BOX SCORE

LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Junior outside hitters Jessica Buffum and Meghan Warkentin each recorded 11 kills as No. 4 Biola swept San Diego Christian College 30-23, 30-15, 30-25 in a GSAC match on Tuesday night at Chase Gymnasium.

The Eagles, who have won four straight and seven of their last eight, improve to 19-3 on the season and 10-3 in conference play. The Hawks fall to 6-18 and 0-13 in the GSAC.

Buffum had another strong night, recording 11 kills, eight digs, three blocks–including two solo–and posting a .320 attack percentage. Warkentin also had 11 kills and added three digs and a solo block.

The Eagles got off to a bit of a slow start, trailing SDCC 10-7 early in game one. A quick 9-1 put Biola back on top and the team would not trail again in the game.

Game two saw Biola fall behind early again but junior Kelsey Mitchell led the Eagles on a 12-2 run and they would not look back. Biola picked up the defense in the game, forcing 11 attack errors by the Hawks.

Biola mixed and matched personnel in game three, jumping out to a quick 16-8 lead before San Diego Christian, pulling within four points near the end of the match before Warkentin wrapped things up with a monster kill.

Biola hits the road on Saturday (Oct. 20), traveling to San Diego for a big match against #10 Point Loma Nazarene University at 3:00 p.m.