THE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Nov. 12                Saint Martin's at Seattle Pacific, 7:00 p.m.
                                                Brougham Pavilion (2,650) / Seattle, Wash.
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Thursday, Nov. 14               Montana State Billings at Seattle Pacific, 7:00 p.m.
                                                Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
                                                Live Webcast        Live stats
 
 
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SEATTLE – The Seattle Pacific Falcons have one more week to enjoy their homecourt atmosphere – and one big night to salute their seniors..
 
SPU closes out the Brougham Pavilion portion of its 2019 schedule when Saint Martin's and Montana State Billings come to town for Great Northwest Athletic Conference matches. The Saints are here on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Then on Thursday, the Yellowjackets come calling, also at 7:00 p.m.
 
Thursday will be a special match, as that is Senior Night in honor of the five Falcons who are close to wrapping up their careers. Taylor Alicuben, Mallie Donohoe, Jaeden Hooker, Katie Mansfield, and Gabby Oddo will be recognized in a ceremony prior to the first serve.
 
Seattle Pacific (11-13, 8-8 GNAC) will be looking to regain its winning mojo. Following a streak of six consecutive W's, the Falcons fell short against Western Washington and Simon Fraser last week, with Saturday's match against the Clan going the five-game limit.
 
FOLLOW IT LIVE
Free live Webcasts and live stats will be available for all GNAC matches, home and away. The appropriate links for this week's home contests can be found at the top of this story.
 
SO LONG TO THE SENIORS
Whether starting or playing key roles off the bench, Seattle Pacific's five seniors have provided their own personal building blocks to the program.
 
Taylor Alicuben joined the Falcons last season after previously playing at Highline Community College. The setter has seen an increase in playing time this fall, getting onto the court for 14 matches through the 10 weeks of the season.
 
Mallie Donohoe came to SPU as an outside hitter, but transformed into a defensive specialist, and this year took over the libero's role. She leads the Falcons with 358 digs this year, and last week collected the 900^th dig of her career.
 
Jaeden Hooker has become a regular at outside hitter, either as a starter or as a reserve. She has slammed multiple kills in 20 of the 23 matches she has played this season, and is on the brink of 300 career kills.
 
Katie Mansfield is a defensive specialist who has played more sets this season than any of her first three seasons. Her 67 digs coming into this week is more than double her previous single-season best of 32.
 
Gabby Oddo has been a force at outside hitter. She has accumulated for than 1,000 kills, points, and digs. She also has racked up 50 kill-dig double-doubles. She is No. 2 on SPU's all-time list for kills and No. 3 on the points list.
 



SO WHAT'S THE STORY THIS WEEK?
-- The Falcons are looking for a sweep of both season series. In road matches last month, they beat Saint Martin's in three games and Billings in four.
-- SPU has one season sweep so far, that coming against Northwest Nazarene.
-- Those were the first two victories in what became a season-high six-match win streak.
-- Gabby Oddo and Maddie Batiste both came up big in those matches. Batiste had 32 kills in the two matches combined, and Oddo had 29. Batiste double-doubled at Billings, adding 17 digs to her 19 kills.
-- The Falcons topped .200 hitting in both matches: .208 in Lacey, .287 in Billings.
-- That percentage in Montana included a season-high 66 kills for SPU.
-- Batiste and Oddo coming the week ranking 3-4 for kills in the GNAC. Batiste has 318 (3.53 per game), and Oddo has 307 (3.41).
-- Those two are dead even on points. Both have 356.5, an average of 3.96 per game, and are tied for No. 5 on the conference list.
-- SPU has won 35 straight matches against the Saints. The last Saint Martin's win in the series was a five-gamer on Oct. 20, 2001 in Lacey.
-- Seattle Pacific has taken the last four matches against Saint Martin's in three games.
-- The last one that went longer was Sept. 26, 2017 in Seattle. The Falcons won in five, and were down two games to one.
-- If Seattle Pacific can win both matches this week, it would finish with a 5-5 home record.
-- The Falcons and Montana State Billings split a pair of five-gamers in 2018, each team winning at home.
-- Coach Abbie Wright is 5-0 all-time against Saint Martin's and 4-1 against Montana State Billings.
 
SCOUTING REPORT
SAINT MARTIN'S SAINTS: 0-16, 0-25 GNAC (11^th)
All-time series: SPU leads, 57-5. Current series streak: SPU won 35. Last time: SPU 3, StM 0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-23; Oct. 15 at Lacey). Saints on the Web.
Saints in a nutshell: Saint Martin's is still in search of that elusive first win, falling at home last week to Simon Fraser and Western Washington. Junior 5-foot-8 outside hitter Mackenzie Carter is the Saints' top offensive threat. She has 208 kills for the season a per-game average of 3.30 that ranks No. 6 in the GNAC. Kylie Coon is next on the kills list. The 5-8 freshman outside has 125 kills, an average of 2.55 per game. She is the top hitter on the team with her .143 percentage. Iliani Kamaka made her presence felt when SPU visited Lacey last month. Kamaka had a team-high 11 kills, which also was a career high. And she was accurate, hitting .364. When Alyssa Barelett isn't busy setting up her attackers – she's just one assist away from 500 for the season – she's delivering some solid serves across the net, having accumulated 28 aces. Bridgett Bourgouin, a 6-1 sophomore middle, leads the way in blocks with 45.
 
MONTANA STATE BILLINGS YELLOWJACKETS: 7-19, 4-12 GNAC (9^th)
All-time series: SPU leads, 31-12. Current series streak: SPU won 1. Last time: SPU 3, MSUB 1 (24-26, 25-14, 25-18, 25-16; Oct. 19 at Billings). Yellowjackets on the Web.
Yellowjackets in a nutshell: Billings comes into the week looking to snap a six-match overall losing streak (seven in GNAC play). The Jackets came up short at home last week against Northwest Nazarene in three and Central Washington in four. As was the case when SPU played in Montana last month, Billings has a pair of players with nearly identical attack numbers. Junior 5-foot-10 opposite Bayli Monck has 259 kills, an average of 2.64 per game. Maddi Vigil, a junior 5-9 outside hitter, is right behind with 257 (2.62). Monck had 11 kills and Reed had nine last time against the Falcons. Same goes for serving: Vigil has a team-high 25 aces, Monck has 23. Sophomore 5-11 outside / opposite Skylar Reed  and junior 6-1 middle blocker Joelle Mahowald also are into the 200s with 228 and 203, respectively. Mahowald finds the floor with accuracy (.303 hitting, fifth-best in the GNAC) and gets up on the block (86 for the season, with a conference-leading 19 solos).
 
ODDO DIGS HER WAY TO TRIPLE-THOUSAND
Gabby Oddo is now in some exclusive volleyball company.
 
 

The senior outside hitter became just the third player in the 34-year history of SPU volleyball to record a "triple thousand" for kills, points, and digs.
 
Oddo got there last Thursday when her first dig of the match against Western Washington put her at exactly 1,000 I that statistical category. She finished with four for the night, leaving her at 1,003, then tacked on another 14 in Saturday's contest against Simon Fraser.
 
At the start of the season, Oddo already had gained a grand in the other two categories. She reached 1,000 points last October against Montana State Billings, and 1,000 kills in last year's season finale against Western Washington.
 
Oddo begins this week with 1,317 killsm 1,017 digs, and 1,478 points.
 
The two Falcons who pulled that off before Oddo were Stephanie Huffman from 1997-2000 (1,135 kills / 1,340 digs / 1,311.5 points) and Leilani Kamahoahoa (1,249 / 1,397 / 1,461.5).
 
Oddo is the 19^th player in the 19-year history of the GNAC to reach the triple-thousand.
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLE DELIGHTS
Triple-thousand wasn't Gabby Oddo's only milestone last week. In Saturday's five-gamer against Simon Fraser, she logged 16 kills and 14 digs for the 50^th double-double of her career. Oddo has 14 of those this season. Maddie Batiste added to her growing collection, but the one she had against Simon wasn't any ordinary double-double. It was a double-career high double-double, both in the 20s: 22 kills and 20 digs. Freshman setter Lindsey Lambert notched her fourth, thanks in part to a career-high 51 assists.
 
SPU has 33 double-doubles for the season.
 
Taylor Alicuben (1 season / 1 career)
32 AST-10D vs. Hawaii Hilo, Sept. 13
 
Maddie Batiste (14 season / 15 career)
14K-10D vs. Cal State East Bay, Sept. 7
11K-14D vs. Concordia Irvine, Sept. 7
12K-10D vs. Point Loma Nazarene, Sept. 8
13K-13D vs. Cal Poly Pomona, Sept. 12
14K-11D vs. Cal St. Monterey Bay, Sept. 12
20K-15D vs. Hawaii Hilo, Sept. 13
20K-11D vs. Chaminade, Sept. 14
11K-10D vs. Alaska Fairbanks, Sept. 21
16K-12D at Northwest Nazarene, Sept. 28
14K-16D at Simon Fraser, Oct. 10
19K-17D at Montana State Billings, Oct. 19
10K-19D vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 24
20K-15D at Concordia-Portland, Nov. 2
22K-20D vs. Simon Fraser, Nov. 9
 
Lindsey Lambert (4 season / 4 career)
39 AST-10D at Northwest Nazarene, Sept. 28
36 AST-10D vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 24
47 AST-24D vs. Central Washington, Oct. 26
51 AST-10D vs. Simon Fraser, Nov. 9
 
Gabby Oddo (14 season / 50 career)
17K-11D vs. Concordia Irvine, Sept. 7
14K-14D vs. Point Loma Nazarene, Sept. 8
15K-11D vs. Cal Poly Pomona, Sept. 12
14K-16D vs. Hawaii Hilo, Sept. 13
12K-18D  vs. Chaminade, Sept. 14
12K-13D vs. Alaska Fairbanks, Sept. 21
20K-14D at Northwest Nazarene, Sept. 28
12K-15D vs. Concordia-Portland, Oct. 3
14K-15D vs. Western Oregon, Oct. 5
16K-13D at Simon Fraser, Oct. 10
16K-10D vs. Northwest Nazarene, Oct. 24
17K-22D vs. Central Washington, Oct. 26
16K-13D at Concordia-Portland, Nov. 2
16K-14D vs. Simon Fraser, Nov. 9
 
AROUND THE WEST
Western Washington has a chance to wrap up the GNAC championship this week when it plays at home against the Alaska schools. Anchorage (18-6, 13-3 GNAC), which scored a four-game victory against the Vikings in Alaska last month, comes to Bellingham on Thursday. WWU (23-1, 15-1 GNAC) then plays host to Fairbanks (13-11, 10-6 GNAC). With a two-match lead and four matches to play, Western can clinch at least a tie with a win on Thursday and clinch it outright by winning both matches.
 
Still-undefeated Cal State San Bernardino has wrapped up the California Collegiate Athletic Association South Division title. The Coyotes (22-0, 15-0 CCAA) are three matches ahead of second-place Cal State Los Angeles (16-7, 12-3 CCAA) with two matches left. The North Division is still up for grabs between Stanislaus State (15-8, 10-6), San Francisco State (15-8, 9-6) and Chico State (13-11, 9-7). None of them play each other this week, but Stanislaus and Chico both visit San Bernardino.
 
After leading the Pacific West Conference all season, Chaminade now finds itself in second place behind Azusa Pacific. APU (21-4, 15-2) has won five straight and is 1½ matches ahead of the Silverswords (19-5, 13-3). In fact, the three Hawaii schools are deadlocked in second, all at 13-3. Hawaii Hilo is 18-6 overall; Hawaii Pacific is 17-7 – and all three Hawaii's play at Azusa this week: Chaminade on Monday, Hilo on Thursday, and HPU on Saturday.
 
UP NEXT
SPU's season wraps up in Alaska next week. The Falcons visit Fairbanks on Thursday and Anchorage on Saturday, both at 8:00 p.m. Pacific time. They'll be looking to get even with both teams, as the Nanooks and Seawolves opened the season with sweeps in Brougham Pavilion.
 
 
 
GNAC STANDINGS
                                        Conference              Overall
Western Washington`      15-1       23-1
Alaska Anchorage         13-3       18-6
Simon Fraser             12-4      16-8
Central Washington       11-5       16-8
Alaska Fairbanks         10-6      13-11
Seattle Pacific           8-8       11-13
Northwest Nazarene        7-9       11-12
Concordia-Portland        6-10       8-15
Montana State Billings    4-12       7-19
Western Oregon            2-14       4-19
Saint Martin's            0-16       0-25