 (Siobhan Johansen 2), SPU 5 (Brianna Leenders 3).
Kills – UAA 52 (Katelyn Zanders 21), SPU 30 (Lexi Biondi 11).
Assists – UAA 50 (Johansen 42), SPU 30 (Kendall Langdon 15, Sara Biondi 11).
Digs – UAA 50 (Quinn Barker 25), SPU 39 (Leenders 13).
Block assists / solo – UAA 10 / 0 solo (Erin Braun 5 / 0), SPU 4 / 1 solo (Nikki Lowell 1 / 1 solo).
Hitting (kills-errors-attacks) – UAA 52-13-114--.342 (Braun 6-0-13--.462, Zanders 21-6-38--.395), SPU 30-14-99--.162 (Jessica Miller 3-0-10--.300, Jackie Arnold 4-1-12--.250, Lexi Biondi 11-5-27--.222).
Attendance – 170.
 
Records – Seattle Pacific 15-11, 11-7 GNAC. Alaska Anchorage 21-9, 15-3 GNAC.
 
Next match – Season complete.