NEWBERG, Ore. -Elizabeth Anderson, Whitney Kolb, and Cassandra Woods combined for 37 kills and Amy Batchelder had 48 assists, but the efforts of George Fox University's four seniors were not enough to lift the Bruins past the University of Puget Sound Loggers, who prevailed 3-1 (28-30, 30-23, 30-25, 30-18) in a Northwest Conference women's volleyball match Friday night here at the Wheeler Sports Center's Miller Gym. Game one was a taut one that featured 12 ties. Puget Sound broke away from an 18-18 tie with a 5-1 burst, Monica Groves leading the way with two kills and a service ace, for the largest lead of the game, but Bruins bounced back behind three Anderson kills and two by Kolb for a 9-1 run to take a 28-25 lead. Kills by the Loggers' Lindsey Denman and Kalli Kamphaus and a Bruin attack error made it 28-28, but Jessica Morrison and Kolb had winners to give the Bruins the opening win. George Fox had 23 kills in the game. In game two, a kill by Kamphaus broke a 5-5 tie and gave the Loggers the lead for good. The visitors built that to nine points at 22-13 on a spike by Denman and went on to the victory by hitting .436 in the game, with 20 kills and only three errors. It was the best-hitting game of the match for the Bruins as well, who hit .268. Kolb had 12 kills for the Bruins after two games, but chronic back problems which have plagued her the last two years flared up again and she played little the rest of the way, putting a severe crimp in the George Fox offense. The Bruins had a negative attack percentage in the final two games. Puget Sound held a slim lead throughout most of game three, finally breaking in front for good after a 22-22 tie on Bruin attack error. Emma Bryant, Groves, and Kamphaus had two kills apiece as the Loggers used an 8-3 run to close out the game. The Loggers seized control of the final game with a 7-0 run, sparked by a pair of kills by Groves and Denman, to take a 12-8 lead and never looked back. A block by Bryant and Kelsie Telge ended the game and gave the Loggers their largest lead of the entire match. Anderson had 15 kills, Kolb 14, and Woods eight for the Bruins, who hit .095 in the match. Carli Bowman led the Bruin defense with 17 digs, followed by Batchelder with 15, Anderson and Sarah Burkey with 13 each, and Kolb with 10. Anderson had three block assists, giving her 420 blocks for her career and moving her into second all-time in that category at George Fox. Groves paced the Loggers with 20 kills, with Bryant adding 17, Denman 16, and Kamphaus 11. The Loggers hit .262 as a team. Jamee Fred had 59 assists. Rachel Gross picked up 39 digs, Jessica McPhee-Hayes had 13, Molly Hunsinger 12, and Telge 11. Bryant had four blocks. George Fox (10-12, NWC 5-10) finishes with a road game at Linfield College Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Puget Sound (16-8, NWC 11-4) visits Willamette University Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and then will wait to find out if they will receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Pacific Lutheran University, the NWC champion, has already made the field, which will be announced in its entirety Sunday.