Bedell Leads Big Hitting Night In First Five-Set Match Of Season

Bedell Leads Big Hitting Night In First Five-Set Match Of Season

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By Blake Timm '98, Sports Information Director

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FOREST GROVE – Haley Bedell (Jr., Bothell, Wash.) led four Pacific players with double digit kills Friday night, but the Boxers fell in in their first five-set match of the season to Linfield, 27-25, 26-28, 25-18, 23-25, 25-8, in Northwest Conference volleyball action at the Stoller Center.
 
Bedell finished with a season-high 19 kills and had a .486 hitting percentage as the Boxers put together their best hitting performance of the conference season, hitting .222 on the night.  Una Areta (So., Kent, Wash.) finished with 14 kills and two blocks. 
 
In addition, three Pacific players finished with double-doubles.  Marie Rewick (So., Honolulu, Hawaii) netted her fourth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 16 digs.  Hannah Herbert (Jr., Hillsboro, Ore.) had 10 kills and 12 digs while Emily Farnham (Jr., University Place, Wash.) finished with 29 assists and 13 digs.
 
Kailana Ritte-Camara led an equally impressive night at the net for the Wildcats, registering 19 kills, 12 digs and a .294 hitting percentage.  Victoria Thompson also had 19 kills and a .459 hitting percentage.  Molly McTaggart came off the bench for 12 kills.  Jamie Tablo registered a rare triple-double, finishing with 10 kills, 43 assists and 17 digs.  As a team, Linfield finished the night hitting .281.
 
The two teams battled hard in an opening set that 11 ties and six lead changes.  Pacific built their biggest lead of three points, 16-13, on an Areta kill, and traded the lead twice before going up 23-21 on a Linfield service error.  A ball-handling error by the Boxers tied it 23-23.  Pacific went up 24-23 on a service error, but McTaggart answered with a kill to force extra points.  The Boxers went ahead 25-24 on an Areta kill before the Wildcats won the final three points, with Thompson closing the deal for the 27-25 win.
 
Linfield vaulted out to the 7-2 lead on a Talbo kill before the Boxers stormed back to tie the frame at 9-9 on a Linfield ball-handling error.  The lead then seesawed Pacific's way with the Boxers going up 17-13 on a pair of attack errors.  The Wildcats charged back and led 24-23 before Rewick and Hannah Smargiassi (Jr., Tualatin, Ore.) came up with a block to force extra points again.  The teams battled to 26-26 before a pair of attack errors gave Pacific the 28-26 victory.
 
The third set was the most lopsided of the match.  Pacific inched out to the 7-5 lead early on a string of Linfield errors before the Wildcats charged back, taking a 13-10 lead on a Pacific attack error and a 20-13 advantage of Talbo's kill.  Pacific rallied to come back within 20-17 on another string of Linfield errors, but won four of the last six rallies to secure the 25-18 win.
 
Pacific had to rally to take the fourth set, opening down 7-2 on a kill by Talbo.  The Boxers rallied to come within 12-11 on a string of three kills by Bedell and tied the frame at 16-16 on a kill by Areta. The lead changed only once in the set when Areta punched away another kill to make a 23-22 lead before the Boxers used a service ace and a Linfield service error to win 25-23 and force a deciding fifth set.
 
Linfield left nothing to chance in the fifth set, charging ahead to a 7-4 lead on a Pacific attack error.  Pacific stayed within three points before the Wildcats won five of the final six rallies, with two kills by Caiti Barrie ending it.
 
With the win, Linfield improved to 10-10, 9-6 NWC, while Pacific fell to 6-17, 2-13 NWC.  Pacific will conclude the 2014 season on Saturday, hosting Willamette at 7 p.m.  A live webcast of the game will be available at GoBoxers.com.

 
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