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Volleyball: Saints fall to undefeated Falcons

October 23, 2006

Seattle, WA (October 21) – The Saint Martin’s volleyball team lost to undefeated Seattle Pacific University Saturday night in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference contest, 26-30, 19-30, and 15-30.

The Falcons quickly took the lead in game one but the Saints didn’t give up. Down by ten 19-29 and the Falcons needing only one for game point the Saints went on a seven point run to pull within three. With the score 29-26, SPU finally got what they were looking for; a kill by Seattle Pacific’s Alyssa Given put an end to the Saints rally and gave the Falcons the win.

In game two with the score tied 9-9 the Falcons went on a seven point run to jump ahead. The Saints were never able to recover from the deficit as SPU went on to win 30-19. Game three was all Falcons as they went ahead early and never faltered. The Saints tried to battle their way back but it was too much to overcome. SPU never trailed in the game and took the win 30-15.

Heather Warner led the Saints with seven kills. Elise Dike and Shealun Campisi both had six kills. Campisi also posted 13 digs. Sunny Nilson put up 12 digs on the night while Kimber Simonetti had 10.

The Saints are back at home on October 26th to take on Seattle University at 7 p.m. in the SMU Pavilion.