The UAA volleyball team remained perfect in conference play by holding off stubborn Seattle Pacific in four sets Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Center.
The Seawolves scored five of the match's final six points to prevail 25-21, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22 in front of a crowd of 1,415.
Chrisalyn Johnson and Diana Fa'amausili each drilled 16 kills and Leah Swiss put up a double-double to help the Seawolves improve to 9-4 overall and 4-0 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
Swiss finished with 12 kills and 14 digs and was the bright spot on an otherwise dismal night for the Seawolves on the service line. She served four of UAA's seven aces and was responsible for none of the team's 14 service errors.
"We serve aggressively, but unfortunately this is one of the nights when it almost came back to hurt us," said UAA coach Chris Green, whose team leads the GNAC with 2.06 aces per set. "Luckily we showed enough poise at the right times in the fourth set to pull out the victory."
The final set was tied 20-20 and 21-21 before UAA took the lead for good on middle blocker Tara Melton's kill.
The match featured more than 100 kills (UAA led that category, 58-44) and nearly 200 digs (SPU won that category, 103-92).
Five of the Falcons hit double figures in digs, with Amanda Ganete coming up with 31. Gabby Oddo delivered 18 kills and 10 digs for Seattle Pacific (7-5, 2-2), which leaves Alaska with a split after rallying to beat the Nanooks in five sets Thursday in Fairbanks.
The Seawolves will takes its undefeated conference on the road this week for matches against Northwest Nazarene on Thursday and Central Washington on Saturday.