PARKLAND – Pacific Lutheran volleyball completed the sweep of visiting Whitman in an early evening match on Saturday. The Lutes won with scores of 25-18, 25-15 and 25-17. They advance their overall record to 9-2, 2-0 in conference play.

Lucy Capron led the Lute attack with 12 kills while Samantha North set up the offense with 27 assists. Libero Amber Aguiar led with 21 digs. PLU finished with nine services aces and four services errors while the Missionaries had two aces and six serving errors.

In the first set, the Lutes overcame a 2-6 deficit to tie things up at nine apiece. The set would see five more tie scores before PLU took 11 of the final 13 points to secure the 25-18 set victory.

Once again, the Lutes had to overcome an early deficit in the second set. A ten-point rally allowed PLU to jump ahead 18-9 on its way to the 25-15 win. The Lutes took an early 6-0 lead in the third set, never relinquishing the set advantage and completely the sweep of the Missionaries.

Pacific Lutheran will continue conference competition with next weekend's road trip to Oregon. On Friday, the Lutes will face George Fox in a 7 p.m. match followed by Linfield on Saturday night at 7 p.m.