TACOMA, Wash. – After nearly pulling off a first-set upset, the George Fox University Bruins were hit with some sizzling offense by the University of Puget Sound that carried the 15th-ranked Loggers to a 3-0 win (29-27, 25-14, 25-17) over the Bruins in Northwest Conference women's volleyball action Saturday night here at Memorial Fieldhouse.

George Fox rallied from an early eight-point deficit to force a long first set, but Puget Sound responded by hitting .276 in the second set and .357 in the third.  The Loggers finished the match with a .277 hitting percentage (41 kills, 13 errors, 101 attempts) to .074 (37 kills, 28 errors, 121 attempts) for the Bruins.

Jackie Harvey had four kills as the Loggers jumped out to a 12-4 lead in the opening stanza, but the Bruins battled back and eventually forged a 19-19 tie on a service ace by Erin Campbell.  The game was tied eight more times, with Puget Sound regaining the lead seven times, only to have George Fox score to keep the set going.  The Bruins' only lead came at 24-23 on a combo block by Kylee Adderson and Emily Rawlings, but an attack error enabled the Loggers to save set point.  UPS broke a 27-27 tie with a Bruin service error, then won it with an ace by Karly Edwards.

An 8-0 run with Christina Chun serving early in the second set put the Loggers ahead 13-4, and the Bruins got no closer than seven points the rest of the way.  The Loggers closed the set with three straight points, Nicolette Reynaud getting two blocks (with one assist by Jenni Brehove) in that run.

George Fox built a quick 3-1 lead in the third set on kills by Campbell, Tiffany Burk, and Erin Sprowls, but UPS responded with a 7-0 run with Brehove serving to take control at 8-3.  The teams effectively traded points over the middle of the match, the Bruins twice closing within three before the Loggers extended their lead to 21-14 on an ace by Edwards.  The Bruins then scored three unanswered points, two of them kills by Burk, before the Loggers secured the  set and match with a 4-0 run of their own, including two winners by Kristen Lane.

Burk and Campbell led the Bruins with eight kills each, and Sprowls and Karlee Jo Sampson had six apiece.  Payton Shrum handed out 19 assists and Chelsea Brustad 14.  Chelsea Wilson collected 14 digs, and Rawlings contributed four blocks, including one solo.

Harvey had 12 kills and Marissa Florant added 10, hitting .474, to lead the Loggers.  Brehove handed out 32 assists and made 10 digs, while Harvey added 12 digs.  Reynaud had four blocks, two solo.

NEXT: George Fox (5-5, NWC 0-2) hosts the eastern Washington NWC teams next weekend, starting with Whitworth University on Friday at 7:00 p.m. … Puget Sound (7-4, NWC 2-0) visits 21st-ranked Pacific Lutheran University Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.