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September 9, 2008 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s outhit Hawaii Pacific University but came out on the losing end, falling 3-1, 19-25, 22-25, 25-20, 17-25, Tuesday night in their home opener. Andrea Tarbet and Malia Ibarra led the attack for the Saints with 14 and 13 kills respectively. Ibarra added 15 digs while Tarbet had four blocks. The Sea Warriors opened up a six point lead in game one only to see the Saints pulled to within three at 21-18. But two attack errors by Saint Martin’s and a kill by HPU gave the Sea Warriors the edge they needed to earn the victory. Game two was a battle the whole way as neither team was able to gain a solid advantage. Down by one at 18-17, SMU got a pair of kills from Nicole Ostlund and a service ace from Amber Roberts to take the 20-18 lead. Hawaii Pacific then used a 5-0 run to go ahead 23-20 and held off the Saints for the win. After finding themselves in a 4-0 hole to start out the third game SMU went on a tear scoring the next nine points. They would maintain their lead until a kill by Phoebe Hettel put HPU up 17-16. Saint Martin’s answered back yet again, this time with a six point run, including three aces from Theresia Dever, to put the game away. Hawaii Pacific controlled game four, taking a 15-8 advantage and never letting the Saints get within less than four. Brianna Bautista had a game high 26 digs for the Saints and Dever had 23. SMU outhit the Sea Warriors 454-38 in the match. The Saints are back on the road as they head to Pacific Lutheran University to take on the Lutes Friday, September 12th.
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