ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Nanooks volleyball team took the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves to the wire but fell 3-2 on Friday, Oct. 30.
UAA won the second, fourth, and fifth sets to claim the victory. The set scores were: 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 23-25, 14-16. The Nanooks are now 11-13, 3-11 GNAC on the season. In the first, the Nanooks outhit the Seawolves .219 to .032 while posting three more kills and surrendering three less errors. The Nanooks used a big run after a 10-10 tie to take a 16-10 lead and eventually move ahead 23-14. They'd claim the first set 25-19. In the second, both sides swung well. UAA evened up the match at 1-1 behind a .313 swing percentage and 12 kills to just two errors. The Nanooks posted four more kills than Anchorage, but eight errors played a difference as the 'Nooks hit .216.
Alaska maintained the offensive momentum into the third, posting another strong set behind 15 kills, and a .235 swing percentage. The Nanooks kept the UAA offense at bay in the third, keeping them to 10 kills and seven errors and a .091 swing percentage. Alaska went up 2-1 behind a 25-21 set three victory. UAA then forced a fifth with a 25-23 set four win.
In the fifth, the Seawolves jumped ahead 5-2. The Nanooks used back-to-back kills from
Presley Engelauf and then
Lucy Braegger to pull within one. Five points later, the Nanooks tied it at 7-7 on an
Ashlyn White service ace. The Nanooks would eventually take a 10-8 lead, but UAA battled back to force a tie at 11-11. The two sides traded points, ending up with a 14-14 tie, but UAA scored the final two points for the set five win.
Inside the Numbers
- Cynphany Henderson led the Nanooks with her second triple-double of the season. She led the Nanooks with 14 kills, hitting .290. In addition, she had 25 assists, 13 digs and four blocks.
- Ashlyn White led the distribution with 29 assists. She finished with a double-double adding 12 digs, an ace and a kill.
- Tessa Onaga had a match-high 26 digs. She added five assists and a kill.
- Kellan Flynn added 11 digs, two assists and an ace.
- Audrey Rose Smith and Haylee Lyons added 11 and 10 kills for the 'Nooks. Smith finished with three blocks and Lyons added six digs, two aces and two assists.
- Alaska posted more points than UAA, 76-67. They also finished with 11 more kills (65-54), assists (64-54), and digs (75-65).
- Both sides hit .203 tonight.
What's Next
The Nanooks return home for the final two home matches of 2026. The Nanooks will face Western Oregon on Nov. 5 for Military Appreciation Night before Senior Day on Nov. 7 against Saint Martin's.
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