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Team
3
Winner Willamette Willam 6-16,5-8 NWC
0
Whitman Whitm 3-17,3-11 NWC
Winner
Willamette Willam
6-16,5-8 NWC
3
Final
0
Whitman Whitm
3-17,3-11 NWC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Willamette Willam 28 25 25 (3)
Whitman Whitm 26 16 22 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Women's Volleyball Swept In Home Finale

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Ava McCabe drilled a match and career-high 16 kills, Elyse Benavides added 13 more but the Whitman College women's volleyball team couldn't leave the Sherwood Center on a high note, falling in straight sets to Willamette in the team's home finale on Saturday. Set scores were 28-26, 25-16, 25-22.

Natalie Klotz recorded a team-high 13 kills for the Bearcats (7-16, 6-8 NWC) with Shyla Sato adding a match-best 21 digs.

The match may have gone a different direction had the Blues been able to pull off a thrilling opening set. Whitman (3-17, 3-11 NWC) was on fire to start the match, scoring the set's first seven points on back-to-back kills from McCabe and two aces from Emma Anderson.

Willamette hung around but the Blues continued to lead, pushing the advantage to as many as five points after kills from McCabe and Megan Suka. The Bearcats rallied with five straight points to even the score at 16-16, but late in the set McCabe's kill gave Whitman set point at 24-22. The Blues were unable to pull out the win as three straight Bearcat points down the stretch sealed the win.

Set two saw the Bearcats finish on a 10-1 run. What had been a back and forth battle to that point, Willamette broke a 15-15 tie with nine straight points off Danu Queja's serve.

Willamette set the tone for the sweep with a 5-0 run to open set three. Whitman did rally though as kills from Benavides and McCabe gave their team a 9-8 lead. Kyana Benjamin's block regained the lead for Willamette who never relinquished it, staving off a late Whitman run to close out the match.

The Blues close out the season on the road next weekend, facing Lewis & Clark on Friday, Nov. 8 and George Fox on Saturday, Nov. 9.

 
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