POSTED: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Vikings lose on the road
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closeNationally ranked Western Washington University suffered its first loss of 2008 on Saturday, falling to University of Alaska Fairbanks, 29-27, 13-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match Saturday at the Patty Center.
The Vikings, rated No.3 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll, fell to 13-1 overall and 5-1 in the GNAC. Western was the last team in NCAA II to suffer its first loss of the season, and also had a 21-match GNAC winning streak snapped.
Alaska Fairbanks improved to 12-5 overall and 6-2 in conference play with its third straight victory. Korlyn Bolster led the Nanooks with 18 kills and a .412 attack percentage.
Middle blocker Angie Alvord led Western with a match-high 22 kills, but the Vikings were hampered by 30 hitting errors that held their attack percentage to .170, the second-lowest mark of the season.
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