PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Pilots Volleyball took the win over Seattle U in five sets (24-26, 25-21, 25-19, 19-25, 15-4).This is their best start through the first 17 matches since 2018 when the Pilots went 13-4, winning their first 12 matches straight.
Kala Chock spiked down 20 kills, a match high across both teams, and Portland players recorded more than 10 individual career highs. Four players recorded or tied career highs in service aces (Vanessa Haddock, Jeryn Hildenbrand, Ava Lilo and Callie Pieper), three players recorded career highs in blocks (Chock, Shaylee Stephen and Pieper), two players recorded career highs in kills (Chock and Taina Kaauwai) and two players recorded or tied career highs in digs (Hildenbrand and Lilo).
Game Notes
How it Happened
SET 1 | Chock spiked five kills and Ellie Diehl Palmer put down four kills in the first set. Hoeft recorded 14 assists, setting Portland up for all 14 team kills and Amiyah Eason tallied six digs, a set high in the first set. Hoeft and Stephen had one block each with Hildenbrand, with Haddock and Kaauwai putting down a service ace each. Portland kept an early lead for most of the set, but Seattle U was able to close the gap at the end of the set and won 26-24.
SET 2 | Chock put down six of Portland's 12 kills. Hoeft recorded 11 assists and Lilo, Haddock and Chock had one service ace each. Hildenbrand tallied five digs, a set high for the second set. Portland tallied eight total blocks with three coming from Stephen. Portland had a seven-point run midway through the set, taking them from a four-point deficit to a three-point lead. The Pilots took the set 25-21.
SET 3 | Kaauwai had eight kills, a set high across both teams and all five sets. Hoeft had another 11 assists and Stephen had one assist. Lilo recorded three service aces with Eason and Hoeft at four digs each. Stephen and Chock tallied two blocks each and Kaauwai had a block solo. Portland took the set 25-19.
SET 4 | Chock tallied five kills and Kaauwai spiked down four kills. Hoeft had 11 assists and Kaauwai recorded an assist. Pieper put down a service ace in the fourth set and Hoeft accounted for five of Portland's 13 digs. Portland had six blocks with Stephen putting down two of them. The Pilots had a six-point run early in the set, taking them from a one-point trail to a five-point lead. Seattle U pushed back and took the set 25-19.
SET 5 | Portland had nine kills with Haddock putting down three kills and Lila Krall putting down two kills. Hoeft had five assists, Lilo had two assists and Hildenbrand had one assist. Hildenbrand tallied two service aces with Lilo recording one service ace. Chock had four digs and Hildenbrand tallied three digs. Portland cruised in the fifth set and won the match 15-4.
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