Box Score SANTA­­ BARBARA, Calif. --- Biola increased its winning streak to 13 consecutive matches, while decreasing its number of matches remaining in the regular season to three with a four-set win over Westmont on Tuesday evening.
 
The Eagles played in their first of four consecutive road matches to end the 2014 regular season slate and walked away with a hard-fought win in a typical back-and-forth battle with the Westmont Warriors (25-19, 27-25, 23-25, 25-18).
 
The Warriors pushed the Eagles to the brink in the two sets sandwiched in the middle. Westmont managed to grab set three from Biola after blanking on three consecutive set points in a second set that saw both teams attack better than they did for most of the rest of the match.
 
It was definitely another defensive match, with both teams earning well over 60 digs and an average of 10 blocks per side. Biola had the better of the block numbers, posting 12, compared to the Warriors' 10.
 
Joclyn Kirton, Amy Weststeyn and Alyssa Mason each had at least a part in at least four of those 12 blocks. Kirton came up big with three solo blocks, including one during that important second set stand when the Eagles' fought back from Westmont's three set points. She stood tall and blocked an attempt by Madison Serrano that could have given the Warriors a 25-22 set win. Instead, Biola rode its streak of eight of 10 points to get a 27-25 victory.
 
The Eagles survived this road match despite making their second-most attack errors over the course of all the matches of the last two months (26). Those errors came in 152 swings and resulted in a .211 attack percentages.
 
A bunch of those attack attempts, and subsequent errors, were a result of Westmont's notoriously scrappy, and talented, defense. The Warriors generally dig up every attack that comes their way and find ways to turn it into a chance for their offense.
 
That Warrior defense did much of the same on Tuesday, but it was matched, and exceeded, at every step by Biola's defense. Three Eagles, Tess Van Grouw, Allison Spencer and Alex Brehaut, reached double-digit digs, and Biola allowed just two service aces tonight thanks to a stout performance from its back row.
 
Another fundamental improvement that was very well exhibited this evening was Biola's ability to serve. It was the Eagles' weakest point during preseason play, with 10-plus service errors in four of its first nine contests, but tonight the Eagles had just one service error, their lowest total of the season. This is an area of vast improvement over the past few months, as Biola has just one double-digit error match in its last 21 contests.
 
Britta Blaser led Biola's attack when it was finding the space on the floor. The junior ended the night with a season-high 14 kills and coupled that with just two attack errors. She provided the Eagles' go-ahead point in that critical second set.
 
Weststeyn and Kirton both also reached double-digit kills with 15 and 10, respectively. Weststeyn and Lauren Hoenecke had free reign in the middle blocker position as both hit with very high efficiency.
 
Serrano led the Warriors with 12 kills.
 
The Eagles improve to 25-4 (13-1 GSAC) with the win, while the Warriors fall to 16-13 (7-6 GSAC). Biola continues its road trip with a non-conference match at Menlo on Friday and concludes it the next day at William Jessup.