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Alyssa Dwyer had 12 kills without an error, and
Heather Leavitt and
Kelli LeClair each added 11 kills of their own to lead the Point Loma volleyball team to a 25-17, 25-20 and 25-13 sweep of Notre Dame de Namur on Saturday, Oct. 12.
The win keeps the Sea Lions (16-3, 10-0 PacWest) perfect at home this season at 10-0. It also helps PLNU maintain a one match lead over California Baptist in the Pacific West Conference standings. The loss drops NDNU to 4-13 on the season and to 2-7 in the PacWest.
Point Loma had just six hitting errors as a team to post an incredible .483 hitting percentage for the match. This was the best attack percentage for the Sea Lions in a set since 2003 and was the fourth-best in school history. They had at least a .452 hitting percentage in each set and never committed more than three hitting areas.
Setter
Savannah Wedemeyer put Point Loma's hitters in quality attacking positions throughout the match as finished with 39 assists in the three sets. Dwyer took just 16 swings to record her 12 kills. She finished the match with a team-leading .750 hitting percentage.
Delaney McCraney also came off the bench to register seven kills and a .600 hitting percentage.
Christin Fisher finished with a match-high 10 digs.
PLNU never trailed after the 10-point plateau in any of the three sets as it cruised to its seventh straight sweep at Golden Gymnasium.
Brooke DeMiguel led the Argonauts with 10 kills. NDNU hit .174 as a team.
"It was important for us to take care of business this week and win all three matches," said PLNU head coach Sarah Gustin.
The Sea Lions will now face one of its toughest tests of the season next week when it goes to Hawaii for three matches in three days. They will open with Chaminade on Thursday (Oct. 17), then face BYU-Hawaii on Friday and Hawaii Hilo on Saturday.
"Looking ahead to Hawaii, we really need to focus on our sideout game and make sure we are on top of what we are doing on our side of the court," Gustin added. "It will be a challenge being on the road in Hawaii, but we are excited."