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'Wolves sweep Clan, win 3rd straight

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'Wolves sweep Clan, win 3rd straight

BURNABY, British Columbia – Middle blocker Robyn Burton notched 16 kills and four total blocks Thursday to power the Alaska Anchorage volleyball team to its first three-match winning streak of the season with a 26-24, 25-16, 25-19 sweep of Simon Fraser at the SFU West Gymnasium.

The Seawolves (7-5, 3-1 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) also got 10 kills from senior outside hitter Jackie Matthisen as they recorded their third straight sweep for the first time since late in the 2009 campaign.

Middle blocker Kristjana Fridfinnson led the home team with nine kills, however the Clan (0-9, 0-5 GNAC) remained winless despite jumping to a 13-6 lead in the opening set.

UAA overcame its early deficit with an 8-point rally behind Matthisen's serve, getting kills from Nikkie Viotto and Nora Anders along the way. After a Burton kill put UAA ahead 23-20, SFU responded with three straight points, leading to a Seawolf timeout. Anders, a freshman right-side hitter, then traded kills with Fridfinnson before Viotto and Matthisen gave UAA the set with consecutive kills.

The Seawolves jumped to a 7-1 lead in the second set and slowly pulled away in the third to complete the sweep and stay unbeaten in three all-time meetings with the Clan.

Burton, who entered as the GNAC's attack percentage leader at .387, had another sterling performance, ripping her 16 kills in just 22 attempts. Her .591 percentage (16-3-22) marked the sixth time in 12 matches this year that the sophomore has hit .500 or better. She also had a pair of solo blocks.

Meanwhile, the Seawolves got a lift with the return of junior setter Kimya Jafroudi, who had missed the previous two matches with a leg-muscle strain. The Huntington Beach, Calif., native tallied a match-high 27 assists and a team-best eight digs.

Viotto finished with six kills and seven digs, and Anders had four kills.

The Seawolves face a much stiffer test Saturday (6 p.m. ADT) when they travel to 25th-ranked and league-leading Western Washington (7-2, 5-0), which has won 13 straight at Carver Gymnasium.

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Players Mentioned

Jackie Matthisen

#RS Jackie Matthisen

MB/OH
5' 11"
Sophomore
Nikkie Viotto

#9 Nikkie Viotto

DS
5' 8"
Freshman
Robyn Burton

#4 Robyn Burton

MB
5' 11"
Freshman
Nora Anders

#18 Nora Anders

OH
5' 10"
Freshman
Kimya Jafroudi

#11 Kimya Jafroudi

S
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jackie Matthisen

#RS Jackie Matthisen

5' 11"
Sophomore
MB/OH
Nikkie Viotto

#9 Nikkie Viotto

5' 8"
Freshman
DS
Robyn Burton

#4 Robyn Burton

5' 11"
Freshman
MB
Nora Anders

#18 Nora Anders

5' 10"
Freshman
OH
Kimya Jafroudi

#11 Kimya Jafroudi

5' 7"
Junior
S