ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Saint Martin's Volleyball team lost its road GNAC match at Alaska Anchorage in five sets on Thursday, November 5.
The Saints won the first two sets, but the Seawolves rallied to take the final three frames. The defeat dropped Saint Martin's record to 8-16 overall and 4-12 in GNAC play.
How It Happened
- The Saints opened the match on a 5-0 run, and held a small lead for most of the first set. After Anchorage came within 20-18, a 4-0 run by Saint Martin's forced set points at 24-18. After the Seawolves scored two points, the Saints won the final point on a service error to pull ahead 1-0 in the match.
- Saint Martin's totaled 12 kills in the second set and rode an early 6-2 run to pull ahead 12-7 midway through. Late in the frame each team exchanged 3-0 run that moved the score to 21-19 in favor of Saint Martin's, before the Saints won four of the last six points to win 25-21, with the final point coming from a kill by Olivia Bassett.
- After trailing early, the Saints rattled off five consecutive points to tie the game at 10-10. Saint Martin's took its first lead of the frame at 12-11, before the set was later tied at 13-13. A pivotal 7-0 run by the Seawolves put the Saints behind 20-13, and Anchorage went on to win 25-18.
- The fourth set saw Saint Martin's holding a narrow deficit of 11-8 early on, before Alaska Anchorage responded with a 6-0 run. The Seawolves later closed the set on a 7-0 run to win 25-12 and force a fifth set.
- Saint Martin's saw its best hitting percentage in the fifth set (.280), as the Saints scored the first three points and each team went back-and-forth. After pulling ahead 6-2, the Saints saw their lead minimize as the Seawolves tied the frame at 7-7. Saint Martin's fell behind 10-9, but bounced back with a 3-0 run to pull ahead 12-10. Anchorage tied the game at 12-12, before an attack error put Saint Martin's up 13-12. The Seawolves rattled off three straight points, winning 15-13 to take the final set and win the match in five.
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The Saints will head to Fairbanks to face Alaska Fairbanks at 2 p.m. PT on Nov. 7.
