<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=43TOxE_1FVSn9UH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=43TOxE_1FVSn9UH00" width="1024" height="683" ><figcaption>UAA setter Hannah Trotter orchestrated the offense in Thursday’s win. Photo by Stephanie Burgoon/Alaska Sports Report</figcaption></figure>Halfway through the college volleyball season, the Seawolves had been solid but not superb and lacked a signature win. That changed Thursday night.UAA delivered new coach Morgan Hooe’s first five-set victory after rallying past Western Washington 19-25, 29-27, 28-26, 21-25, 17-15 victory in front of 1,001 fans at the Alaska Airlines Center.“We showed tremendous resiliency after we fell behind the fifth set, kept battling, and stayed focused on each rally,” Hooe said in a statement. “I think we regained a lot of confidence from our performance and can hopefully keep our energy high for a first-place team (Simon Fraser) coming in here on Saturday.”Senior hitter Lee Ivakina spiked a career-high 25 kills, including her final kill that made it 16-15 in the fifth set. On match point, sophomore libero Mary Nahinu delivered a sneaky push attack that landed just inside the back corner for her lone kill of the night.Ivakina added a career-high of 24 digs, senior setter Hannah Trotter dished a career-high 64 assists and junior hitter Kyana Gabriel added 19 kills and 16 digs for the Seawolves, who snapped a two-match losing streak in the GNAC.<blockquote>COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL</blockquote>GNAC TEAM OVERALL4-0 Simon Fraser 7-33-1 Seattle Pacific 8-43-2 UAA 10-53-2 Central Washington 7-42-2 Western Washington 5-52-2 Western Oregon 6-62-3 UAF 10-51-2 Saint Martin’s 5-61-3 NW Nazarene 7-40-4 MSU Billings 2-10Thursday<blockquote>UAA 3, Western Washington 2Simon Fraser 3, UAF 1Central Washington 3, Western Oregon 0</blockquote>Friday<blockquote>NW Nazarene at Saint Martin’s</blockquote>Saturday<blockquote>Western Washington at UAF, 12pmSimon Fraser at UAA, 7pmMSU Billings at Seattle PacificNW Nazarene at Western Oregon</blockquote>Kenai’s Emma Beck matched her career high of 14 kills as the Alaskans outhit the visitors .226 to .181 and enjoyed a 105-88 advantage in digs.The Seawolves showed tremendous resolve by coming from behind to win the second and third sets after Western Washington erased early leads. UAA led the second set 15-8 only to see Western storm back to tie it 19-19. The third set followed an eerily similar pattern as UAA raced to 14-7 lead, only to see the Vikings tie it 21-21.UAA appeared poised to end it in four sets when Gabriel made it a 19-15 lead with a kill, but the Vikings recovered to send it the distance with a 10-2 run. Delaney Speer had three kills and Chayse Flick-Williams a pair of her five aces during the surge.“It seems like it always goes down to the wire when we play Western, and tonight was another amazing match,” said Hooe, whose team has played at least four sets in 15 of the last 19 matches against the Vikings of Bellingham, Wash.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=165qqS_1FVSn9UH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=165qqS_1FVSn9UH00" width="1024" height="683" ><figcaption>Western Washington held a 15-3 advantage in aces. Photo by Stephanie Burgoon/Alaska Sports Report</figcaption></figure>The Seawolves led early in the fifth set before Western answered with a run and pulled ahead 12-9 on an attack error by Gabriel. Beck and Ivakina combined for three straight kills to force a 12-12 tie, but the WWU retook the lead on a Speer kill and went ahead 14-12 on Beck’s attack error. Faced with double-match point, the Seawolves turned again to Ivakina to stay alive, and Riba would tie it with an ace. After trading points, Ivakina came through with her final kill to make it 16-15, and libero Mary Nahinu finished the victory with a sneaky push attack that landed just inside the back corner for her lone kill of the night.Ivakina equaled her career high in kills that came in last year’s home match against the same team, while topping 20 digs for the first time. She also hit a team-best .305 and added three total blocks.The Vikings were led by 25 kills and 16 digs from Speers, while defensive specialist Flick-Williams added 30 digs.Western Washington 25 27 26 25 15UAA 19 29 28 21 17Attack percentage– Western .181, UAA .226. Points – Western 89, UAA 90. Kills – Western 60, UAA 79. Aces – Western 15, UAA 3. Blocks – Western 14, UAA 8. Assists – Western 59, UAA 77. Digs – Western 89, UAA 104. A – 1,001.Simon Fraser 3, UAF 1In a battle between nationally ranked teams, No. 19 Simon Fraser defeated No. 22 UAF in four sets Thursday night in Fairbanks.Despite outhitting the visitors .211 to .207 and getting a match-high 15 kills from Cori Leavitt, the Nanooks fell behind after two sets and never recovered.Brooklyn Robinson bagged a double-double with 11 kills and 18 digs, while teammates Nina Kovacevic and Katarina Damnjanovich each added 10 kills for the winners.UAF’s Presley Engelauf had 10 kills, Kellan Flynn made 13 digs and Cynphany Henderson tallied 29 assists, 12 digs, five kills, three blocks and two aces.Simon Fraser 25 26 9 25UAF 23 24 25 13Attack percentage– Simon Fraser .211, UAF .207. Points – Simon Fraser 64, UAF 69. Kills – Simon Fraser 48, UAF 50. Aces – Simon Fraser 6, UAF 11. Blocks – Simon Fraser 10, UAF 8. Assists – Simon Fraser 47, UAF 46. Digs – Simon Fraser 65, UAF 57. A – 531.</div></body>

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Halfway through the college volleyball season, the Seawolves had been solid but not superb and lacked a signature win. That changed Thursday night. UAA delivered new coach Morgan Hooe’s first five-set victory after rallying past Western Washington 19-25, 29-27, 28-26, 21-25, 17-15 victory in front of 1,001 fans at the Alaska Airlines Center.

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Halfway through the college volleyball season, the Seawolves had been solid but not superb and lacked a signature win. That changed Thursday night. UAA del

Seawolves dig deep, pull out five-set win over Western Washington

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