ANCHORAGE – Senior outside hitter Vanessa Hayes had 17 kills and junior middle blocker Jalisa Ingram delivered a career-best performance Thursday to spark the Alaska Anchorage volleyball team to a 25-15, 25-21, 25-16 sweep of Western Oregon at the Alaska Airlines Center.

Along with six kills and four total blocks from Ingram, the Seawolves (17-6, 12-3 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) got 30 assists, nine digs and three blocks from sophomore setter Ellen Floyd as they outhit WOU .349 to .170 and claimed their 14th straight victory in the head-to-head series.

The Wolves (4-17, 2-13) were led by 10 kills from Lauren Smith and a match-high 21 digs from Allie Spear, but the visitors from Monmouth were hurt by 12 service errors and 10 Seawolf aces.

"I'm pleased with the way we came out focused and executed what we practiced this week," said UAA head coach Chris Green, whose team was missing injured starting middle blocker and all-conference candidate Kayla McGlathery for the first time this year. "Vanessa was at her best tonight, and Jalisa really came through in the clutch. That was certainly the best effort of her career and it couldn't have come at a better time."

Ingram – who had played in just seven sets this year – earned career highs in both kills and blocks, connecting for a .750 attack percentage on just eight attempts. Among her four total blocks, the Arizona native delivered a crowd-pleasing solo stuff early in the third set.

Meanwhile, Hayes came one shy of her career-high 18-kill effort in UAA's 3-1 win over Western Washington last month, hitting an impressive .417 and collecting six digs.

Despite rarely trailing, the Seawolves had to pull away from tight scores midway through each set. Leading 10-9 in the first, sophomore Eve Stephens delivered a kill and an ace on consecutive points to start a deciding 9-1 run.

An ace by WOU's Mikayla Seiler tied the second set at 15-15 before the hosts answered with a 5-0 run, including a pair of aces by sophomore libero Talia Leauanae. The Wolves rallied within 24-21 in the late going, but Hayes came through on set point, ripping a kill off the WOU block and out of bounds.

The Seawolves erased a 12-9 deficit in the third set with a 7-0 run, extending to a 20-15 advantage on a well-placed kill from Ingram, who had three kills on three attacks and two blocks in the clinching frame. The momentum continued as Hayes capped a 16-4 surge by ending it with her final kill.

Leauanae tied Floyd for team-high honors with nine digs, while she, Hayes, sophomore Anjoilyn Vreeland and freshman Maggie Schlueter served two aces apiece. Stephens finished with seven kills and five digs, and freshman outside hitter Hannah Pembroke added five kills on .364 hitting.

Thursday's match was the first-ever held in the Alaska Airlines Center's auxiliary gymnasium, due to UAA's hosting of the ESPN Armed Forces Classic men's basketball event in the main arena on Friday.

The Seawolves – who stand No. 4 in the NCAA Div. II West Region rankings – return to the main arena Saturday against Concordia-Portland (8-14, 6-9) in for a 2 p.m. matinee. Visit AlaskaAirlinesCenter.com for tickets.