FAIRBANKS, AK. (Oct. 25) -- Middle hitter Monica Herrera (Jr., Lima, Peru/Mercy College) and Carri Colvin (Sr., Vancouver, Wa./Prairie) combined for 25 kills as the Seattle Pacific University volleyball team fell to Alaska-Fairbanks 30-17, 23-30, 30-27, 30-19 Friday night at the Patty Center in Fairbanks. Herrera led the Falcons with 15 and Colvin added 10.

The Falcons (5-7, 6-13) were unable to break the .100 hitting plateau in three of the four games, while the Nanooks (7-4, 10-6) struggled, but managed to hit above .200 in two games led by 17 kills from Mallory Bergstrom. Chelsey Myers (Fr., Minden, Nv./Douglas) was the only Falcon hitter to reach the .200 mark with eight kills on 21 attempts. SPU finished with a .048 hitting percentage.

Katy Higgins (Jr., Kirkland, Wa./Redmond) led the Falcons with seven blocks and

Andrea Pennington (Jr., Bellingham, Wa./Whatcom CC) served up three aces to lead SPU. Colvin led the Falcons on defense with 17 digs.

SPU completes the second leg of their visit to Alaska with a match against Anchorage tomorrow night at 8 p.m. PST.

Alaska-Fairbanks def. SPU 30-17, 23-30, 30-27, 30-19

Kills-SPU 46 (Herrera 15), UAF 47

Digs-SPU 73 (Colvin 17 25), UAF 71

Blocks-SPU 12 (Higgins 7), UAF 11

Assists-SPU 41 (Higgins 38), UAF 41

Hitting-SPU .048 (Myers .286), UAF.094