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Eagles Come Back for a Big Win Over Saints

Box Score KIRKLAND, Wash. – Northwest University came from back a 2-1 set deficit to defeat St. Martin's 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 18-25, 25-23, 15-9) for a non-conference victory tonight in the NU Pavilion.
 
St. Martin's led 19-18 in the first set when a Rae Ann Haistings kill and Leia Roy service ace gave NU a 20-19 lead. An attack error by St. Martin's followed by kills by Amanda Waterman and Arika Zwack would increase the Eagle lead to 23-19 as they would go on to take the set.
 
SMU would come back after the first set loss to edge the Eagles 25-23 in the second set which would see 6 ties. The Saints would take their second straight set as they would outscore NU 5-2 in the final points to win 25-18.
 
In the fourth set, it looked as though SMU would end the match taking a 15-12 lead, but the young Eagles would refuse to give in and rally to tie the set at 16-all and then go on a 7-5 run to lead 23-21. Rae Ann Haistings would send the match to a fifth set with her set ending kill for the 25-23 win.
 
Northwest would maintain their momentum in the 5th set to lead 11-6 after kills by Haistings and Arika Zwack. Kristyn Ross would pull SMU to within five (14-9) with her kill, but a Saint error would give the set and the match to the Eagles.
 
Freshman Amanda Waterman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) led the Eagles (7-6) with 13 kills and a match high 30 digs. Dakota Adams (Yakima, Wash) added 12 kills while teammate Christina Gleb (Vashon Island, Wash.) had a team high 20 assists. Sophomore Leia Roy (Puyallup, Wash.) contributed 28 digs.
 
Kristyn Ross had 17 kills and 21 digs for the Saints (1-5). Brenna Peterson had a match high 41 assists for St. Martin's and Jessica Riddle added 21 defensive digs.
 
"We took a small step forward tonight and we're beginning to connect between the mental and physical effort it takes to play winning volleyball at this level," commented Steven Bain, NU head coach following the match. "It's doing the small things on every play that, when added together, will give us a chance to consistently compete at a high level."
 
Northwest U continues conference play this Friday and Saturday when they host the College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon in Kirkland.
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