TACOMA, Wash. — The Pacific Lutheran University women's volleyball team opened its five-match homestand in style on Friday night, dispatching Northwest Conference rival Linfield University 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-22) inside Olson Gymnasium.
 
The Lutes (11-8, 6-5 NWC) were dialed in in the three-set sweep, collecting eight aces while Hailey Iha was deadly accurate with 12 kills on just 15 attacks. 

"It was a great team victory tonight and Hailey was amazing," said Head Coach Kevin Aoki.

"That's the type of team play we're looking for. It was also awesome to get some substitutes in the match."
 
PLU led wire-to-wire in the opening set, charging out to an 8-2 lead and never looked back as an Iha kill gave the Lutes the 25-14 set win.
 
The visiting Wildcats (8-10, 4-7 NWC) led early in the second set but the Lutes were too much down the stretch breaking a 13-13 tie with four consecutive points before another Iha kill clinched the set, this time 25-21 in favor of the home side.
 
The third set was deadlocked at 19 before the Lutes scored four of the next five, getting a pair of kills from both Haley Goto and Sianna Iverson before Kailee Efros-Bohn clinched the match with a kill of her own, cementing the 25-22 win to secure the match.

.@PLUVolleyball's Kailee Efros-Bohn with the match clinching kill in the Lutes' 3-0 sweep of Linfield #GoLutes pic.twitter.com/SRq6g8nsik

— PLU Athletics (@golutes) October 22, 2022

 
Iha finished with a dozen kills with no errors, boasting an .800 attack percentage while Claire Hindman and Baylee Johnson both added six kills. Olivia Evaro had 41 assists on the night while Halle Hetzler paced PLU with 21 digs with Makenna Jackson netted eight. 
 
The Lutes are back in action tomorrow evening, facing Lewis & Clark College at 6 p.m. inside Olson Gymnasium.