Coming Up – Northwest Nazarene (November 2, Nampa, Idaho, 6:00 p.m.), Central Washington (November 4, Ellensburg, Washington, 7:00 p.m.).

COMPLETE MEDIA GUIDE
 
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Comebacks From Seattle Pacific Doom Saints At Home – 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 got off on the hot start, outscoring Saint Martin's 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).
 
Saints Go Five Against Montana State Billings In Home Loss – In their fifth set in seven days, the Saints responded twice after dropping a set to force a deciding set against Montana State Billings before ultimately falling (25-21, 26-28, 25-22, 19-25, 15-11) inside Marcus Pavilion. The Saints and the Yellowjackets were evenly matched in the early goings, with SMU leading 10-9 before MSUB responded with the first run of the match. A 6-2 stretch for the Yellowjackets gave them the first edge of the match before Saint Martin's, behind a kill and block from Emily Gooding tied the match at 16-16. MSUB came back with a small 4-0 run before the Saints matched with their own 4-0 to keep the match locked at 20-20. Billings wrapped up the first set victory by claiming five of the final six points. Megan Vernoy provided the spark in the Saints' offense that was missing in the first set, in the early goings of the second set with three kills to jump the Saints out to an 8-2 lead. The Yellowjackets stormed back to gain the 10-9, fueled by a 8-1 run, before eventually extending their lead to 22-17. Gooding started the Saints' comeback off with a kill, leading to kills from Rachel Gondrezick and Kamille Langford until a service ace by Nicolette Nesbitt tied the match at 24-24. The set remained tied at 25-25 and 26-26 when a combo block from Vernoy and Langford was followed by blocks by Rebecca Mitchell and Gooding clinched the 28-26 victory. Multiple runs by the Yellowjackets gave them an early lead in the third set before the Saints battled back to tie the match on four separate occasions. With the set gridlocked at 20-20, the Yellowjackets rattled off three straight points to extend their lead to 23-20. Despite two kills from Mitchell in the closing points, the Saints fell short in the third set 25-22. A Courtney Misner service ace, with a kill and block from Vernoy and Langford jumpstarted the Saints in the fourth set, leading to a 5-1 lead. Mitchell helped extend the Saints lead to 11-6 with two kills and a block with Gooding before the Yellowjackets clawed to within two points. At 13-11, SMU fired off five straight unanswered points to extend to seven. The Yellowjackets once again cut the score to within two points; however, SMU held off the comeback and closed out the set with four more kills by Mitchell and a kill by Brooklynn Tacke. In the deciding set, Saint Martin's claimed the first three points until Montana State Billings responded with an 8-1 run. The Saints closed the gap to within two points, but were unable to overcome the deficit as the Yellowjackets held on for the match victory. Rebecca Mitchell collected her fourth 20-kill performance of the season, along with tying a season-high in digs with 18 and four blocks, and one service ace. Rachel Gondrezick and Emily Gooding combined for 20 kills. Kamille Langford broke her career-high in blocks with nine, one short of tying the school record, including one solo block, to go along with her eight kills. Also, just falling short of the tying a school record was Hannah Neumann who ended with 38 digs, while not allowing a single reception error. Nicolette Nesbitt managed a team-leading 45 assists and two service aces.
 
Northwest Nazarene Preview – Looking to continue their impressive season and rise up the national rankings, No. 13 Northwest Nazarene will face the Saints on Thursday. NNU defeated the Saints 3-1 in Marcus Pavilion earlier in the season. Kendra Bodine and Madi Ferrell form the deadly two-headed attack for the Nighthawks with 356 and 325 kills respectively. Ferrell carries an impressive .431 attack percentage on the year and is averaging nearly four kills per set. Passing the ball to Ferrell and Bodine is Hailey Cook, who is responsible for 937 of the Nighthawks' 1,093 assists this season. Mari Thomas leads the way with 23 service aces. Five Nighthawks have tallied more than 150 digs this year with Shayli Siegfried leading the team with 351. Farrell has proven to be a force offensively and defensive at net, leading the team with 112 blocks and 15 solo blocks. On the season, the Nighthawks have won 64 sets while only dropping 18.
 
Central Washington Preview – The Wildcats will be looking to avenge their five-set loss to Saint Martin's back in October on Saturday. Since that match, CWU has gone 6-1 to improve to 16-6 overall and 11-3 in conference. Leading CWU in kills this year is Shelby Mauritson with 321 in 22 matches played. Maggie McTaggart and Sabrina Wheelhouse each have over 150 kills and look to play a pivotal role in the offense. Niki Cook and Gabrielle Aihara have managed a total of 928 assists combined while Aihara leads the team with 22 service aces. Defensively, Kyla Morgan's 460 digs is first on the team while Wheelhouse leads the team with 141 blocks, including 21 solo blocks. As a team, Central Washington is averaging 12.7 kills per set, 12.0 assists per set and over 17 digs per set.
 
GNAC Review – Continuing their run atop of the conference is Western Washington at 13-1; however, they are followed closely behind by Northwest Nazarene, Central Washington and Alaska Anchorage with only two games separating them. Simon Fraser at 8-6 and Seattle Pacific at 7-7 make up the clear middle of the conference at fifth and sixth respectively. Concordia holds seventh by one game in the loss column at 5-10 over Alaska, Saint Martin's and Montana State Billings, all at 3-11. Western Oregon brings up the final spot at 2-13.