PROVO, Utah. --- BYU topped the Portland Pilots in three sets in their last West Coast Conference road match of the season, Saturday afternoon in the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars won the three sets with scores of 25-10, 32-30, and 25-15.
 
BYU (24-3, 13-2 WCC) opened up the first set with an impressive nine-point run, followed by a seven-point run to take a huge lead. Moments later Pukis recorded her second kill of the set to prompt a short point run for Portland, consisting of kills from Hannah Troutman, Sarah Savoca, and Katie Sullivan, along with an ace from Emma Scanlan. Despite the run, BYU continued to surge through the end of the set to win 25-10.
 
The Pilots (15-12, 8-7 WCC) took an early 4-2 lead in the second set before, the Cougars tried to pull away at 8-5.  Portland then tied up the set with kills from Markwith and Pukis along with a block from Markwith and Savoca. Troutman then register three kills to increase Portland's lead by three. The Cougars fought to climb back within one, but Pukis extended Portland's lead back to two with a kill. BYU proceeded to spark a late comeback, to tie up the set, prompting Markwith to respond with three crucial kills bring the set to extra points, but BYU continued to answer, battling the Pilots and completing their comeback to end the set 32-30. 
 
The Cougars took a three-point lead in the third set and continued to extend that lead with a seven-point run. Sullivan attempted to spark a run with back-to-back kills, but BYU's Veronica Jones-Perry and McKenna Miller finished up the set with kills to make it 25-15.
 
Troutman had a double-double on the match with 14 kills and 12 digs. Monica Gajda led in digs with 17 and Cali Thompson had 34 assists.
 
The Pilots will return home for their last three matches of conference next weekend against Saint Mary's, Pacific, and Gonzaga.