Box Score EUGENE, Ore. – Miranda Halverson and Sydney Amundsen combined for 22 kills for Multnomah University, but it was not enough for the Lions to overcome a hot Northwest Christian University team as the host Beacons won a Cascade Collegiate Conference volleyball match 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-16) Saturday afternoon here at the Morse Event Center.
 
The Beacons used an 8-1 run to take control of the first set, stretching its lead from 10-7 to 18-8, and the Lions got no closer than six the rest of the way.  The second set was much tighter, with ties at every number from 1-1 to 13-13 before NCU went up for good.  The Lions were still within two at 21-19 after an Amundsen kill, but the Beacons closed with a 4-1 run to capture the set.
 
A .020 hitting percentage proved to be the Lions' downfall in the final set.  The Beacons never trailed in the set but did not put matters to rest until a 5-0 run enabled them to move out to a 19-11 lead.  The margin reached 10 at 24-14 before the match concluded. 
 
--- By the Numbers:  Halverson had 12 kills and Amundsen 10 while hitting .429.  Marissa Rhodes passed out 34 assists.  Sabrina DeJesus-Bair had a match-high 21 digs and Kayla Keane added 10.  Halverson had three block assists.
 
Megan Van Marter was the only Beacon in double digits in kills with 12, with Maci Beierle handing out 40 assists.  Four Beacons had double figures in digs, led by Haley Damian's 15, while Van Marter assisted on eight of the team's 10 blocks.
 
Multnomah is now 5-15 on the season and 1-11 in the conference.  Northwest Christian, winning its fifth in a row by a 3-0 score, is 14-4 overall and 10-2 in the CCC.


--- Next:  Multnomah begins a three-game home stand Friday with the College of Idaho in a CCC match at 7:00 p.m. … Northwest Christian visits Northwest University in Kirkland, Wash., Friday at 7:00 p.m. fo another conference clash.