Box Score

FOREST GROVE, Ore. - After 11 years and 22 matches, George Fox University's string of victories over Pacific University in women's volleyball came to an end when the Boxers captured a 3-0 win (30-19, 30-22, 30-27) over the Bruins in a Northwest Conference tilt Wednesday night here at the Pacific Athletic Center.

Pacific used a string of five service winners from Sarah Braun, including a pair of aces, to build a 13-5 advantage in the first game, and extended the lead to 10 points at 23-13 on a Kayleen Mitchell block. George Fox scored only two points off its own serve the rest of the game.

Game two started out in much the same way as the Boxers built a 23-13 lead on an Anela Iseke kill. The Bruins, however, made it a game by scoring five straight points with Megan Cornelius serving, capitalizing on three Pacific attack errors to close the lead to 24-20. The Bruins then returned the favor by committing three attack errors down the stretch to allow the Boxers the win.

The Bruins' blocking game gave Pacific fits in the third game as George Fox rallied from a 7-2 deficit to take a 10-9 lead on a kill by Jennifer Panico. The Bruins held a slim lead until a pair of attack errors and a Caitlin Gollehon kill gave Pacific a 25-24 lead. The Bruins regained the lead briefly at 27-26, but a trio of errors, including a ball-handling error to end the match, gave Pacific the victory.

The last Boxer win over the Bruins before this one came on Oct. 4, 1996, a 2-0 win here in the era when there was no rally scoring, teams had to be serving to win points, and games went to 15 points. George Fox had won 22 straight in the series since then.

Jessica Morrison was the only Bruin in double figures in kills with 12, while Amy Batchelder had 33 assists. Panico and Jenna Dohren had 13 digs apiece and Batchelder added 12. Cassandra Woods had five block assists as part of the Bruins' 10 blocks in the match.

Jill Peacock had 12 kills, Gollehon 11, and Melissa Dunn 10 for the Boxers, who out-hit the Bruins .210 to .132. Iseke handed out 36 assists. Alyssa Finn collected 13 digs, Dunn 11, and Iseke 10, while Joanna Delanty contributed five block assists on the Boxers' 10 blocks.

George Fox (7-5, NWC 2-3) returns home to host Willamette University Friday at 7 p.m., while Pacific (7-5, NWC 2-3) welcomes Linfield College Saturday, also at 7:00 p.m.