SALEM, Ore. - Erin Bremond recorded a match-high 15 kills while hitting .478 to lead Pacific Lutheran to a 19-25, 25-14, 25-14, 25-19 Northwest Conference volleyball victory over the host Willamette Bearcats on Friday night.

Bremond, a 5-7 junior middle blocker, sparked the Lutes to their 34th consecutive conference victory dating back to the 2008 season.

After the Bearcats won the opening set, they took an 8-6 lead in the second set on Danica Reed's kill. The Lutes cut their deficit to one on Bethany Huston's kill, and Rose Mattson served eight straight points for PLU. All eight of the points came on PLU kills with Beth Hanna getting four and Sarah Beaver and Missy DeWalt a pair apiece. The Lutes closed out the second set by scoring 19 of the final 25 points.

The Lutes broke away from a 5-5 tie in the third set, and again it came on Mattson's serve. The 8-0 run included a Mattson ace and a pair of kills by Hanna. Sarah Beaver finished the set with a kill.

The Lutes scored the first point of the fourth set on a kill by Kelsie Moore and they never trailed after that. Back-to-back kills by Bremond gave the Lutes a 7-2 advantage, and after that the closest the Bearcats came to PLU was 14-13.

Pacific Lutheran finished the match with a .218 team hitting percentage, including .302 in the second set and .444 in the third set. Hanna finished the match with 12 kills and 14 digs and Moore added 12 kills while hitting .235 for the match. Beaver led the offense with 43 assists, Blair Bjorkman had 27 digs and Anna Buck added three service aces.

The Lutes, now 11-3 for the season and 5-0 in the conference, return to NWC action at 7 p.m. Saturday when they play the George Fox Bruins in Newberg, Ore.

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