BOX SCORE

LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Junior Tavea Hampton had 12 kills and freshman Nicolette Mather added 11 as No. 17 Biola shook off a slow start to defeat San Diego Christian College 17-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-13 in a GSAC match on Tuesday night at Chase Gymnasium.

The Eagles improve to 13-7 overall with the win and to 4-5 in conference play while the Hawks drop to 8-12 on the heels of their ninth-straight loss and to 0-9 in GSAC.

Hampton had an impressive night, recording 12 kills in 17 swings with just two errors for a .588 attack percentage. She also had a match-high four blocks. Mather contributed 11 kills in 21 swings, adding a pair of digs and a block.

The story of the match was the poor start to which the Eagles got off to. In the first set, Biola took its first lead at 12-11 after a bit of a sloppy start. However, things went from bad to worse after that as San Diego Christian rattled off an 11-3 run to take a commanding 22-15 lead in the set and cruise to the surprising first set win.

However, after a "strong talking-to", Biola came back with a passion in the second set. After exchanging points to open the set, the Eagles snapped a 6-6 tie with a long 13-3 run to break things open with a 19-9 lead and cruise to a win to tie the set.

The story was similar in the third set as Biola this time broke a 5-5 tie with a long 14-2 run to easy take the third set.

The Eagles wasted no time controlling the fourth set, jumping out to a quick 10-3 led and never looking back.

Biola wraps up the first half of the GSAC schedule with a match at Point Loma Nazarene on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.