STOCKTON, Calif. - A season-high .380 hitting percentage led the Pacific volleyball team to a 25-19, 25-22, 25-23 win over Gonzaga on Thursday night. The .380 hitting percentage is the highest by a Pacific team since a .384 hitting percentage against Montana on Aug. 30, 2019. Furthermore, it is the highest against a WCC team since Nov. 10, 2018, at Portland.
 

"I thought our middles did a terrific job tonight," said Pacific head coach Greg Gibbons. "A part of our game plan was to take what they were going to give us in their blocking. Their blocking tends to get out and shut down outside hitters. I thought Sedona, she hit .786 tonight, which is ridiculous. We told her (Sedona) in our team meeting today that you have an opportunity that if they do not respect you, get up. Even when they were getting up, she was getting up and getting kills. That was a big addition for us tonight."  

The Tigers (9-13, 6-5 WCC) were led by the one-two hitting tandem of Alexa Edwards and Sedona Sherman, who had 17 and 11 kills, respectively. Setters Gabby Leo and Jenna Heller had 20 and 19 assists, respectively. Plus, Heller added 12 digs for her 11th double double. Libero Jadyn Tubbs also had 12 digs for Pacific.
 
The Bulldogs (7-15, 3-8 WCC) were a balanced front in the loss as Kennedy Croft and Cara McKenzie each had eight kills for Gonzaga. Keau Kamake'eaina had a match-high 25 assists and Viktoria Ivanova had 10 digs. 

SET 1
• The Tigers led the opening set from start to finish.
• Pacific scored the first three points of the match as they jumped out to an early 10-4 lead. 
• Sedona Sherman led a Tiger attack with a 70% side out percentage with seven kills.
• The Tigers posted a .514 hitting percentage in the set.
 
SET 2 
• The offense for Pacific was just as successful with a .533 hitting percentage and 14 more kills.
• Following a media timeout and a 15-12 deficit, the Tigers started its comeback with a 5-1 spurt for its first lead of the set to prompt a Gonzaga timeout.
• The two teams went back and forth as the set would go on to be tied at 17 and 18 until a kill by Sherman and an attack error by the visitors put Pacific ahead 20-18 and for the remainder of the set. 
• Edwards and Darina Kumanova each had five kills in the set to go along with six assists each from Leo and Heller for Pacific.

SET 3
• The Tigers took an early 4-2 lead in the set. Gonzaga came back and tied it at 4 and held a brief 12-10 lead.
• An attack error by the Bulldogs and the Tigers' lone ace of the night by Alexa Edwards tied the set at 12. 
• The two teams would go on to be tied again at 13 and 15.
• Facing a 21-16 deficit, the Tigers called their second time out of the set. Pacific responded after the break with a 6-1 run to tie the set at 22.
• The Tigers took their first lead of the set, 23-22, since the early 4-2 lead when they were the recipients of a point after an attack error by Gonzaga.
• Kills by Edwards and Sherman secured the set by a 25-23 margin in favor of Pacific en route to the straight-set win.
• In the set, Edwards had nine of her 17 kills to go along with five more assists each from Leo and Heller, who also had seven digs. 

Next, Pacific will host Portland on Saturday at noon at the Alex G. Spanos Center.