SEATTLE (Sept. 27) -- Monica Herrera (Jr., Lima, Peru/Mercy) slammed22 kills to lead the Seattle Pacific University volleyball team past Alaska Anchorage, 30-22, 30-26, 25-30, 30-28, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference matchup Friday at Brougham Pavilion. SPU has now won two of its last three GNAC matches.

The Falcons (2-2, 3-8) roared out of the starting gates against the Seawolves (2-3, 6-7), building a 8- 1 lead behind a pair of blocks from Andra Taylor (Jr., Camas, Wa./Mt. Hood CC) and Herrera. SPU went on to record a .450 hitting percentage in the first game, led by eight kills from Herrera and a .714 hitting mark by Andrea Pennington (Jr., Bellingham, Wa./Whatcom CC).

The second game was a seesaw battle as neither team led by more than two points following a 20-20 stalemate. The Falcons finally pulled away with a 4-0 run that was capped off by a thundering kill, ace and block by SPU.

The Seawolves eluded a sweep with a victory in game three. Anchorage broke a tight score with a 7- 0 run in the middle of the game and fended off a late rally by the Falcons to seal their only game victory of the match.

In the final game of the night, SPU used a string of eight straight points served up by Katy Higgins (Jr., Kirkland, Wa./Redmond) to build a lead that did not fade until the Seawolves pulled to within one points at 29-28 after trailing by as many as eight.

SPU is home again tomorrow night to take on the Alaska Fairbanks in a 5 p.m. start at the Pavilion.

SPU def. Alaska Fairbanks 30-22, 30-26, 25-30, 30- 28

Kills -- SPU 67 (Monica Herrera 22), UAA 50

Digs -- SPU 67 (Katy Higgins 17), UAA 56

Blocks -- 10 (Kathleen Monda 6), UAA 12

Assists -- 55 (Higgins 38), UAA 45

Attack Percentage -- SPU .208, UAA .100