McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Outside hitters Erin Campbell and Karlee Jo Sampson combined for 25 kills and a .314 hitting percentage, leading the visiting George Fox University Bruins past the Linfield College Wildcats 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-18) in Northwest Conference women's volleyball action Friday night here at Ted Wilson Gym.

George Fox improved to 11-10 overall and 6-7 in the conference with the win in its final road game of the season, while Linfield slumped to 6-14 overall and 2-13 in the league in its final home game.  The win was No. 597 for Bruin head coach Steve Grant, who can reach 600 in his 32nd season if the Bruins can win their final three matches of the season, all at home.  Linfield coach Shane Kimura has 620 wins in his 36th year, giving the two veteran mentors 68 years and 1,217 victories between them.

After seven ties in the early stages of the first set, the last at 10-10, the Bruins took control with a 7-0 run that featured three kills by Campbell.  Kailana Ritte-Camara bookended a 4-0 Linfield run with a pair of kills to bring the Wildcats back within three at 17-14, but they could get no closer.  Kylee Adderson nailed the last two points for the Bruins to seal the set.  Campbell and Adderson had six and five kills respectively in the opening stanza.

Linfield took early control in the second set, building an 8-4 lead on two kills each by Ritte-Camara and Sam Hammons.  The Bruins responded with an 8-1 run to go up 12-9 on the strength of three winners by Sampson and two blocks by Adderson, Sampson assisting on one.  The George Fox lead eventually reached seven on a kill by Sampson, her ninth of the set, that made it 24-17, and secured a 2-0 lead in the match with a final spike by Emily Carlson. 

In the third set, four George Fox attack errors and two services errors helped the Wildcats take a 10-7 lead, but the Bruins rallied with four straight points on kills by Erin Sprowls and Campbell and a pair of service aces by Sampson.  Linfield regained the edge on a winner by Victoria Thompson and an ace by Audrey Frazier, but the Bruins exploded for six unanswered points, three of them spikes by Campbell, to move in front 17-12.  The 'Cats got no closer than four the rest of the way before the Bruins ended the match on a winner by Sprowls.

Campbell finished with 13 kills and a .267 percentage while Sanmpson had 12 winners and .381 mark.  Sprowls added seven kills, Adderson six, and with Adderson hitting .556, the Bruins posted a .226 hitting mark (42-18-106).  Payton Shrum directed the offense with 36 kills, while on defense, Chelsea Wilson made 28 digs.  Adderson was in on four of the Bruins' five blocks, with one solo.

Ritte-Camara was the only player in double figures in kills with 10 for the Wildcats, who hit .133 (33-18-113) as a unit.  Shayli Coppock was next with eight kills.  Casie Gaza had 14 assists and Frazier 12, with Quinn Takashima making 11 digs.  Ritte-Camara and Thompson had three blocks assists each.

NEXT: George Fox begins its season-closing home stand Saturday against Lewis & Clark College at 7:00 p.m. … Linfield starts its three-game road swing Saturday at Pacific University at 7:00 p.m.