Saturday, October 15, 2011

Kaitlyn Tuholski led four players in double figures with 14 kills and Michelle Terpstra recorded her second consecutive triple-double to power Northwest Nazarene past Montana State Billings, 23-25, 25-15, 25-19, 30-28 Saturday at MSUB's Alterowitz Gym.

Elsewhere, Western Washington (11-4, 9-2) stayed atop the conference standings sweeping Saint Martin's, 25-16, 25-12, 25-14.

Seattle Pacific (14-5, 8-2) and Alaska Anchorage (12-6, 8-2) remained even in the loss column and half a match back of the Vikings with victories.

SPU defeated Central Washington 21-25, 25-13, 25-22, 25-23, while Alaska Anchorage swept Alaska Fairbanks, 25-16, 25-22, 25-13.

Western Oregon (8-7, 7-4) handed Simon Fraser (0-15, 0-11) its 20th consecutive loss over two seasons, defeating the Clan, 25-15, 25-15, 25-16.

Tuholski scored a total of 19 points, also contributing three service aces and four assisted blocks as Northwest Nazarene (11-5, 8-3) ran its win streak to four and remained just one match out of first place. Tuholski also had 19 assists and seven digs.

Terpstra had 10 kills, 22 assists and 17 to earn her third triple-double of the season. Tuholski also has three on the season.

Reisa Fessler had 11 kills and Becky Flores had 10, while Kailey Trautmann led the way with 41 digs as NNU held MSUB (9-10, 3-7) to a .095 percentage.

The Yellowjackets were led by Monica Grimsrud with 17 kills. Chelsey Walter and Melissa Porter had eight kills each. Walter also led MSUB with five blocks.

Marlayna Geary had 12 kills and Emily Jepsen had 11 in Western Washington's victory.

Jepsen hit .400 and Geary had a .355 percentage as the Vikings hit .297 (44-11-111) and held Saint Martin's (4-13, 3-8) to a .000 percentage (26-26-134).

Kayla Erickson had seven kills and a match-high five blocks and Laurie Yearout had 42 assists for the Vikings. Kristyn Ross led the Saints with seven kills.

Lindsay Wodrich had 19 kills to lead Seattle Pacific past Central Washington (11-8, 5-6).

The Falcons, who outhit the Wildcats .213 to .130 and had twice as many service aces (8-4), also got 13 kills from Nikki Lowell and 12 from Cailin Fellows. Lowell also had five blocks.

Jordan Offutt paced the Wildcats with 15 kills, while Meg Ryan had 10. Emmy Dolan had five blocks.

Robyn Burton produced the sixth highest single-match hitting percentage (.765) in GNAC history in Alaska Anchorage's victory.

Burton converted on 13 of 17 kill opportunities earning her eighth percentage of .500 or better this season.

The Seawolves also had the highest team percentage this fall in the GNAC, swinging for a .412 average (40-7-80) reaching the .400 mark for the first time since Sept. 6, 2002.

In addition to her kill total, which was matched by teammate Jackie Matthisen, Burton also had three blocks.

Casey Tidwell led Alaska Fairbanks (2-16, 2-8) with eight kills and a .467 percentage. The Nanooks, however, were limited to a .115 team percentage.

Danielle Reese was credited with 15 kills and Krissi Kemper had 12 kills in Western Oregon's victory. The Wolves made just 12 errors and swung at a .348 rate (43-12-89). Setter LesLyne Satele had 38 assists and three service aces.

Kristjana Fridfinnson had one-third of Simon Fraser's kills (8 of 25) and a match-high three blocks, including two solos.