The Portland Pilots were swept by the Santa Clara Broncos on Friday night, 30-16, 30-22, 30-26. The Pilots fall to 5-15 overall and 1-9 in West Coast Conference play. The Broncos improve to 16-7 overall and 8-2 in West Coast Conference action.

The first game was close early on with the Broncos leading the Pilots 10-9. The Broncos pulled ahead and did not look back winning the game 30-16. Two Pilots moved into the top ten in career leader categories during the first game. Senior Bridget DeChant entered the top ten in kills and now is tenth all-time with 785 kills. Senior Bridget Beschen is now tenth all-time in digs with 895 digs.

In the second game the Pilots were led by junior Anna Abatzoglou who had 8 kills in the second game. It was not enough however as the Pilots lost the game 22-30.

The third game of the night was very hard fought with the Broncos pulling it out 30-26. Abatzoglou finished the match with a career high tying 16 kills on 23 attempts giving her a career high attack percentage of .652.

The Bronco duo of freshman middle blocker Toni Muratore and sophomore outside hitter Becky Potter carried the Broncos. Muratore had 11 kills on 14 attempts with no errors giving her a percentage of .786. Potter had 18 kills and 1 error on 33 attempts giving her a .515 percentage. Potter also had 3 aces and 6 digs on the night.

The Pilots return to action Saturday night as they face the San Francisco Dons at 7:00 p.m. at the Chiles Center.