SEATTLE – Megan Omlid recorded a match-high 13 kills and Seattle Pacific ripped off a 9-0 run to flip the third set, as the 25th-ranked Falcons swept Northwest Nazarene 25-14, 25-14, 25-22 on Saturday afternoon at Royal Brougham Pavilion.
FROM THE COACH
"Happy for the team because I know it can be a difficult to play hard on Saturday after a long, high effort game on Thursday," head coach
Jason Rhine said. "The team learned the scouting report quickly and executed it well to start the match with several blocks and defensive plays. On offense, Peyton did a great job distributing and also finding some fun kills of her own."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Falcons opened set one with a 3-0 run for a 4-1 lead, capped by back-to-back Audra Rose blocks.
- The Falcons stretched a 13-9 lead to 17-9 with a 4-0 run, as Rose and Peyton Ensign added kills and Makayla Hickman served an ace.
- Brooke Williams scored back-to-back kills during a 3-0 run that pushed the lead to 23-12, and Charlotte Hastings closed the 25-14 win with a service ace.
- In set two, SPU broke a 2-2 tie with a 5-0 run, as Rose posted two kills, Omlid added another and a Rose-Omlid block forced an error, for a 7-2 lead.
- The Falcons used a 3-0 run to move ahead 17-8, then a 4-0 surge featuring a Rose and Omlid block and two Maiya Lester kills to push the margin to 21-10.
- The Falcons hit .289 in the set and finished it 25-14 on a Nighthawk attack error.
- The Nighthawks took its largest lead of the match in set three, going up 15-12 behind a 3-0 run of its own.
- The Falcons answered with a 9-0 run that flipped that deficit into a 21-15 lead, with Hickman serving through eight of the nine points.
- Rose and Omlid each added two kills in that stretch, Ensign added a kill and a block assist, and three Nighthawk attack errors helped extend it.
- The Nighthawks pulled within 21-23 on a 3-0 run, but Seattle Pacific closed it out 25-22 on a Williams and Amaya Evans block.
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- Omlid led all players with 13 kills on 33 attempts, adding three block assists.
- Rose followed with nine kills on a .348 clip and a match-high seven total blocks, two solo and five assists.
- Lester added nine kills, and Evans chipped in seven.
- Ensign ran the offense with 38 assists, and also hit .750 with three kills on four swings.
- Christina Lopez paced the defense with 15 digs, with Hickman adding 14.
- The Falcons out-hit the Nighthawks .259 to .087 for the match, topping .235 in all three sets.
- SPU held a 45-28 edge in kills, 43-27 in assists and 49-39 in digs, while the teams tied at 10 total blocks.
- Maddy Hellem led the Nighthawks with 10 kills, and Morgan Wilding added 15 assists.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The win moves Seattle Pacific to 16-6 overall and 11-3 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play.
UP NEXT
The Falcons take their final road trip of the regular season next weekend when they play Western Washington on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:00 p.m. followed by a match against 24th-ranked Simon Fraser on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 4:00 p.m. PST.
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