Box Score
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HAYWARD, Calif. – Nikki Lowell put down 14 kills on Saturday night, and Madi Cavell had a double-double, but Cal State East Bay scored the first 17 points of the fourth game and went on to beat Seattle Pacific in the final match of the Route 92 Showdown volleyball tournament, 3-1.
 
Scores in Pioneer Gymnasium were 20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-11.
 
The Falcons, who were swept by Azusa Pacific on Saturday morning, went 2-2 in the tournament, having downed Holy Names and Cal State Los Angeles on Friday. They finished preseason play at 4-4.
 
SPU will head north next week to open the 18-match Great Northwest Athletic Conference schedule next week in Alaska. The Falcons visit Anchorage on Thursday and Fairbanks on Saturday, both at 8 p.m. PDT.
 
Cavell (Keizer, Ore.) had 10 kills and 13 digs for her sixth career double-double. She also hit a team-leading .214 for SPU.
 
Junior setter Kendall Langdon had 18 assists. Junior libero Brianna Leenders (Portland, Ore.) came up with 16 digs. Lowell also had six blocks, including three solos that tied her career high.

Cal State East Bay's Katie Allen was serving during the 17-point run in Game 4. The Pioneers got nine of those points on kills, one on an ace, and the rest on SPU errors.

"We made way too many hitting errors (35) and gave the other team a lot of free points," SPU coach Chris Johnson said. "It was the same thing this morning (in a three-game loss to Azusa Pacific). We just really didn't play well."

Seattle Pacific started the match quickly, putting the first seven points on the board. It was still a seven-point lead at 11-4 when East Bay started a seven-point surge to catch up at 11-11.The Falcons got the next two points and stayed ahead for the rest of that game, taking control with a 5-0 run that extended a 16-15 lead to 21-15.
 
The Falcons also started Game 2 quickly, builiding a 4-0 advantage, and stretched it out to 10-4. It was 13-12 for SPU when the Pioneers (4-4), who lost just one game in their four tournament matches put seven straight on the board to go in front for good at 19-13.
 
The teams traded the lead six times in the third game. East Bay, down 19-16, went ahead with five straight at 21-19. The Falcons twice got back within one at 23-22 and 24-23.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Route 92 Showdown
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Pioneer Gymnasium / Hayward, Calif.
 
Cal State East Bay 3, Seattle Pacific 1
                            
Game scores – 20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-11.
 
Service aces – SPU 4 (4 players with 1), EB 5 (Katie Allen 2, Veronica Sanchez 2).
Kills – SPU 38 (Nikki Lowell 14, Madi Cavell 10), EB 49 (Allen 12).
Assists – SPU 37 (Kendall Langdon 18, Sara Biondi 16), EB 46 (Ashia Joseph 44).
Digs – SPU 65 (Brianna Leenders 16, Cavell 13), EB 745 (Sanchez 29).
Blocks / solo – SPU 16 / 3 solo (Lowell 3 / 3 solo), EB 12 / 1 solo (Samantha Bruno 4 / 1).
Hitting (kills-errors-attacks) – SPU 38-35-156-- .019 (Cavell 10-4-28--.214), EB 49-28-152--.138 (Amber Hall 10-3-23--.304).
Attendance – 165.
 
Records – Seattle Pacific 4-4, Cal State East Bay 4-4.
 
Next match – Seattle Pacific at Alaska Anchorage, Thursday, Sept. 19, 8:00 p.m. PDT.