Complete Box Score

FAIRBANKS, Ak. (Sep. 9) Rachel Biornstad had match highs in kills and hitting percentage to lead nationally ranked Seattle Pacific to a 3-0 sweep over host Alaska Fairbanks in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference match Saturday night in Fairbanks.

Seattle Pacific (2-0 GNAC, 10-2), ranked No. 18 in NCAA II, won its fourth straight match of the season and 13th straight in league play. Game scores were 30-25, 30-19, 30-25

Biornstad (Jr., 6-0, Kent, Wa./Kentlake) picked up 17 kills while hitting for a whopping .412 percentage. Seattle Pacific hit .227 as a team, while Alaska Fairbanks (0-2 GNAC, 1-8) hit .160.

Shelby Gihring (Sr., 5-10, Kent, Wa./Kentlake) added 11 kills and seven digs, and Alyssa Given (Jr., 5-10, Salinas, Ca./Notre Dame) finished with 10 kills, a .360 hitting percentage and seven digs.

Korlyn Bolster had eight kills and hit at a .400 clip in the loss for the Nanooks.

Angie Wodrich (Jr., 5-10, Richland, Wa.) finished with eight kills and 12 digs for the Falcons. Tiffany Butac (Sr., 5-2, Pearl City, Hi./Hawaii Baptist) led all players with 16 digs, and Jenna Von Moos (Sr., 5-10, Stanwood, Wa.) had a match-high 44 assists.

The Falcons return to Seattle later this week for their first home conference match of the season. SPU hosts Western Oregon Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

Seattle Pacific def. Alaska Nanooks 30-25,30-19,30-25
Seattle Pacific (10-2, 2-0 GNAC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Biornstad,Rachel 17-0-1; Gihring,Shelby 11-2-0; Given,Alyssa 10-2-0; Wodrich,Angie 8-2-1; Bettencourt,Jessica 4-0-1; Von Moos,Jenna 1-0-1; Totals 51-6-2.0. (Assists) - Von Moos,Jenna 44. (Dig leaders) - Butac,Tiffany 16; Wodrich,Angie 12
Alaska Nanooks (1-8, 0-2 GNAC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Bolster,Korlyn 8-0-2; Hill,Jessica 7-0-2; King,Jessica 7-2-1; Jones,Jenna 5-0-1; Thigpen,Megan 5-0-2; Jensen,Katrina 4-0-1; Trudeau,Miranda 0-1-0; Totals 36-3-4.5. (Assists) - Sherman,Alexa 17; Zlock,Sedra 11. (Dig leaders) - Zlock,Sedra 12; Thigpen,Megan 11
Site: Fairbanks, AK (Patty Center). Date: Sep 09, 2006. Attend: 204. Time: 1:45. Referees: Ruth Olsen, Jason Moore, Dani Raap.