FAIRBANKS – Senior setter
Morgan Hooe dished 30 assists and sophomore
Leah Swiss notched 13 kills Tuesday to power the 10th-ranked Alaska Anchorage volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 25-20 victory over Alaska Fairbanks at the Patty Center.
The Seawolves (15-1, 5-0 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) also got eight kills from
Chrisalyn Johnson and 16 digs from fellow sophomore
Kyla Militante-Amper as they tied the school record with their 14th straight win. It also marked the 12th straight victory over UAF – the longest streak in a series that spans 36 years and 101 meetings.
The Nanooks (2-10, 1-4) were led by seven kills and three blocks from middle blocker Kim Wong, but leading hitter Amberly Jeane was held to just four kills and -.111 hitting by a UAA defense that entered the match No. 5 nationally in opponent attack percentage.
UAA dominated the first set by holding the hosts to -.179 hitting and wound up with a .312 to .060 advantage for the match. Swiss overcame a slow start to post double-digit kills for the 14th time this year, while Hooe added six kills on .750 hitting and eight digs.
Senior middle blocker
Erin Braun and freshman right-side hitter
Diana Fa'amausili posted identical hitting lines of seven kills and two errors on 14 attempts (.357), helping the Seawolves pull away early and fend off the Nanooks late in both the second and third sets.
“UAF is a good team that will cause some headaches for some of the challengers in our league, so I'm happy we could come away with a sweep on the road,” said UAA head coach
Chris Green. “This has been a difficult stretch with four straight road matches, and it would be easy to lose concentration, but this group has kept its focus so far.”
The Seawolves complete their second week away from home when travel to face Montana State Billings (1-12, 0-4) on Saturday at 5 p.m. ADT. That match can be seen live at portal.stretchinternet.com/uaa.
NOTES: UAA matched the longest winning streak in program history, set with last year's 14-0 start … with three blocks, Braun moved past Brianne McCabe (384 TB, 1999-2002) into 5th place on UAA's career total blocks list, now with 386.