PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland Pilots battled Gonzaga to five sets on Saturday afternoon in the Chiles Center in a West Coast Conference match. The Bulldogs ultimately overcame the Pilots 3-2. Portland fought through the five sets with scores of 25-11, 20-25, 14-25, 25-22, and 9-15.

The Pilots (13-8, 4-5) came out strong in the first set with an impressive 10-point run to jump ahead 13-2, led by three kills from junior Reghan Pukis. Portland held their momentum to move forward into the final points of the set with kills from seniors Sarah Savoca and Hannah Troutman, along with sophomore Katie Barker. Gonzaga (12-9, 7-2) scattered several points within Portland's runs, but freshman Liz Reich and Barker finished off the sets with kills, limiting the Zags to a .023 hit percentage throughout the first set.

The Bulldogs took the next two sets 25-20 and 25-14. Portland opened up the second set with a short run with two kills and an ace from Troutman, but Gonzaga's Jenna Kuehn answered with three aces in a row to keep the set close. The Zags continued to push forward claiming the second set 25-20 and leveling the match 1-1.

Gonzaga then cruised through the third set led by an impressive 16-3 run to start, despite two aces from sophomore Cali Thompson and kills from Reich and Barker in attempt slow the Bulldogs momentum.

The Pilots pushed for the match comeback in the fourth set pulling away from the evenly matched set in the final points with two kills from Pukis and a kill from Thompson, pulling away to 22-20. Troutman continued to lead Pilots to the set win with two kills to again level the match score 2-2.

The Bulldogs jumped ahead 3-1 in the final set, before Troutman and Reich recorded kills to remain within two of the Zags. Pukis would then add two more kills in attempt to break up Bulldog points, but Gonzaga secured the match victory ending the fifth set with a four-point run.

Troutman and Thompson both produced double-doubles in the match, with 17 kills and 18 digs for Troutman and 46 assists and 10 digs for Thompson. Pukis also helped lead the Pilots with 17 kills, while Barker was just behind her with 16 kills. Williams led Portland in digs with 21, and senior Morgan Robinson registered 18 digs.

The Pilots will next be in action in the Chiles Center on Oct. 26 and 28 as they host Santa Clara and San Francisco.