SEATTLE (Oct. 3) -- Cathleen Price slammed 18 kills to lead the Seattle Pacific Volleyball team past Saint Martin's College, 17-30, 30-24, 30-24, 30-14, in a conference matchup Wednesday night at Brougham Pavilion. The victory is the Falcons fifth straight.

Forced to play without the injured Leilani Kamahoahoa (Sr., Oregon City, Or./Canby) and Leah Wiiest (Sr., Spokane/Deer Park/Cornell) who is ill, the Falcons (6-2, 13-3) started slow against the Saints (2-5, 5-14). The Falcons dropped the first game after hitting just .049, but were able to rally behind the hot hand of Price to finish the final three games easily.

Two other Falcons, Monica Abrahamson (Sr., Spokane, Wa./Rogers) and Carri Colvin (Jr., Brush Prairie, Wa./Prairie), joined Price with double-double kill and dig totals. Abrahamson finished with 14 kills and 10 digs while Colvin added 13 kills and a team-high 17 digs. Lesley Kamphouse (Sr., Sumas, Wa./Nooksack Valley) nailed 11 kills for a .308 hitting percentage.

Andrea Detorre (So., Vancouver, Wa./Prairie) finished with a team-high four service aces and Katy Higgins (So., Kirkland, Wa./Redmond) recorded 55 assists to lift the Falcons.

Alicia Denny paced the Saints with nine kills and 12 digs.

SPU travels to Bellingham Saturday for a conference match at 7 p.m. against Western Washington University (8-0, 13-3).

SPU def. SMC 17-30, 30-24, 30-24, 30-14

Kills-SPU 66 (Price 18), SMC 43 (Denny 9)

Digs-SPU 75 (Colvin 17), SMC 63 (Denny 17)

Blocks-SPU 7 (Price 3), SMC 13 (Wofford 4)

Assists-SPU 57 (Higgins 55), SMC 33 (Zukowski 27)