The Puget Sound volleyball team continued their conference winning streak this weekend in Oregon against George Fox and Pacific.
On Friday, Sept. 21 the Loggers faced off against the George Fox Bruins and stayed in perfect form sweeping the match 3-0 in their favor. The next night against the Pacific Boxers, the Loggers once again swept the match 3-0, and that win made them 4-0 in the NWC and ranked 10th overall.
In the first set against George Fox, the Bruins almost caused an upset when they took the lead 13-6 from the Loggers thanks to several serves. This made the Loggers more determined to win the set and they slowly caught up to George Fox to win the set 30-28.
Within the second and third sets the Loggers left no room for George Fox to even attempt to cause an upset. They won the second set 25-18. Once the third and final set started the Loggers took the lead at the very beginning, leading George Fox 10-1 at one point in the set. When the set concluded the Loggers had won 25-20.
Junior Jackie Harvey (Santa Barbara, Calif.) led the Loggers with 12 kills and 13 digs, and junior Jenni Brehove (Vista, Calif.) had 36 assists, 11 digs and three aces; both were key players in the Loggers’ victory over George Fox.
Juniors Marissa Florant (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Christina Chun (Pearl City, Hawaii) both contributed to the Loggers win with digs. Florant had 15 digs and eight kills and Chun added in another 12 digs. Sophomore Nicolette Reynaud (Los Gatos, Calif.) had three kills, two solo blocks and two block assists.
The Loggers had their next conference game on Saturday, Sept. 22 against Pacific. The Loggers came out extremely strong and that helped bring Pacific their first conference loss this season. The Loggers breezed through the first two sets winning the first 25-13 and the second 25-14.
Pacific made a strong attempt to win the third set, but it still was not enough and the Loggers took the set 29-27. Harvey led the Loggers in this match with 16 kills and 14 digs, and junior Kristin Best (Woodburn, Ore.) had eight kills. Brehove had an impressive game with 40 assists for the Loggers, while Florant had 11 kills and 16 digs.
The Loggers will play next week in Oregon on Friday and Saturday against Linfield and Willamette, and will conclude their weekend of games Sunday against Colorado College at home.
