PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Lewis & Clark Pioneers had their seven-game win streak snapped in a 25-16, 25-13, 25-23 loss to the George Fox Bruins on Thursday night at Pamplin Sports Center.

Dating back to the end of the 2019 season, the Pios had won their last seven entering the match with George Fox. Lewis & Clark (5-1, 5-1 NWC) hit a season-low .039 in the defeat.

Seniors Makena Ohlmaier and Kayla Valdez were recognized before the game on Senior Night. Ohlmaier had seven kills, an ace and a block, while Valdez landed a kill - the third of her career - and six digs.

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Key Moments

The Bruins built leads of three and seven through the middle point of the first and second sets, respectively, and successfully carried those advantages to the end.

However, in the third, George Fox held leads of 9-3 and 14-7 before the Pioneers mounted a comeback and closed the gap to 19-17. Having landed two kills shortly after entering the game for the first time in the second set, Isabel Artiaga landed her third in between kills from Izzy Willis, and then an ace by Ohlmaier closed the Bruins' third-set edge to 14-11. Emma Ehlers' kill, an ace by Ka'anelaokapu'uwai Pakaki-Pias and errors by the Bruins on two of the next three rallies brought the Pios to within 19-17. Willis had four of her seven kills in the match during the final set, the last of which put the Pios within 24-21. Two straight mistakes by the Bruins put the Pios within one, but the match ended on an attack error by Lewis & Clark.

Deeper Look

• The Pios swept the last weekend of the 2019 season against Whitman and eventual Northwest Conference champion Whitworth and had won five straight to begin 2020
• The loss is the first in straight sets by Lewis & Clark since Oct. 30, 2019 when the Pios were swept at George Fox 
• Heading into Friday night's rematch at George Fox, the last four matches between the Pios and Bruins have been straight sets with George Fox holding a 3-1 record
• Michelle McGinn had her first match without a kill since Nov. 3, 2018
• Pakaki-Pias had a match-high 22 digs including 10 in the opening set
• Kate Kimbro had three blocks in the first and finished with four
• Willis and Ohlmaier had seven kills apiece

Looking Ahead

Lewis & Clark closes the season on Friday at George Fox (4-3, 4-2 NWC).