LACEY, Wash. - A late comeback in set one and a 9-1 run in the second set proved to be critical points in Seattle Pacific's three set victory over Saint Martin's (26-24, 25-20, 25-21) inside Marcus Pavilion.

Seattle Pacific (11-10, 6-7) got off on the hot start, outscoring Saint Martin's (8-13, 3-10) 6-3 in the early goings. SMU responded by taking a 7-6 lead by capitalizing on Falcons' errors and a service ace by Jordan Keane. The Saints' lead extended to 16-12 on a service ace by Country Misner, before the Saints pushed the score to their largest lead of the night at 21-16. The Falcons put themselves back into the match by taking five of the next six points, shaving the Saints' lead to one. Saint Martin's answered back with a kill from Rachel Gondrezick and a service ace by Emily Gooding. When it looked like the Saints might have the first set locked up at 23-20, Seattle Pacific finished off the set on a 5-1 run to clinch the 26-24 victory.

The Saints jumped out to an early lead over the Falcons in the second set behind kills from Kamille Langford, Megan Vernoy and Gondrezick. A combo block by Langford and Vernoy with a service ace from Hannah Neumann put the Saints up 7-3. However, the momentum shifted quickly to Seattle Pacific as they rallied behind a 9-0 run to gain the lead. Later in the set, after the Falcons extended their lead to 22-15, the Saints mounted their own comeback attempt, starting with a kill by Rebecca Mitchell and ending the same way as the Saints pulled to within two. The Falcons sealed the set victory with three straight points to silence the Saints' rally at 25-20.

Rebecca Mitchell attempted to jumpstart the Saints' offense by scoring three of their first five points with kills as the Saints leapt out to an 5-3 edge. Seattle Pacific used two 4-0 runs, split by a kill from Nesbitt to pull ahead of SMU 11-6. The Saints pulled to within three multiple times throughout the set, and eventually trimmed the lead down to 21-20 on a kill from Mitchell. Despite the Saints being within striking position, the Falcons earned the victory by claiming four of the final five points.

Rebecca Mitchell and Rachel Gondrezick led the team with nine kills each, along with Megan Vernoy's five kills. Kamille Langford added three blocks to her season totals while Nicolette Nesbitt recorded 25 assists. Three Saints reached double-digits in kills with Hannah Neumann (17) leading the way, followed by Mitchell (14) and Courtney Misner (10).

The Saints will play their fifth match in nine days with a match-up against Montana State Billings on Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m. Live stats and video will be available on smusaints.com.