Box Score SANTA CLARITA, Calif. --- Biola secured its first Golden State Athletic Conference volleyball championship since 1997 with a 3-1 (25-15, 25-20, 19-25, 25-19) win over The Master's College on Saturday night. The win puts Biola at 28-4 (15-1 GSAC) to tie them with No. 3 Concordia for the conference championship.
 
Joclyn Kirton and Amy Weststeyn led the way with a team-high 13 kills and eight blocks. The pair combined for a block assist the end the match and wrap up the championship.
 
The Eagles worked their way to quick wins in the first two sets, hitting over .368 in each set. Things tightened up a bit over the final two frames as Biola's attack efficiency dropped substantially.

The Mustangs got the best of Biola in the third set, riding a six-point streak to a 20-14 lead and eventually a 25-19 set win. It was just the third set The Master's College has won over Biola since 2006.
 
The Eagles damaged their own chances in that set by committing seven attacking errors and getting just eight kills. The setters and hitters were not one the same page, resulting in a .029 attack percentage in the third set, which was Biola's lowest of the night.
 
Things looked bleak as Biola fell behind early in the fourth set, 9-5. The Eagles' net play ramped up late in the set as Biola got six of its 13 blocks in the final set. It worked its way to a 24-20 lead and then, after three set points, got the block from Weststeyn and Kirton to end the night.
 
The 13 blocks is the second-highest team total Biola has accumulated this year. It was powered by Weststeyn's two solo blocks and six block assists. Britta Blaser also had two solo blocks and Kirton and Crissy Cunningham had a solo block and three block assists each.
 
Weststeyn and Kirton carried the Eagles' attack, combining for 23 kills and hitting over .333. The pair ends as two of the three Biola players with 320-plus kills this season. Alyssa Mason is the other with 322.
 
The Master's ended the night with just seven blocks and hit just ,124 as a team. Allison Child led the way with 12 kills, hitting .375.
 
The No. 4 Eagles' next step is the NAIA Volleyball National Championship in early-December. The Mustangs fall to 19-12 (9-7 GSAC) and may have ended their season tonight. They will await if they earn an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championship Opening Round.