Hilo, Hawaii. (Dec. 18) -- Kelley Berglund (Jr., 6-3, Port Angeles, Wa./Washington State) recorded team-highs of 21 points and nine rebounds to lead the Seattle Pacific University women's basketball team past Stonehill College 76-64 in a non-conference game at the Coconut Coast Classic in Hilo, Hawaii on Tuesday. The Falcons are currently ranked No. 8 in the WBCA/USA Today national coaches poll.

The Falcons (1-1, 8-1) maintained a high single-digit lead over a quality Lady Chieftains (6-3) team that beat nationally-ranked Bentley earlier in the season. SPU clung to a narrow five-point lead with 5:38 remaining in the contest before Stonehill was forced to foul continiously for possession.

Clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch helped seal the Falcon victory and a clean two-game sweep of the Hawaiian tournament.

SPU earned a season-high 36 trips to the free-throw line on 25 personal fouls by Stonehill, the second-most for any Falcon opponent this season. No Lady Chieftain fouled out, but four finished the game with four fouls.

SPU's leading scorers, Berglund and Kerie Hughes (Jr., 5-6, Mt. Vernon, Wa./Mt. Vernon), earned a combined 22 free-throw attempts and converted 17 of them. Hughes finished with 14 points while Emily Faurholt (Fr., 5-11, Kennewick, Wa./Kennewick) also climbed into double-figures with 12 points.

Stephanie Urrutia (Jr., 5-9, Sunnyside, Wa./Sunnyside) had a team-high five assists.

Kristin McDonnell paced the Lady Chieftains with 21 points.

The Falcons return to the mainland for the GNAC/CCAA Challenge on Dec. 28 to play defending national champ and No. 3-ranked Cal Poly Pomona. The game is scheduled to tip off at 8 p.m.

SPU -- Faurholt 12, Hughes 14, Urrutia 7, Poe 7, Berglund 21, Hermanson 3, Isaacson 0, Beaumont 4, Lukkes 2, Duffin 1, Gustafson 5.

SC -- Nichols 13, Barr 9, McDonnell 21, Middlemiss 6, Campbell 6, Lotti 4, Tedeschi 3, O'Malley 0, Odom 2.

Halftime -- SPU 40, SC 31