Volleyball Falls in 3 Sets to Northwest Nazarene

The No. 11 Western Washington University Women’s Volleyball team had their 16-match winning streak come to an end in a three-game sweep (25-23, 25-23, 25-23) by Northwest Nazarene Thursday evening in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference match at Squalicum High School.

Western (16-3 overall, 10-1 GNAC) suffered its first conference loss of the season and dropped a match for the first time since Sept. 4 vs. nationally ranked Tampa. The Crusaders (12-7, 9-2 GNAC) won their 7th consecutive match, and 9th in their last 10, to split the season series vs. the Vikings.