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BURNABY, B.C. – On Thursday night, the Seattle Pacific Falcons proved they could battle with a tough team on the road.
 
On Saturday, they proved they could beat a tough team …
 
… on the road.
 
Jaeden Hooker came through with a career-high 15 kills, and Gabby Oddo also had 15 as Seattle Pacific bounced back to take a four-game Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball victory at Simon Fraser.
 
Scores in West Gym were 20-25, 25-21, 25-18, 28-26.
 
 

Junior outside hitter Hooker nearly doubled her previous career high for kills, as she had eight in the season-opening victory against Fresno Pacific on Aug. 24. Hooker hit a solid .361 with just two errors on a career-best 36 attacks. She added four block assists – also a career high, never having had more than one in any previous match.
 
Fellow junior outside hitter Oddo made it a double-double, coming up with 11 digs to go along with her 15 kills. She delivered two service aces and hit .255.
 
 

Senior setter Symone Tran hit two milestones in one night. She recorded her 50^th career double-double, this one with 45 assists (a season high) and 10 digs. The digs total pushed her past 1,000 for her career in that department. She now has 1,005.
 
In Thursday's match against No. 12-ranked Western Washington in Bellingham, the Falcons dropped the first two games, but came back to snag the third and stay alive. They fell behind early in the fourth game but battled back into a 20-20 tie before the Vikings put it away.
 
On Saturday, Seattle Pacific (3-6, 1-1 GNAC) dropped the first game again, then took the next two.
 
With the Falcons up 2 games to 1, the fourth game featured 19 ties and nine lead changes. The Falcons had a match point at 24-23, but Amanda Ganete's serve went long. Simon Fraser (4-4, 1-1 GNAC) had a chance at 25-24 to force a deciding fifth game. Oddo tied it with a kill.
 
The Clan got another opportunity at 26-25. Oddo came through with another kill to tie it at 26-26, and then took over the serve. Hooker and sophomore middle Gabi Stegemoller combined on a block to give Seattle Pacific a second match-point opportunity at 27-26. Stegemoller than clinched it with a kill.
 
SPU was never out of the opening game, but could never quite catch up after Simon Fraser (4-4, 1-1 GNAC) scored three straight to snap a 10-10 tie.
 
The second game was tied at 18-18 when the Falcons put four in a row on the board, three of those points coming on Clan net violations. Simon got within 22-21, then Seattle Pacific got the final three points on an SFU service error, a kill by Hailey Gaines, and a Clan attack error.
 
Down 9-5 in Game 3, SPU ran off eight straight points, the last seven of those with Oddo on the serve. She, Hooker, and Gaines had two kills apiece during that provided a, 13-9 advantage. Another 4-0 run, with Hooker supplying two kills, broke a 14-14 tie, and the Falcons never let Simon Fraser catch up again.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
-- Seattle Pacific, which now has defeated the Clan three straight times, hit .179 for the match, and limited Simon Fraser to .124.
-- All 50 of Tran's double-doubles are assist-dig. She has five this season.
-- Oddo now has four double-doubles this year and 24 for her career.
-- Senior libero Ganete had 34 digs, just one short of her career high.
-- Senior middle Shaun Crespi had eight total blocks, easily the most by any Falcon this season. Crespi had five at Fresno Pacific last Saturday, and Hailey Gaines logged five against Metro State on Aug. 25.
--.Crespi's total on Saturday was part of a season-high 24 total blocks: 22 block assists, and two solos. The previous best was 15 (14 block assists / 1 solo) in three different matches.
 
UP NEXT
The Falcons begin their longest homestand of the season when they play host to Western Oregon this coming Thursday night in Brougham Pavilion. First serve is at 7:00 p.m. The Wolves will be followed by Concordia-Portland next Saturday at 2:00 p.m., Saint Martin's on Tuesday the 18^th at 7:00 p.m., and Montana State Billings on Thursday the 20^th at 7:30 p.m.


NCAA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018
West Gym / Burnaby, B.C.
 
Seattle Pacific 3, Simon Fraser 1
 
Game scores – 20-25, 25-21, 25-18, 28-26.
 
Service aces – SPU 4 (Oddo 2), Simon 2 (2 players with 1).
Kills – SPU 51 (Hooker 15, Oddo 15, Gaines 11), Simon 57 (May 15).
Assists – SPU 51 (Tran 45), Simon 55 (Tays 45).
Digs – SPU 77 (Ganete 34, Oddo 11, Tran 10), Simon 93 (de Beer 18).
Block assists / solo – SPU 22 / 2 solo (Crespi 7 / 1 solo), Simon 12 / 2 solo (Kilberg 4 / 0 solo).
Hitting (kills-errors-attacks) – SPU 51-22-179—.162 (Hooker 15-2-36—.361), Simon 57-34-185—.124 (May 15-3-26—.426).
Attendance – 296.
 
Records – Seattle Pacific 3-6, 1-1 GNAC. Simon Fraser 4-4, 1-1 GNAC.
 
 
Next match
Western Oregon at Seattle Pacific
Thursday, Sept. 13     7:00 p.m.
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.