Box Score 

NEWBERG, Ore. - Hitting only .032 for the match, their lowest percentage of the season, the George Fox University Bruins dropped a 3-0 decision (27-25, 25-17, 25-19) to the visiting Pacific University Boxers as Northwest Conference women's volleyball play commenced Wednesday night here at the Wheeler Sports Center's Miller Gym.

The Bruins had 27 kills but made 23 errors in 125 attempts in the three games, with Pacific's 10 blocks taking a toll on the home team's numbers.  The Boxers managed a .147 attack percentage, making 43 kills and 22 errors in 143 tries.

Set one was tight throughout, featuring seven lead changes and 16 ties.  Caitlin Gollehon sparked a 5-0 run that lifted the Boxers from a 15-14 deficit to a 19-15 lead, the largest by either team to that point.  Still ahead at 23-19, the Boxers surrendered four straight points to the Bruins, Lyndsay Hovee recording back-to-back kills to rally the Bruins.  The Boxers had set point three times thereafter, finally securing the game the last time on a service ace by Gollehon, who had 10 kills in the contest.

The first half of set two was close until midway through when Pacific took control.  A kill by the Bruins' Natalie Pickett forged an 11-11 tie, but the Boxers scored the next four points, including two more kills by Gollehon, to move in front for good.  A Brittany Johnson service ace closed out the set and gave the Boxers their largest lead of eight points.

The final set saw seven ties early on, the last at 11-11 when the Bruins' Ali Lefebvre served an ace.  A kill by Kelsy Takashima broke the deadlock, and the Boxers gradually pulled away.  A kill by Melissa Dunn closed out the match, the final six-point margin equaling Pacific's largest lead of the set.

Jennifer Panico led the Bruins with eight kills, while Lefebvre had 11 assists.  The Bruins played decent defense with 67 digs, led by Hovee with 14, Sarah Burkey added 13, and Lefebvre and Ashley Sheller had 10 apiece.  Pickett was in on three of the Bruins' five blocks.

Gollehon finished with a match-high 15 kills, and Takashima added 10 while hitting .455 with no errors in 22 attempts.  Johnson had 13 assists and Brooke Toy 11.  Gollehon and Dunn had 16 digs each, and Takashima had eight block assists.

George Fox (6-5, NWC 0-1) visits Pacific Lutheran University Saturday at 7:00 p.m., while Pacific (2-7, NWC 1-0) goes to the University of Puget Sound Friday at 7:00 p.m.