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Loggers Get Revenge Against Lutes in Title Match

A lot can change in 24 hours, just ask the Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound volleyball teams.

PLU took the measure of the Loggers on Friday, but it was UPS that came back from two sets down to beat the Lutes in the Puget Sound Premier Tournament championship match on Saturday afternoon at the UPS Fieldhouse.

The No. 13-ranked Lutes advanced to the title match with three-set sweeps of a trio of nationally ranked opponents - No. 10 St. Benedict (Minn.), No. 19 Puget Sound, and No. 25 Simpson (Iowa). Puget Sound beat St. Ben and Simpson to earn a shot at revenge against the Lutes, and it got just that.

Puget Sound 3, PLU 2 / Box Score

PLU rallied to win the opening set, 26-24, and then the tournament championship seemed well within grasp after a 25-20 victory in the second set. Puget Sound rallied back, nipping the Lutes 25-23 in the third set and then taking a 25-19 win in the fourth set to force a deciding fifth set. The Loggers raced out to the early lead to take a 15-9 win and with it the tournament trophy.

Beth Hanna had a big match for the Lutes with a match-high 24 kills and she also tied Brenna Archibald with 22 digs. Kelcy Joynt added 10 kills and Sarah Beaver had 46 assists for PLU, but the offensive balance that had been so decisive in their three tournament wins eluded the Lutes in this contest.

PLU 3, Simpson 0 / Box Score

In a match played Saturday morning, the Lutes rolled past the No. 25-ranked Storm, 25-14, 25-18, 25-22, as Hanna knocked down 15 kills. A total of eight different players recorded kills for the Lutes, who got 32 assists from Sarah Beaver and 11 digs from Brenna Archibald.  The Lutes hit .198 during the match.

Hanna, Beaver and Joynt were named to the all-tournament team.

 

 

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