PORTLAND, Ore. -- Eight student-athletes ended their Lewis & Clark Pioneers home careers on Saturday night prior to the match against the Pacific Lutheran Lutes at Pamplin Sports Center.

The Pios lost 25-23, 25-15, 25-17 to bring an atypically early end to their home schedule. Lewis & Clark will play its final six on the road.

Isabel Artiaga, Mollee Chenoweth, Kate Kimbro, Michelle McGinn, Ka'anelaokapu'uwai Pakaki-Pias, Kelsey Parker, Sydney Richardson and Jenna Timmerman were recognized before the game. All eight are four-year student-athletes for the Pioneers.

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Key Moments

The opening set was tight throughout with 13 ties and five lead changes, the last of which came when a bad set by McGinn put the Lutes up 15-14. Lewis & Clark tied the game four more times afterward, but never regained the lead. Pakaki-Pias had four of her five kills, while McGinn brought up six of her eight digs for the match in the opening set.

In the second, the Pios led 8-4 behind consecutive aces from Izzy Willis. The Lutes responded by scoring five straight points for a 9-8 lead, and PLU kept the lead the rest of the way. Halle Hetzler served for four straight points and a 16-11 advantage midway through the set. 

Pakaki-Pias served for three points to flip-flop a three-point deficit into a 5-4 lead in the finale. Willis and Parker landed kills in the sequence. The set went back-and-forth, and the Pios eventually evened the score at 14 apiece, before the Lutes went on a late run to win.

Deeper Look

• Chenoweth played the opening set and had four digs, while Katie Shimaura led the Pios with 16 digs
• Willis finished with a .350 hitting percentage and nine kills
• Pacific Lutheran hit a highwater mark of .441 hitting in the third, while the Pios were never above .200 in any set
• Lewis & Clark had eight blocks, their most since Sept. 24, while PLU finished with six
• Artiaga led the Pios with one solo and four assisted blocks, and Kimbro added four block assists
• Mckenzie Pfeiffer led the Lutes with 15 kills
• Richardson had seven assists and a dig, and Timmerman posted two kills and four digs

Looking Ahead

The Pioneers begin their all-away schedule to end the season beginning Friday at George Fox.